Virginia M. Rexroad, 99, of Partridge, passed away on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at Hospice House, about 5:30 PM, due to an ailing heart and worn-out heart.
Virginia had a long and happy life filled with plenty of love and fun with her husband, Jack, daughter, 2 grandsons, 5 great grandkids, and 3 great-great grandkids. She loved them all, dearly, as we loved her.
Virginia had been staying with her grandson, Bret Southards and his wife, Kim, so she could be close to the Rexroad family farm.
Virginia was born on December 24,1924, in Hutchinson, KS, to Philip and Beulah M. (Siegrist) Dade. Shortly after Virginia’s birth her mother passed away from uremic poisoning.
Virginia was raised by her grandmother Ora Molly Siegrist. Virginia had a happy childhood on the Siegrist farm with her grandmother, aunts and two cousins. She did many chores, pulled rye, drove trucks and when older went in early to fix lunch for everyone.
Virginia attended Partridge High School and graduated in 1942. There she met and fell in love with her soulmate, Jack Rexroad. They were married over 76 and half years.
Their baby daughter, Susan was born about 3 years later, Virginia was a very caring, giving and loving wife and mother, always ready to help her husband and daughter any way she could. Virginia was a helpmate to Jack on the family farm, by cooking for him and the help, driving the wheat trucks, pulling rye, going for parts, and mowing the lawns.
Jack and Virginia suffered a severe crop failure in the mid-1950s. So, for two years Virginia was a cook at the Partridge High School, feeding the students, to help sublimate their farm income, she was always there to help.
Every summer, when the family was young, they went to Arkansas to fish with other married couples and family.
Virginia’s main job was to sit on the boats bow and keep the boat a certain distance from the shore, so my Dad, Jack, could hopefully catch the “Big Ones” (bass). My Mom’s second job was to watch over their young daughter and see didn’t get to bored in the boat. I learned later to love fishing.
As Virginia’s family grew from one daughter, to 2 grandsons, then 5 great grandkids and later on, 3 great-great grandkids, she did as much as she could for them, as they all helped keep her heart young and full of love. So special to all.
Virginia is survived by: daughter, Susan Southards; grandson, Bret (Kim) Southards; 2 great grandsons; 3 great granddaughters; 2 great-great grandsons; and 1 great-great granddaughter.
She was preceded in death by: her parents, grandmother, grandson Mark Southards; son-in-law, Bruce Southards; and husband, Jack Rexroad.
A tribute to my mom, from her loving daughter, Susan.
Per Virginia’s request, cremation has taken place. A private family gathering will take place at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to Partridge Community Church or the American Heart Association, in care of Elliott Mortuary, 1219 N. Main, Hutchinson, KS 67501.