Virginia Lowery

Virginia Lowery, 88 year old resident of Little Falls, MN passed away Monday, February 27, 2012 at Highland Senior Living in Little Falls, MN. Funeral service will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at the Shelley Funeral Chapel in Little Falls, MN with Rev. Damen Heitmann officiating. Burial will take place in Calvary Cemetery in Little Falls, MN. Friends may call from 11:00 A.M. till 1:00 P.M on Saturday at the Shelley Funeral Chapel in Little Falls, MN. Funeral arrangements are with the Shelley Funeral Chapel in Little Falls, MN. Virginia H. Lowery, 88, beloved mother, wife and grandmother passed away on February 27, 2012 in Little Falls, Minnesota. She was born in Chester, Pennsylania on May 13th, 1923. Virginia is preceded in death by her husband, John R. Lowery, her parents John P. and Bessie Howard and six siblings. She is survived by her brother Ned Howard (Rosa) of Glendale, Maryland and her children, John (Terri), Peter ( Lori), Leslie Valesano (Robert), Robin Klosowski (Larry), B. Susanne Fitzsimmons (Dana). Also surviving her are 11 grandchildren: Emma Fitzsimmons, Meagan and Jeb Lowery, Joshua and Zachary Klosowski, Johnathan and Michael Valesano, Elizabeth, Benjamin, Rachel and Aidan Lowery and numerous nieces and nephews. After graduating high school in Hyattsville, Maryland in 1941, Virginia worked for the government in Washington D.C. in the payroll department and in 1949 married her high school sweetheart, John Lowery at the Macalester Presbyterian Church in St.Paul, Minnesota. In the mid 1950's they settled on the banks of the Mississippi River in Little Falls to raise their family which they did with love and vigor. Besides spending time with her husband, children and friends, Virginia loved to sing, dance, play cards and to say the least, do crossword puzzles. She was an excellent cook, participated in book clubs religiously and from 1967-1988 worked at the landmark Pine Edge Inn where she was a desk clerk. Virgnia was a member of the Society of Mayflower Descendants, directly descending from John and Priscella Alden. She will be missed far more than words can express.

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Virginia Lowery

May 13, 1923 - February 27, 2012