Victoria -- Virginia Giebler, 102, a former Hays resident, died Sunday, Aug. 25, 1996, at the Hays Medical Center.
She was born June 3, 1894, in Catherine to John and Matilda (Schmidt) Koerner.
She married James F. Giebler on Jan. 13, 1914, in Catherine. He died Oct. 22, 1983.
She worked as a sacristan for the St. Severin Catholic Church for many years. A seamstress and homemaker, she was member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church, its altar society, the Christian Mothers and the Third Order of St. Francis. She had been a resident of St. John's of Victoria Nursing Home.
Survivors include four sons, Joseph, Grand Junction, Cob., and James, Kenneth and Vernon, Hays; seven daughters, and Alice Schneider, Victoria, Ruth Carter, Jacksonville, Fla., Lorraine Dreiling, Russell, Mae Desch, Boulder, Cob., and Jeannie Rupp, Hays; 43 grandchildren; 71 great-grandchildren; and 14 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Loretta Stecklein, five brothers, five sisters and three grandchildren.
Services were Wednesday at the St. Joseph Catholic Church, Fathers Paulinus Karlin, Mike Scully and Curtis Carison officiated; burial in the church cemetery.
The family suggests memorial contributions to the Capuchins of MidAmerica or Thomas More Prep-Marian High School.
The Ellis County Star
Victoria -- Virginia Giebler, 102, a former Hays resident, died Sunday, Aug. 25, 1996, at the Hays Medical Center.
She was born June 3, 1894, in Catherine to John and Matilda (Schmidt) Koerner.
She married James F. Giebler on Jan. 13, 1914, in Catherine. He died Oct. 22, 1983.
She worked as a sacristan for the St. Severin Catholic Church for many years. A seamstress and homemaker, she was member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church, its altar society, the Christian Mothers and the Third Order of St. Francis. She had been a resident of St. John's of Victoria Nursing Home.
Survivors include four sons, Joseph, Grand Junction, Cob., and James, Kenneth and Vernon, Hays; seven daughters, and Alice Schneider, Victoria, Ruth Carter, Jacksonville, Fla., Lorraine Dreiling, Russell, Mae Desch, Boulder, Cob., and Jeannie Rupp, Hays; 43 grandchildren; 71 great-grandchildren; and 14 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Loretta Stecklein, five brothers, five sisters and three grandchildren.
Services were Wednesday at the St. Joseph Catholic Church, Fathers Paulinus Karlin, Mike Scully and Curtis Carison officiated; burial in the church cemetery.
The family suggests memorial contributions to the Capuchins of MidAmerica or Thomas More Prep-Marian High School.
The Ellis County Star
Family Members
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Pauline Koerner Meis
1879–1963
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Jacob James Koerner
1880–1965
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Alois J. Koerner
1883–1956
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John Joseph Koerner
1885–1948
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Carl "Charles" Koerner
1887–1893
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Leo Koerner
1889–1905
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Martin Koerner
1890–1890
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Anna Marie Koerner Giebler
1891–1973
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Monica Koerner Walter
1893–1932
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Alexander J. "Alex" Koerner
1896–1970
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Joseph Koerner
1897–1897
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Catherine Koerner
1899–1899
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Mary Mathilda "Tillie" Koerner Keller
1900–1983
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Loretta M Giebler Stecklein
1915–1993
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Sylvia D Giebler Stecklein
1916–2014
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Ventura M. Giebler Weigel
1918–2014
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Joseph John Giebler
1920–1998
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Alice Irene Giebler Schneider
1923–2019
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Lorraine L Giebler Dreiling
1925–2005
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James Ernest "Jim" Giebler
1927–2013
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Kenneth A. Giebler
1929–2020
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Ritamae "Mae" Giebler Desch Boos
1931–2021
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Norma Jean "Jeannie" Giebler Rupp
1933–2008
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