Virginia L. Lester

Virginia L. (Danner) Lester, 67, of Newton died Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, at her home in Newton. Virginia’s funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 21 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton. The family will greet friends from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 21 at the funeral home. Burial will be at Newton Memorial Park Cemetery in Newton. Memorials to the Jasper County Animal Rescue League & Humane Society may be left at the Wallace Family Funeral Home. Memorials may also be mailed to the funeral home, please add, Attn: Lester Family on the envelope.

Those left to cherish Virginia’s memory are her children, Debbie (Clark) Hassig of Newton, Sherrie (Brian) Davis of Clemons, Dwaine Lester (Cindy Franzen) of Newton and Nikki (Dennis) Cooper of Newton; 11 grandchildren, Dalton, Ashley (Jack), Kaci, Ryan, Taylor (Gabe), Riley, Alison, Makinnon, Mackenzie, Trevor and Kaiden; great-grandson, Brantley; her sisters and brothers, Joyce and Max Gragg, Donna and Mick Gragg, Mike Danner, Dwight and Carolyn Danner, Jim Danner and Brenda Vermillion, all of What Cheer, Bonnie Harland of Buffalo and Bill Bird of Moline, Ill.

She was preceded in death by her parents; fiancé, Jimmy J. “Jim” Ericksonin in 2006; two brothers, Duke Danner and Don Bird; and sister, Connie Danner.