Memorial services for Virginia Kreider, 94, Lawrence, will be at 2 pm Saturday, November 7, at First Presbyterian Church. A visitation will be held from 1 pm until service time. Inurnment will be 1 pm Sunday at Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kan. Mrs. Kreider died Monday at her daughter’s home in Kansas City, Mo. She was born December 3, 1920, in Atchison, the daughter of Aver Roy and Verna Elizabeth Simmons Schurman.
She married Harry Wilfred Kreider on May 30, 1939, in Horton, Kan. After marriage, they moved to Effingham, Kan. and lived there for 18 years, where she opened a beauty shop. After moving to Lawrence, she worked for Hallmark Cards for 10 years and then opened the beauty shop at Presbyterian Manor. She was an active 51 year member of First Presbyterian Church and held many positions over the years and was a member of several social groups. Harry preceded her in death on February 4, 2010.
Mrs. Kreider was also preceded in death by her daughter, Virginia Lee Kreider, a granddaughter, Kimberly Hamon, and a son-in-law, Ray Smith.
Survivors include two daughters, Donna Smith of Kansas City, Mo.,and Harriett Hamon and husband Gary of Lawrence; grandchildren Troy Hamon and wife Amanda, Travis Hamon and wife Jennifer, Shannon Gotmer and husband Al, Shawn Smith; great-grandchildren Miranda, Mikayla, Tucker, Troy, Laney, Taylor, and Teagan.
Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, Box 1260, Lawrence, KS 66044. Online condolences may be sent at rumsey-yost.com.
