You can find this obit for Aunt Vi, as well as an online condolences book, at http://www.schleicherfuneralhomes.com/index.cfm.
VIOLET "VI" ROSE SPRICK IRVIN
April 23, 1913 - Jan. 8, 2009
The funeral mass for Violet “Vi” Rose Sprick Irvin will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 12, at St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church in Lake City, Minn., with Father Richard J. Dernek officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Lake City.
Mrs. Irvin, 95, of Lake City, died Thursday morning, Jan. 8, 2009, at the Lake City Medical Center–Mayo Health System Hospital in Lake City.
Violet Rose Sanders was born April 23, 1913 in Glasgow Township, Wabasha County, to Otto and Rose (Wilde) Sanders. She attended District 68 School, where she participated in softball and volleyball. Moving to West Albany Township in Wabasha County, she was an active member of St. Patrick’s Church, a member of the Young Lady’s Catholic Sodality and choir, and presided as first president of the Rosary Society.
Violet married LeRoy F. Sprick on Sept. 9, 1933. They farmed in West Albany until 1945, when they moved to Lake City, where she worked at the Lake City Hospital for 19 years, retiring in 1964. As a member of St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Parish, she acted as treasurer of the Women’s Guild. She was also an active Camp Fire leader, Country Club member, Women’s Club member and Garden Club member and participated in Lake City Home Extension. She served as treasurer of the Wabasha Home Extension Group.
Vi’s husband, LeRoy, died Jan. 29, 1985. In 1988, she married Robert J. Irvin of Red Wing, Minn. They lived in Red Wing until 1996, when they moved to Lake City. Robert died on Aug. 11, 2008.
She is survived by her daughter, Leah Davidson of Boca Raton, Fla.; two grandchildren, Leah-Jean Purtee of Seattle, Wash., and Richard Davidson of Orlando, Fla.; four great-grandchildren, Christopher Sands and Keith, Kelsey and Chloe Davidson; a brother, Joseph Sanders of Lake City, and a sister, Celia (James Sr.) Danckwart of Lake City. She was preceded in death by her father, Otto Sanders; her mother, Rose Wilde Sanders Tschoepe; her husbands; two brothers, Richard and Eugene, and a sister, Jeanette Danckwart.
Friends may visit from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11, at Schleicher Funeral Homes' Lake City Chapel and one hour prior to services at the church on Monday. A prayer service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Obituary for Aunt Vi
You can find this obit for Aunt Vi, as well as an online condolences book, at http://www.schleicherfuneralhomes.com/index.cfm.
VIOLET "VI" ROSE SPRICK IRVIN
April 23, 1913 - Jan. 8, 2009
The funeral mass for Violet “Vi” Rose Sprick Irvin will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 12, at St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church in Lake City, Minn., with Father Richard J. Dernek officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Lake City.
Mrs. Irvin, 95, of Lake City, died Thursday morning, Jan. 8, 2009, at the Lake City Medical Center–Mayo Health System Hospital in Lake City.
Violet Rose Sanders was born April 23, 1913 in Glasgow Township, Wabasha County, to Otto and Rose (Wilde) Sanders. She attended District 68 School, where she participated in softball and volleyball. Moving to West Albany Township in Wabasha County, she was an active member of St. Patrick’s Church, a member of the Young Lady’s Catholic Sodality and choir, and presided as first president of the Rosary Society.
Violet married LeRoy F. Sprick on Sept. 9, 1933. They farmed in West Albany until 1945, when they moved to Lake City, where she worked at the Lake City Hospital for 19 years, retiring in 1964. As a member of St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Parish, she acted as treasurer of the Women’s Guild. She was also an active Camp Fire leader, Country Club member, Women’s Club member and Garden Club member and participated in Lake City Home Extension. She served as treasurer of the Wabasha Home Extension Group.
Vi’s husband, LeRoy, died Jan. 29, 1985. In 1988, she married Robert J. Irvin of Red Wing, Minn. They lived in Red Wing until 1996, when they moved to Lake City. Robert died on Aug. 11, 2008.
She is survived by her daughter, Leah Davidson of Boca Raton, Fla.; two grandchildren, Leah-Jean Purtee of Seattle, Wash., and Richard Davidson of Orlando, Fla.; four great-grandchildren, Christopher Sands and Keith, Kelsey and Chloe Davidson; a brother, Joseph Sanders of Lake City, and a sister, Celia (James Sr.) Danckwart of Lake City. She was preceded in death by her father, Otto Sanders; her mother, Rose Wilde Sanders Tschoepe; her husbands; two brothers, Richard and Eugene, and a sister, Jeanette Danckwart.
Friends may visit from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11, at Schleicher Funeral Homes' Lake City Chapel and one hour prior to services at the church on Monday. A prayer service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
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