She was born January 30, 1922 in Washington, Mo. to John H. and Ethel Cole Brinkmann.
She and Dr. Paul Kratz were married June 12, 1943 at Washington, Mo.
She was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church.
Virginia attended Central Methodist College in Fayette, Mo. She received nurses training at Jewish Hospital School of Nursing in St. Louis, Mo. where she earned an RN degree. She graduated from Kansas City General Hospital School in 1946. She was the school nurse for the Jackson, Mo. RII School District in the late 1960's and early 1970's.
Survivors include one son, Paul Christopher Kratz and wife, Barbara of Chula Vista, Calif.; three daughters, Robin O'Gara and husband, Richard of Cheyenne, Wyo., Elizabeth Lohmann and husband, Leon, of Cape Girardeau, Karen Kothe and husband, Vernon of Perryville, Mo.; five grandchildren, Christine Bates and Nicole Anderson of Cheyenne, Wyo., Curtis Lohmann and Aaron Moore of Cape Girardeau, and Jon Michael Kratz of Chula Vista, Calif.; and seven great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two brothers, and one sister.
Funeral service will be at 11:00 AM Friday, June 24, 2011 at Ford & Sons Mt. Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau with the Rev. Jeff Long officiating.
Burial will follow at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau.
She was born January 30, 1922 in Washington, Mo. to John H. and Ethel Cole Brinkmann.
She and Dr. Paul Kratz were married June 12, 1943 at Washington, Mo.
She was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church.
Virginia attended Central Methodist College in Fayette, Mo. She received nurses training at Jewish Hospital School of Nursing in St. Louis, Mo. where she earned an RN degree. She graduated from Kansas City General Hospital School in 1946. She was the school nurse for the Jackson, Mo. RII School District in the late 1960's and early 1970's.
Survivors include one son, Paul Christopher Kratz and wife, Barbara of Chula Vista, Calif.; three daughters, Robin O'Gara and husband, Richard of Cheyenne, Wyo., Elizabeth Lohmann and husband, Leon, of Cape Girardeau, Karen Kothe and husband, Vernon of Perryville, Mo.; five grandchildren, Christine Bates and Nicole Anderson of Cheyenne, Wyo., Curtis Lohmann and Aaron Moore of Cape Girardeau, and Jon Michael Kratz of Chula Vista, Calif.; and seven great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two brothers, and one sister.
Funeral service will be at 11:00 AM Friday, June 24, 2011 at Ford & Sons Mt. Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau with the Rev. Jeff Long officiating.
Burial will follow at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau.
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