1948
Virgil
2002
Virgil Vandergriff
December 4, 1948 — August 29, 2002
VIRGIL EUGENE VANDERGRIFF OF LONEDELL, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT CADET, MISSOURI ON DECEMBER 4, 1948, THE SON OF VIOLET (HEDRICK) VANDERGRIFF AND THE LATE EARL MELVIN VANDERGRIFF. VIRGIL DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HIS HOME IN LONDELL, MISSOURI ON AUGUST 29, 2002 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF FIFTY-THREE YEARS, EIGHT MONTHS AND TWENTY-SIX DAYS.
VIRGIL WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO JUDY WICKER ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1967 IN POTOSI, MISSOURI AND TO THIS UNION TWO CHILDREN WERE BORN.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, JUDY A. VANDERGRIFF OF LONDELL, MISSOURI, HIS MOTHER, VIOLET VANDERGRIFF, ONE DAUGHTER, BRENDA PRATTE AND HUSBAND JEREMY OF O'FALLON, MISSOURI, TWO SISTERS, SHIRLEY VANDERGRIFF OF CADET, MISSOURI, VIVIAN "JERI" LEE AND HUSBAND EARL OF SHELBYVILLE, TEXAS, TWO BROTHERS, MIKE VANDERGRIFF AND WIFE LANA OF CADET, MISSOURI AND LARRY VANDERGRIFF AND WIFE PHYLIS OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI, MOTHER-IN- LAW, OPAL WICKER OF TIFF, MISSOURI AND MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS & OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS FATHER HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SON, BRIAN VANDERGRIFF AND FATHER-IN-LAW, CLIFFORD WICKER.
VIRGIL WAS A MEMBER OF THE BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH, LONEDELL, MISSOURI.
VIRGIL WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE MASONIC LODGE A.F. & A.M. #131, POTOSI, MISSOURI. VIRGIL ENJOYED BOWLING WITH FRIENDS, COLLECTING COINS, PUTTING JIGSAW PUZZLES TOGETHER AND READING THE "LEFT BEHIND" SERIES. HE ENJOYED HELPING IN MANY WAYS AT THE ST. CLAIR SENIOR CENTER. HE WILL BE SADLY MISSED BY FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 5:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 2002 AND 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2002. THE POTOSI MASONIC LODGE A.F. & A.M. #131 HELD A MASONIC MEMORIAL SERVICE AT 7:00 P.M. AUGUST 31, 2002 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED AT 2:00 P.M. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2002 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH PASTOR BEN KINGSTON OFFICIATING. MUSICAL SELECTIONS PLAYED AT THE FUNERAL WERE IN THE GARDEN, WHEN THE ROLL IS CALLED UP YONDER AND THE OLD RUGGED CROSS. BURIAL WAS IN THE SUNSET HILL CEMETERY, POTOSI, MISSOURI UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI, MISSOURI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE MITCH SOBBA, ALLEN WICKER, RANDY LEE, GARY VANDERGRIFF, KEVIN LURKINS, MARK WICKER, JEREMY PRATTE AND STEVEN WICKER.
VIRGIL WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO JUDY WICKER ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1967 IN POTOSI, MISSOURI AND TO THIS UNION TWO CHILDREN WERE BORN.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, JUDY A. VANDERGRIFF OF LONDELL, MISSOURI, HIS MOTHER, VIOLET VANDERGRIFF, ONE DAUGHTER, BRENDA PRATTE AND HUSBAND JEREMY OF O'FALLON, MISSOURI, TWO SISTERS, SHIRLEY VANDERGRIFF OF CADET, MISSOURI, VIVIAN "JERI" LEE AND HUSBAND EARL OF SHELBYVILLE, TEXAS, TWO BROTHERS, MIKE VANDERGRIFF AND WIFE LANA OF CADET, MISSOURI AND LARRY VANDERGRIFF AND WIFE PHYLIS OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI, MOTHER-IN- LAW, OPAL WICKER OF TIFF, MISSOURI AND MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS & OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS FATHER HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SON, BRIAN VANDERGRIFF AND FATHER-IN-LAW, CLIFFORD WICKER.
VIRGIL WAS A MEMBER OF THE BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH, LONEDELL, MISSOURI.
VIRGIL WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE MASONIC LODGE A.F. & A.M. #131, POTOSI, MISSOURI. VIRGIL ENJOYED BOWLING WITH FRIENDS, COLLECTING COINS, PUTTING JIGSAW PUZZLES TOGETHER AND READING THE "LEFT BEHIND" SERIES. HE ENJOYED HELPING IN MANY WAYS AT THE ST. CLAIR SENIOR CENTER. HE WILL BE SADLY MISSED BY FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 5:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 2002 AND 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2002. THE POTOSI MASONIC LODGE A.F. & A.M. #131 HELD A MASONIC MEMORIAL SERVICE AT 7:00 P.M. AUGUST 31, 2002 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED AT 2:00 P.M. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2002 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH PASTOR BEN KINGSTON OFFICIATING. MUSICAL SELECTIONS PLAYED AT THE FUNERAL WERE IN THE GARDEN, WHEN THE ROLL IS CALLED UP YONDER AND THE OLD RUGGED CROSS. BURIAL WAS IN THE SUNSET HILL CEMETERY, POTOSI, MISSOURI UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI, MISSOURI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE MITCH SOBBA, ALLEN WICKER, RANDY LEE, GARY VANDERGRIFF, KEVIN LURKINS, MARK WICKER, JEREMY PRATTE AND STEVEN WICKER.
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