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Virginia Frymire Obituary

Virginia Frymire

November 6, 1928 - October 24, 2024

OMAHA - Virginia Frymire, 95, of Omaha, Neb., died on Thursday, October 24, 2024, at Ovation Heartwood Preserve in Omaha. Private Funeral Services will be held at a later date in Grand Island at Apfel Funeral Home with Rev. Bill Pavuk officiating. Interment will follow at the West Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials can be given in Virginia's memory to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Grand Island.

Virginia Lee Frymire, the daughter of Raymond and Opal (Mapes) Keller, was born in Giltner, Neb., on November 6, 1928. She grew up in Phillips, Neb., and graduated from Phillips High School in 1947. On June 8, 1947, she was united in marriage to Clifford Theodore Frymire in Hiawatha, Kan.

She and her husband were self-employed and owned Frymire Heating and Air Conditioning for 50 years where she did the bookkeeping until the business was sold in 2011.

Virginia was a life-long member of St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Grand Island, the Platt-Duetsche, the Saddle Club, and Legion 57.

Those left to cherish her memory are her sister, Shirley Peard, of Grand Island; children, daughter, Cynthia (Dennis) Schwieger, of Omaha; son, Randall (Judy) Frymire, of Kansas City, Mo.; daughter, Jana (Kevin) Flannigan, of Lawrence, Kan.; eight grandchildren, Josh (Katie) Schwieger, of Omaha, Melissa (Matt) Howey, of Omaha, Andrea (JP) Schwieger, of Denver, Colo., Nathan (Marisa) Frymire, of Overland Park, Kan., Alison (Robert) Hall, of Kansas City, Mo., Taylor (Hilary) Frymire, of Columbia, Mo., Spencer (Ashley) Flannigan of Topeka, Kan., and Morgan Hess of Lincoln; 12 great-grandchildren, Henry Schwieger, of Omaha, Paxton, Griffin and Rowyn Howey, of Omaha, Ava, Owen and Evelyn Frymire, of Overland Park, Kan., Laney and Emery Hall, of Kansas City, Mo., Veah and Chloe Frymire, of Columbia, Mo., and Reagan Hess, of Lincoln; and nieces, nephews, family members, and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Clifford Frymire; brother, Darold Keller; brothers-in-law, Louis (Swede) Peard and Virgil Scherzberg; and sisters-in law, Delores Scherzberg and Virginia Riess.

Apfel Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements, online condolences may be left at www.apfelfuneralhome.com.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Grand Island Independent on Nov. 9, 2024.

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Stephanie Placzek

November 9, 2024

We are so sorry to hear about Virginia. We lived next door to Cliff and Virginia for over 20 years. They were the best neighbors. Our thoughts and prayers to you all.

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