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Funeral services for Virginia Simons, 95, of Selby will be at 11 AM, Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at the United Methodist Church in Selby. Burial will be at the Selby Memorial Gardens under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. Visitation will start at 5 PM, Monday with a prayer service at 7 PM at the church. Virginia passed away Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at the Walworth County Care Center in Selby.

Virginia (Molstad) Simons was born on September 19, 1923, to Theodore and Minnie (Amundson) Molstad and grew up on a farm northwest Glenham during the depression. After graduating from Glenham High School in 1941, she went to work for a short time in Mankato, MN. She moved back to Selby where she started working at the ASC Office. From there she went to work for Cam Wal Electric where she remained until retiring in September of 1987 after 40+ years with the coop.

Virginia married Francis (Fritz) Simons on May 5, 1950, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Mobridge. They made their first home in the newly built Berens Hotel where Fritz was the manager. In 1963 they moved into their newly built home and she remained there until entering the Selby Good Samaritan Center in October of 2015.

Virginia was active in the Selby Jaycettes, volunteered at the nursing home and was instrumental in the Glenham All School Reunions. She was also a Cub Scout Leader, played in Bridge Club and taught Sunday School at the United Methodist Church. She enjoyed reading, crossword puzzles, cleaning and ironing. She knitted many pairs of slippers and gave them away to people she knew.

Virginia is survived by two sons, Rod (Bev) Simons of Glenham and Scott (Desi) Simons of Selby, three grandchildren, Mandy (Nick) Bild of Groveland, FL, Austin (Susie) Simons of Mobridge, and Parker (Sarah) Simons of Renner, SD, four great grandchildren, Luke Bild, Grace Bild, Ali Simons and Mia Simons, one very special German, Ludwig Horning of Hanover, Germany, one sister, Eileen Stagl, 97, of Dickinson, ND, and many nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her parents, husband Fritz in 2014, two sisters, Donna Walsh and Maxine Moe.