Virginia O'Quinn (Lebanon)'s Obituary
Virginia Evington Appling O’Quinn, daughter of John Guy and Julia Evington Luthy Appling, was born August 19, 1926, in the High Prairie community, near Lebanon, Missouri. She departed this life Thursday, July 9, 2015, in Lebanon North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, in Lebanon, Missouri, at the age of eighty-eight years, ten months, and twenty days.
On June 18, 1950, she was united in marriage to Olan Harrison O’Quinn, and to this union three daughters and three sons were born.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Olan, on June 1, 1989; a son, Kevin O’Quinn; a grandson, William Bradley Clark; a sister, Eleanor DeBerry; and a nephew, Alan DeBerry.
Virginia is survived by three daughters, Gail McKinney, and her husband, Dean, of Grovespring, Missouri, Lee Ann Neal, and her husband, Darren, of Bois D’Arc, Missouri, and Maribeth Harrill, and her husband, Chris, of Lebanon, Missouri; two sons, Rick O’Quinn, of Lebanon, Missouri, and Keith O’Quinn, and his wife, Pam, of Tarrytown, New York; twelve grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren, and one more eagerly anticipated; a brother, Miles Appling, and his wife, June, of Kansas City, Missouri; a sister, Marjorie Hough, of Lebanon, Missouri; several nieces and nephews; as well as a host of other relatives and many friends.
She attended her early school years at High Prairie, moving with her family to Lebanon in 1936. She then attended Lebanon R-III Schools and graduated from Lebanon High School in the Class of 1943. After graduation, she attended a Western Union Training school and was employed for a time in Monroe, Louisiana. Returning to Lebanon, she was employed at the MFA as a bookkeeper. After she and Olan were married, they made their home in the Lebanon area, and lovingly raised their children. Over the years, Virginia had been employed in various places including, the Laclede County Court House, Lebanon Medical Center, H. D. Lee Company, Vernon and Sons, and the First United Methodist Church, where she was secretary from 1978 until retiring in 1989. She and her sister, Eleanor, had also owned and operated a knit shop for a few years.
Virginia professed her faith in Christ at the age of thirteen and, except for a short time in Stockton, California, had been an active member of First United Methodist Church in Lebanon. She loved her church and spent many hours in volunteer work, serving as President of her Circle, and the United Methodist Women, driving the van for the children’s choir, and for the Young-at-Heart group. She was also active in the pie ministry.
In her spare time she enjoyed crafts, knitting, particularly making prayer shawls, sewing, and quilting. Nothing brought her more joy than spending time with her family and she especially enjoyed her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She and Marjorie were always very close and where you saw one you usually saw the other.
Virginia was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and was a kind and caring neighbor and friend. We celebrate her life and her accomplishments and know that her family and friends will cherish all the very special memories she created for them during her lifetime.
Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church or to the Gideon Bible Ministry, and left at the funeral home.
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