May 28, 2002

Virginia Atherton

Virginia Atherton Virginia L. Atherton, 70, of Dongola, Ill. died Sunday, May 26, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Feb. 24, 1932 at Foreman, Ill., daughter of Julius and Nora Jane Simmons Holmes. Survivors include a son, David Atherton of Dongola and two sisters, Betty Duffield of Olmsted, Ill. and Ella Mae Richards of Cape Girardeau...

Virginia Atherton

Virginia L. Atherton, 70, of Dongola, Ill. died Sunday, May 26, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

She was born Feb. 24, 1932 at Foreman, Ill., daughter of Julius and Nora Jane Simmons Holmes.

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Survivors include a son, David Atherton of Dongola and two sisters, Betty Duffield of Olmsted, Ill. and Ella Mae Richards of Cape Girardeau.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister and two brothers.

Friends may call Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge, Ill., from 5-8 p.m. today.

Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Jones Funeral Home. The Rev. Joe McCommons will officiate, with burial at Graves-Mount Olive Cemetery north of Vienna, Ill.

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