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ObituariesAugust 9, 2015

Mary Virginia Kerns Sponsler, 94, of Dunn Loring, Virginia, formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away peacefully Wednesday, April 22, 2015, in Dunn Loring. She was born Dec. 27, 1920, in Cape Girardeau. Mary was a 1942 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University. Her family operated Finney's Drug Store. Mary moved to Springfield, Illinois, where she met and married Roy J. Sponsler. He preceded her in death...

Mary Sponsler
Mary Sponsler

Mary Virginia Kerns Sponsler, 94, of Dunn Loring, Virginia, formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away peacefully Wednesday, April 22, 2015, in Dunn Loring.

She was born Dec. 27, 1920, in Cape Girardeau.

Mary was a 1942 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University. Her family operated Finney's Drug Store. Mary moved to Springfield, Illinois, where she met and married Roy J. Sponsler. He preceded her in death.

She raised six children there and was a 20-year retiree from the state of Illinois. Mary was one of the early women working as a computer programmer.

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A beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother leaves five of her six children, 14 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Also surviving is first cousin Sue Finney Vogelsanger of Cape Girardeau.

She will live in our hearts forever.

A funeral Mass will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery.

Obituary submitted courtesy of Ford and Sons Funeral Home.

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