Submitted by: Dan Rich
Virginia W. Spurgeon
March 16, 1922 - June 30, 2008
South Bend Tribune 7/2/2008
SOUTH BEND - Virginia W. Spurgeon, 86, died Monday morning
in Memorial Hospital. She was born March 16, 1922, in
Millersburg, Indiana, to William and Pearl (Searfoss) Wolf,
who preceded her in death along with four siblings, Fern Trumphour,
Ruth Crothers, Edna Hart and Stanley Wolfe.
On June 8, 1940, in the First Presbyterian
Church of Goshen, Indiana, she married her high school
sweetheart, Harry J. Spurgeon, who died December 17, 1993.
Surviving are three daughters, Pamela R. (John) Bliley and
Patricia M. Spurgeon, both of South Bend, and Paula K. (Daniel) Spink
of Granger. She is also survived by Rosemary Lindahl, who
has been part of the family for more than 38 years, and thought
of Virginia as her second mother. Virginia is also survived by
two grandchildren, Michael Spink and Joey Bliley, and two
great-grandchildren, Griffin and Hope Spink. Mrs. Spurgeon spent
most of her life working in the hardware business. First in the
Goshen Hardware store and then for Meyers Hardware after they
moved to South Bend in 1952. In the years before her retirement,
she was setting up hardware for various contractors who bought
from Meyers Hardware. She was even known to put on a hard hat to
go out to a job site to see what was needed. She knew every nut,
bolt, screw, nail, lock, etc., that was made. She also loved
cruises and Vegas. She loved Siegfried and Roy, and had seen
their show 18 times.
A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m.
Thursday, July 3rd, in the HICKEY Funeral Home, 3516 East
Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend, with Dr. Patrick Summer, pastor
of Evangel Heights United Methodist Church, South Bend,
officiating. Family and friends may visit from 6 p.m. until
services begin in the funeral home. Virginia was a member of
Evangel Heights United Methodist Church and taught third grade
Sunday school for many years. Memorials may be made to Pet
Refuge, 2300 West 6th, Mishawaka, IN; or to the Humane Society of
St. Joseph County, 2506 Grape Road, Mishawaka, IN. The family
wishes to thank Mom's wonderful caregivers: Lori, who with her
gentle, kind, and loving nature has treated mom for 31/2 years as
if she were her own, and Melody, who was only with us a short
time, with her compassionate personality quickly became a special
person in mom's life. We would also like to thank Dr. Art
Schroeder for his special attention to Mom while at Memorial
Hospital, and we will be forever grateful to nurses Kathy and
Robbie, and Dr. Mark McGillem for being with mom as she passed
into eternal life.