Plainville -- Virgil N. Dreiling, 75, died Friday, Dec. 28, 2001, at Plainville Rural Hospital. He was born July 18, 1926, in Victoria to Nicholas and Mary (Rupp) Dreiling.

He married Hildegarde Becker on Oct. 22, 1946, in Plainville.

He was a longtime Plainville area resident, and had previously lived in Severin. He had worked for John Farmer in the oil industry for more than 40 years and was a contract oil pumper for several other companies. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus and VFW, all of Plainville.

Survivors include his wife, of the home; six daughters, Carol Vignery, Wellsville, Connie Tate, Clyde, Joan Dobson, Kathy Dreher and Denise Ganoung, all of Plainville, and Lynnae Boedeker, DeSoto; two brothers, Norman Dreiling, Great Bend, and Jerry Dreiling, Hoisington; four sisters, Shirley Bollig, Hays, Thelma Hake, Plainville Erma Staab, Manhattan, and Joyce Labarge, Topeka; 17 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by four brothers, Linus, Vernon, Kenneth and Francis; three sisters, Waunita Plante, Viola Budig and Irene Dreiling; and a granddaughter.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Plainville, with Father Joe Popelka officiating; burial in Sacred Heart Cemetery with military honors by the Plainville VFW. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. today at Moore-Overlease Funeral Chapel, Plainville, and from 6 to 8 p.m. at the church. A Ladies Guild rosary will be at 3 p.m. at the funeral chapel. A parish vigil service will be at 7 p.m. at the church, followed by a Knights of Columbus rosary.

Memorials are suggested to Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Sacred Heart School or to the American Heart Association.

Hays Daily News, 12/30/2001