A Graveside Memorial Service for Virginia Perkins will be held at a later date to be determined. Cummings Family Funeral Home was entrusted with the arrangements for Mrs. Perkins.
Virginia Ann Perkins (Henry) 88 was born August 27, 1931 and grew up on a farm SE of Bedford. She married Hal Edward Perkins on July 11, 1951 and to the marriage two children were born Edward and Beverly. Hal and Virginia farmed and ran a grade A dairy farm.
Virginia was always busy with something. She had two huge gardens on the farm that were planted full each year, which meant there was lots of canning to do. Virginia loved her flowers on the farm and later when she and Hal moved in to town. She admits they were a lot of work and she got tired of watering them. Every year the kids would hear how she was going to cut back and then the next year she still had just as many until her health restricted her from being able to do as much. Her flowers were beautiful! She also fed and enjoyed the birds...except for the blackbirds, which frustrated her to no end trying to keep them out of her feeders.
Virginia and Hal were in bowling leagues for many years. Farm life was hard work and when you milk cows twice a day it’s hard to get away for any kind of vacation. This was a nice way for them to do something they enjoyed and they got to do it every week instead of once a year.
After the kids were grown and gone from the farm Hal and Virginia retired from farming and milking cows and moved in to town. Hal started trucking livestock to market and Virginia went to work at the Veterinary Clinic in Bedford as the office gal. Hal would load livestock right next door and stop in to see Virginian quite often. They loved their jobs!
The day came when they decided they wanted to do some traveling, Virginia retired from her job and Hal traded the livestock truck for a camper. They spent several winters in Arizona exploring the landscape and just enjoying the warm weather and the people they met along the way.
In 2013 Virginia received the Main Street Volunteer of the Year Award and was honored by Governor Terry Branstad at a dinner and program in Des Moines. Many a day you would find her uptown weeding in the Memory Garden or plucking weeds from the flowers pots along Main Street.
Virginia loved to walk, in the evenings on the farm you would see her walking down the road, probably picking up rocks along the way. When Hal and Virginia moved to town she continued to walk and pick up rocks until her health kept her from doing it any longer.
Virginia was an artist. There wasn’t anything she couldn’t draw or paint. She did toll painting, oil painting, and water color paintings. She painted on pillowcases, towels, she painted on pieces of wood and saw blades. One year when they were in Arizona she saw where people had painted animals on rocks and began to do that. It gave her even more reason to go rock hunting.
Proceeding Virginia in death were her parents, Beryl and Violet (Campbell) Henry, her husband Hal who died in 1998, a sister Margarett, a brother Gilbert, aunts and uncles.
Left to cherish her memory is her son Ed and wife Rhonda of rural Bedford, daughter Beverly and husband Craig of Cedar Falls, IA, 5 grandchildren, Mathew, Andrea, Susan, Carrie, and Tanner. 11 great grandchildren, 5 great-great grandchildren and sister-in-law, Enola Lowry of Bedford.
Mom loved to see the grandkids, sometimes she would just sit back and listen to them talk and I’m sure in her mind she was shaking her head at the antics they pulled and the silliness. Those were good times! As we remember mom we find there is a little piece of her in all of us. Memories are forever and we will cherish them forever.
Source: Cummings Family Funeral Home
Virginia Ann Perkins (Henry) 88 was born August 27, 1931 and grew up on a farm SE of Bedford. She married Hal Edward Perkins on July 11, 1951 and to the marriage two children were born Edward and Beverly. Hal and Virginia farmed and ran a grade A dairy farm.
Virginia was always busy with something. She had two huge gardens on the farm that were planted full each year, which meant there was lots of canning to do. Virginia loved her flowers on the farm and later when she and Hal moved in to town. She admits they were a lot of work and she got tired of watering them. Every year the kids would hear how she was going to cut back and then the next year she still had just as many until her health restricted her from being able to do as much. Her flowers were beautiful! She also fed and enjoyed the birds...except for the blackbirds, which frustrated her to no end trying to keep them out of her feeders.
Virginia and Hal were in bowling leagues for many years. Farm life was hard work and when you milk cows twice a day it’s hard to get away for any kind of vacation. This was a nice way for them to do something they enjoyed and they got to do it every week instead of once a year.
After the kids were grown and gone from the farm Hal and Virginia retired from farming and milking cows and moved in to town. Hal started trucking livestock to market and Virginia went to work at the Veterinary Clinic in Bedford as the office gal. Hal would load livestock right next door and stop in to see Virginian quite often. They loved their jobs!
The day came when they decided they wanted to do some traveling, Virginia retired from her job and Hal traded the livestock truck for a camper. They spent several winters in Arizona exploring the landscape and just enjoying the warm weather and the people they met along the way.
In 2013 Virginia received the Main Street Volunteer of the Year Award and was honored by Governor Terry Branstad at a dinner and program in Des Moines. Many a day you would find her uptown weeding in the Memory Garden or plucking weeds from the flowers pots along Main Street.
Virginia loved to walk, in the evenings on the farm you would see her walking down the road, probably picking up rocks along the way. When Hal and Virginia moved to town she continued to walk and pick up rocks until her health kept her from doing it any longer.
Virginia was an artist. There wasn’t anything she couldn’t draw or paint. She did toll painting, oil painting, and water color paintings. She painted on pillowcases, towels, she painted on pieces of wood and saw blades. One year when they were in Arizona she saw where people had painted animals on rocks and began to do that. It gave her even more reason to go rock hunting.
Proceeding Virginia in death were her parents, Beryl and Violet (Campbell) Henry, her husband Hal who died in 1998, a sister Margarett, a brother Gilbert, aunts and uncles.
Left to cherish her memory is her son Ed and wife Rhonda of rural Bedford, daughter Beverly and husband Craig of Cedar Falls, IA, 5 grandchildren, Mathew, Andrea, Susan, Carrie, and Tanner. 11 great grandchildren, 5 great-great grandchildren and sister-in-law, Enola Lowry of Bedford.
Mom loved to see the grandkids, sometimes she would just sit back and listen to them talk and I’m sure in her mind she was shaking her head at the antics they pulled and the silliness. Those were good times! As we remember mom we find there is a little piece of her in all of us. Memories are forever and we will cherish them forever.
Source: Cummings Family Funeral Home
A Graveside Memorial Service for Virginia Perkins will be held at a later date to be determined. Cummings Family Funeral Home was entrusted with the arrangements for Mrs. Perkins.
Virginia Ann Perkins (Henry) 88 was born August 27, 1931 and grew up on a farm SE of Bedford. She married Hal Edward Perkins on July 11, 1951 and to the marriage two children were born Edward and Beverly. Hal and Virginia farmed and ran a grade A dairy farm.
Virginia was always busy with something. She had two huge gardens on the farm that were planted full each year, which meant there was lots of canning to do. Virginia loved her flowers on the farm and later when she and Hal moved in to town. She admits they were a lot of work and she got tired of watering them. Every year the kids would hear how she was going to cut back and then the next year she still had just as many until her health restricted her from being able to do as much. Her flowers were beautiful! She also fed and enjoyed the birds...except for the blackbirds, which frustrated her to no end trying to keep them out of her feeders.
Virginia and Hal were in bowling leagues for many years. Farm life was hard work and when you milk cows twice a day it’s hard to get away for any kind of vacation. This was a nice way for them to do something they enjoyed and they got to do it every week instead of once a year.
After the kids were grown and gone from the farm Hal and Virginia retired from farming and milking cows and moved in to town. Hal started trucking livestock to market and Virginia went to work at the Veterinary Clinic in Bedford as the office gal. Hal would load livestock right next door and stop in to see Virginian quite often. They loved their jobs!
The day came when they decided they wanted to do some traveling, Virginia retired from her job and Hal traded the livestock truck for a camper. They spent several winters in Arizona exploring the landscape and just enjoying the warm weather and the people they met along the way.
In 2013 Virginia received the Main Street Volunteer of the Year Award and was honored by Governor Terry Branstad at a dinner and program in Des Moines. Many a day you would find her uptown weeding in the Memory Garden or plucking weeds from the flowers pots along Main Street.
Virginia loved to walk, in the evenings on the farm you would see her walking down the road, probably picking up rocks along the way. When Hal and Virginia moved to town she continued to walk and pick up rocks until her health kept her from doing it any longer.
Virginia was an artist. There wasn’t anything she couldn’t draw or paint. She did toll painting, oil painting, and water color paintings. She painted on pillowcases, towels, she painted on pieces of wood and saw blades. One year when they were in Arizona she saw where people had painted animals on rocks and began to do that. It gave her even more reason to go rock hunting.
Proceeding Virginia in death were her parents, Beryl and Violet (Campbell) Henry, her husband Hal who died in 1998, a sister Margarett, a brother Gilbert, aunts and uncles.
Left to cherish her memory is her son Ed and wife Rhonda of rural Bedford, daughter Beverly and husband Craig of Cedar Falls, IA, 5 grandchildren, Mathew, Andrea, Susan, Carrie, and Tanner. 11 great grandchildren, 5 great-great grandchildren and sister-in-law, Enola Lowry of Bedford.
Mom loved to see the grandkids, sometimes she would just sit back and listen to them talk and I’m sure in her mind she was shaking her head at the antics they pulled and the silliness. Those were good times! As we remember mom we find there is a little piece of her in all of us. Memories are forever and we will cherish them forever.
Source: Cummings Family Funeral Home
Virginia Ann Perkins (Henry) 88 was born August 27, 1931 and grew up on a farm SE of Bedford. She married Hal Edward Perkins on July 11, 1951 and to the marriage two children were born Edward and Beverly. Hal and Virginia farmed and ran a grade A dairy farm.
Virginia was always busy with something. She had two huge gardens on the farm that were planted full each year, which meant there was lots of canning to do. Virginia loved her flowers on the farm and later when she and Hal moved in to town. She admits they were a lot of work and she got tired of watering them. Every year the kids would hear how she was going to cut back and then the next year she still had just as many until her health restricted her from being able to do as much. Her flowers were beautiful! She also fed and enjoyed the birds...except for the blackbirds, which frustrated her to no end trying to keep them out of her feeders.
Virginia and Hal were in bowling leagues for many years. Farm life was hard work and when you milk cows twice a day it’s hard to get away for any kind of vacation. This was a nice way for them to do something they enjoyed and they got to do it every week instead of once a year.
After the kids were grown and gone from the farm Hal and Virginia retired from farming and milking cows and moved in to town. Hal started trucking livestock to market and Virginia went to work at the Veterinary Clinic in Bedford as the office gal. Hal would load livestock right next door and stop in to see Virginian quite often. They loved their jobs!
The day came when they decided they wanted to do some traveling, Virginia retired from her job and Hal traded the livestock truck for a camper. They spent several winters in Arizona exploring the landscape and just enjoying the warm weather and the people they met along the way.
In 2013 Virginia received the Main Street Volunteer of the Year Award and was honored by Governor Terry Branstad at a dinner and program in Des Moines. Many a day you would find her uptown weeding in the Memory Garden or plucking weeds from the flowers pots along Main Street.
Virginia loved to walk, in the evenings on the farm you would see her walking down the road, probably picking up rocks along the way. When Hal and Virginia moved to town she continued to walk and pick up rocks until her health kept her from doing it any longer.
Virginia was an artist. There wasn’t anything she couldn’t draw or paint. She did toll painting, oil painting, and water color paintings. She painted on pillowcases, towels, she painted on pieces of wood and saw blades. One year when they were in Arizona she saw where people had painted animals on rocks and began to do that. It gave her even more reason to go rock hunting.
Proceeding Virginia in death were her parents, Beryl and Violet (Campbell) Henry, her husband Hal who died in 1998, a sister Margarett, a brother Gilbert, aunts and uncles.
Left to cherish her memory is her son Ed and wife Rhonda of rural Bedford, daughter Beverly and husband Craig of Cedar Falls, IA, 5 grandchildren, Mathew, Andrea, Susan, Carrie, and Tanner. 11 great grandchildren, 5 great-great grandchildren and sister-in-law, Enola Lowry of Bedford.
Mom loved to see the grandkids, sometimes she would just sit back and listen to them talk and I’m sure in her mind she was shaking her head at the antics they pulled and the silliness. Those were good times! As we remember mom we find there is a little piece of her in all of us. Memories are forever and we will cherish them forever.
Source: Cummings Family Funeral Home
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