Virginia Goeden

Virginia Goeden, 87, of Staples, MN passed away Sunday, June 26, 2016 at the Lakewood Health System Care Center in Staples, MN. Services for Virginia will be at 11:00AM, Wednesday, June 29 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Staples, with Father Joe Korf officiating. Family and friends are invited to gather for visitation from 4-8PM at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples, MN, with a prayer service at 5:30PM and rosary following, and one hour prior to services at the church. Interment will be at St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery in Bertha, MN.

Virginia was born October 16, 1928 in Tyndall, South Dakota to Michael and Katherine (Sternhagen) Dvorak. She graduated from high school in Yankton, SD, and after a period of employment, was united in marriage to Julius Goeden in November of 1949. They moved to the farm near Bertha in 1955, family and farm was the center of her life until moving to Staples in 1978. Virginia worked as a nurse's aid at Lakewood Care Center, Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples, and she was a Foster Grandma to many children at Staples Elementary School; which was very important to her. She was a cancer survivor since 2002 and participated in the Relay for Life. Virginia enjoyed dancing, Polka music, embroidering, cake decorating, gardening, playing cards, volunteering at church, school, and the Motley Fairboard, traveling, listening to sports and attending her grandchildren's sporting events.

Virginia is survived by her children, Michael (Vickey) Goeden of Underwood, MN, Marilyn (Michael) Dolezal of Bertha, MN, Stephen (Randee) Goeden of Clearwater, MN, William (SuzAnn) Goeden of Verndale, MN, Lynnette (Rudy) Fellman of Staples, MN, Tim (Darci) Goeden of Baxter, MN; 23 grandchildren; and 25 great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, Michael and Katherine; two sisters, France and Dorothy; former husband, Julius Goeden. Arrangements have been entrusted to Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples, MN.