Share Virginia L. Crabtree's obituary with others.
Invite friends and family to read the obituary and add memories.
Stay updated
We'll notify you when service details or new memories are added.
You're now following this obituary
We'll email you when there are updates.
Please select what you would like included for printing:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF Virginia L. Crabtree
Virginia L.
Crabtree
April 1, 1915 – August 5, 2014
Virginia L. Crabtree's Obituary
Virginia L. Crabtree, 99, died peacefully in Ransom, Kansas on August 5, 2014. A memorial service and celebration of her life will be held Saturday, August 23, 10:30 A.M. at Fitzgerald Funeral Home, Ness City. A private family inurnment will be held at Arnold Cemetery.
A native Kansan, Virginia was born in Saline County April 1, 1915, the oldest child of Laura Stone Briand and Maurice Briand. She graduated valedictorian from Lincoln High School and taught first through eighth grade in a one-room school while attending Ft. Hays State University in summers. She spent most of her adult life in Arnold and Ransom. At age 50 she commuted to Ft. Hays several times a week, completing a double degree in Art and Education, with certification as a Reading Specialist. She taught first and second grades at Ransom Elementary until her retirement, and many former students credit her with instilling in them a lifelong love of reading.
Her creative endeavors included visual art (still life and landscapes), tapestry and other needlework, quilting, and writing. A woman of wide-ranging interests, she also practiced the art of living each day to the fullest and treated each person she met with kindness, generosity, and love. She was a member of the Ransom United Methodist Church and a member of the Between the Lines Book Club of Ransom.
She is survived by son James and his wife, Maril, Mission, Kansas; her granddaughter Virginia Lore, Seattle; her grandson James and wife Tiffany, Mission; great-grandchildren Jessica, Jamie, Penny, and Sar: her sister Kay Rogers, Overland Park; her sisters-in-law Marcella Briand, Ness City, and Myrtle Briand, Arnold; many nieces and nephews; and many treasured friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband James A. Crabtree, her infant son David, her daughter Jacquelyn, her brothers June, Hal, and Sol, and her sister Joyce.
Flowers are welcome, or memorial contributions may be given to Hospice of the Prairie (Dodge City), Rhode Island Suites Residential Care Center (Ransom), or the Ransom Public Library.
Condolences and memories may be left for the family at by clicking on the "Sign Guest Book" link above.
A native Kansan, Virginia was born in Saline County April 1, 1915, the oldest child of Laura Stone Briand and Maurice Briand. She graduated valedictorian from Lincoln High School and taught first through eighth grade in a one-room school while attending Ft. Hays State University in summers. She spent most of her adult life in Arnold and Ransom. At age 50 she commuted to Ft. Hays several times a week, completing a double degree in Art and Education, with certification as a Reading Specialist. She taught first and second grades at Ransom Elementary until her retirement, and many former students credit her with instilling in them a lifelong love of reading.
Her creative endeavors included visual art (still life and landscapes), tapestry and other needlework, quilting, and writing. A woman of wide-ranging interests, she also practiced the art of living each day to the fullest and treated each person she met with kindness, generosity, and love. She was a member of the Ransom United Methodist Church and a member of the Between the Lines Book Club of Ransom.
She is survived by son James and his wife, Maril, Mission, Kansas; her granddaughter Virginia Lore, Seattle; her grandson James and wife Tiffany, Mission; great-grandchildren Jessica, Jamie, Penny, and Sar: her sister Kay Rogers, Overland Park; her sisters-in-law Marcella Briand, Ness City, and Myrtle Briand, Arnold; many nieces and nephews; and many treasured friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband James A. Crabtree, her infant son David, her daughter Jacquelyn, her brothers June, Hal, and Sol, and her sister Joyce.
Flowers are welcome, or memorial contributions may be given to Hospice of the Prairie (Dodge City), Rhode Island Suites Residential Care Center (Ransom), or the Ransom Public Library.
Condolences and memories may be left for the family at by clicking on the "Sign Guest Book" link above.
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Virginia L. Crabtree, please visit our flower store.
Virginia L. Crabtree's Guestbook
Visits: 0
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the
Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors