Virginia R. Hird

Funeral services for Virginia R. Hird, 83, Lakeland, Fla., will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Hird died Saturday, December 10, 2011, in Lakeland.

She was born January 4, 1928, in Lawrence, the daughter of W.O. and Bessie Churchbaugh Boehle.

She married Howard Lee Hird. He preceded her in death on January 6, 1968. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Gerald Boehle, on April 18, 1988.

She is survived be her daughters, Judy Eager and husband Jim, and Sharon Brown and husband Steve; and two grandchildren, Bekki and Lee Brown.

The family will receive friends Thursday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, in care of the funeral home, 601 Indiana St., Lawrence, KS, 66044.