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Virginia Vassell Obituary

VIRGINIA VASSELL HEBRON, IN Virginia Vassell, 87, of Hebron, formerly of Chicago, passed away Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at Porter Hospital. She was born January 30, 1924 in Jamestown, NY to Nicoli and Evanthia (Ketchy) Manno. Virginia was a career nurse having served at Jamestown General in New York, Walther Hospital in Chicago, Porter Memorial Hospital in Valparaiso and 10 years with the VNA Home Health Services of Porter County. She was a member of the R.N. Club of Porter County and Faith Baptist Church in Porter Township. On February 19, 1950 she married James C. Vassell who preceded her in death in 1987. Survivors include their children: Chris (Cindy) Vassell of Homewood, IL and Mary Jane (Charles) Bond of Sterling, IL; brother, Lou Manno of PA; three grandchildren: Sean Bond of Sterling, IL, Heidi (Noah) Hughes of Elkridge, MD and Karin Bond of North Liberty, IA; and great grandson, Dresden Hughes. She was also preceded in death by her parents; three brothers; two sisters; and one grandson. A visitation will be held Friday, June 3, 2011 from 3:00-7:00 PM at Moeller Funeral Home, 104 Roosevelt Rd., Valparaiso, with funeral service beginning at 7:00 PM, Pastor David Guess officiating. Private burial will follow at Elm Lawn Cemetery in Elmhurst, IL. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Faith Baptist Church, 84 South 500 West, Valparaiso, IN 46385-9036. MoellerFuneralHome.com
Published by The Times on Jun. 3, 2011.

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Rene (Baker) May

June 21, 2011

My prayers are with you Mary Jane and the entire family. I will never forget how very kind your Mom and Dad were to me when we were in grade school together. God Bless you and the family.
Rene (Baker) May

Sophia Poplos

June 16, 2011

To the familly of Virginia Vassell,
Please accept my deepest sympathy in the passing of your beautiful Mother, Virginia. I grew up in Jamestown, NY & was her neighbor., and later, married my late husband, Gust Poplos, who was your late Aunt Helen Poplos' brother-in-law.
Your Mother was a compassionate, and lovely woman & am sure she will be missed by all who knew her.
My thoughts and prayers are for you all at this difficult time. Memory Eternal.
Sophia (Tane) Poplos

alexis

June 7, 2011

I worked with Virginia at PMH; she would entertain us with comments and stories. I remember her bringing in bags of candy from her freezer.

June 3, 2011

Virginia was a wonderful and compassionate nurse. My thoughts and prayers are with her family.

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