Virginia Risley
There will be a visitation on Tuesday, Oct 22, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Blair-Owens Funeral Home, 102 E. Dunbar St., Mahomet. The funeral service will be on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 10 a.m. at University Place Christian Church, 403 S. Wright St., Champaign. Burial will be at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield.
Virginia was born April 22, 1926, in Foosland, the only daughter of Arthur and Naoma Ball. She married William Risley on Nov. 25, 1950, in Foosland, the coldest day on record (as she often recalled). William died Jan. 13, 2013.
Virginia attended Gibson City High School and Illinois Commercial College, achieving a proficiency of clerk typist 6 - skills she applied during her varied secretarial career. She was a homemaker, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
She will be missed by four sons, David (Eileen) of Rochester, Martin (Candice) of Long Beach, Calif., James (Angela) of Mahomet and John (Gayle) of Belvidere; 11 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and sister-in-law, Beth Boze. She will also be missed by many who considered her a second mom.
Virginia was preceded in death by one granddaughter, Robin Davis.
Virginia and William were longtime members of the University Place Christian Church, where she volunteered as an office secretary for many years. Her love of music was nurtured by her father and she was an excellent piano player.
In lieu of other expressions of sympathy, donations may be made to the American Heart Association (3816 Paysphere Circle, Chicago, IL 60674).
Condolences may be offered at www.owensfuneralhomes.com.
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