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Virginia Mae Seib, 89, of Germantown Hills, Illinois, went home to be with her Savior on June 8, 2018 at her home in Snyder Village, Metamora, Illinois. She was born on March 15, 1929, in Chicago IL, to George and Mary Johnson. She married Richard W. Seib on August 28, 1948. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, her parents and her younger sister, June. Virginia is survived by her three children and their spouses; Linda (Thom) Simpson of Germantown Hills, Patti (Corky) Schumacher of Pine, AZ, Ronald (Sally) Seib of Waconia, MN, seven grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren.

Virginia loved working on jigsaw puzzles (the more pieces the better), she was the first female bus driver for her local school district, she was a master seamstress (drapes, prom dresses, slipcovers and much more). She had her own special way of folding plastic bags. Her attention to detail was extraordinary: way before GPS and smart phones, Virginia had created her own little notebooks so if you were traveling from central Illinois to the cabin on Lake Inguadona, you would know what services were available at each and every exit!!

But of everything that we could tell you about Virginia Seib, her family all agreed that these are the three most important to her. First was that she loved Jesus, her Lord and Savior, above all else. She loved reading scripture and her whole life was about service. She and her husband instilled the same abiding faith in their children and grandchildren. Secondly, she and Dick loved their family. She was a fierce prayer warrior, lifting her many family members up to the Lord individually on a daily basis. Every birthday, every accomplishment, every setback and trauma, every major milestone and holiday was a cause to join together as a family. The final legacy that Virginia left to us is a love of music. Music everywhere and all the time. Singing, playing, listening. She was a gifted singer and piano player. She and her husband served in music ministries in every church they ever attended. Virginia played the piano while her husband led in worship at their home church, but she also enjoyed worshiping at Longville Bible Chapel and played the piano there sometimes. Even up to a few weeks before her passing, she was playing the piano at a nursing home for weekly church services.

A home-going celebration was held at her home church, Faith Evangelical Free Church on June 13th. Memorials may be made to Faith Evangelical Free Church on Lourdes Rd., Metamora, IL or Longville Bible chapel, Longville, MN. For full obituary please visit https://www.deitersfuneralhome.com.[[In-content Ad]]

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