Virginia Anne VanBebber 
F, (27 July 1921 - 13 January 2001)
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- 9th great-granddaughter of Herman Op Den Graeff
Virginia Anne VanBebber was born on 27 July 1921 at Troy, Doniphan County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Roy Vest VanBebber and Anna Lavinia Wenner. Virginia Anne VanBebber married, at age 20, Ward Henry on Saturday, 23 August 1941 at Troy, Doniphan County, Kansas. Virginia Anne VanBebber died on 13 January 2001 at age 79 years, 5 months and 17 days. She was buried in the Mount Hope Cemetery, located in Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas.
From Gary R. Hawpe, ed. and William G. VanBebber, comp., 'Virginia Henry - Obituary,' Van Bibber Pioneers E-Newsletter, Vol. 4 No. 5 (March 2001), pp. 19 - 20.
ROBINSON -- Virginia Henry, 79, Robinson, died Saturday, Jan. 13, 2001, at a Hiawatha nursing home.
She was born July 27, 1921, in St. Joseph, Mo., to Roy and Anne Wenner Van Bebber. She attended grade and high schools in Troy and graduated from Highland Community College in Highland.
She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Hiawatha and the choir and Esther Circle at the church where she assisted with chili suppers and bazaars.
She was a charter member of Chapter HU of PEO Sisterhood and a life member of Gray Ladies of Community Hospital, both in Hiawatha. She was a member of Bithiah Chapter No. 454 of Order of Eastern Star in Robinson and received a 50-year pin in October 1993. She played with several bridge groups in the Hiawatha area.
She married Ward Henry on Aug. 23, 1941, in Troy. He survives.
Other survivors include two sons, Robert G. Henry, Robinson, and William Henry, Hiawatha; two daughters, Jane Dunning, Mesa, Ariz., and Nancy Lindenmuth, Geneva, Ill; three brothers, Greg Van Bebber, Hot Springs, Ark., William Van Bebber, Denver, and George T. Van Bebber, Overland Park; and eight grandchildren.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church in Hiawatha. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery in Hiawatha. Mrs. Henry will lie in state after 9 a.m. Wednesday at Framke Casselman Meek Funeral Home in Hiawatha where relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church in Hiawatha or American Diabetes Association.
The Topeka Capital-Journal - January 15, 2001
Bill tells me where it states Vivian was born in St. Joseph, Mo. is incorrect, as she was born in Troy, KS.
From Gary R. Hawpe, ed. and William G. VanBebber, comp., 'Virginia Henry - Obituary,' Van Bibber Pioneers E-Newsletter, Vol. 4 No. 5 (March 2001), pp. 19 - 20.
ROBINSON -- Virginia Henry, 79, Robinson, died Saturday, Jan. 13, 2001, at a Hiawatha nursing home.
She was born July 27, 1921, in St. Joseph, Mo., to Roy and Anne Wenner Van Bebber. She attended grade and high schools in Troy and graduated from Highland Community College in Highland.
She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Hiawatha and the choir and Esther Circle at the church where she assisted with chili suppers and bazaars.
She was a charter member of Chapter HU of PEO Sisterhood and a life member of Gray Ladies of Community Hospital, both in Hiawatha. She was a member of Bithiah Chapter No. 454 of Order of Eastern Star in Robinson and received a 50-year pin in October 1993. She played with several bridge groups in the Hiawatha area.
She married Ward Henry on Aug. 23, 1941, in Troy. He survives.
Other survivors include two sons, Robert G. Henry, Robinson, and William Henry, Hiawatha; two daughters, Jane Dunning, Mesa, Ariz., and Nancy Lindenmuth, Geneva, Ill; three brothers, Greg Van Bebber, Hot Springs, Ark., William Van Bebber, Denver, and George T. Van Bebber, Overland Park; and eight grandchildren.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church in Hiawatha. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery in Hiawatha. Mrs. Henry will lie in state after 9 a.m. Wednesday at Framke Casselman Meek Funeral Home in Hiawatha where relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church in Hiawatha or American Diabetes Association.
The Topeka Capital-Journal - January 15, 2001
Bill tells me where it states Vivian was born in St. Joseph, Mo. is incorrect, as she was born in Troy, KS.
Children of Virginia Anne VanBebber and Ward Henry
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