Virginia Essner

Virginia Irene Essner, 93 of New Hamburg, Missouri died Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 4, 1925 in Benton, Missouri to Anton A. and Christine C. Strack Diebold. She married Herbert Anton Essner on May 7, 1946 in Benton. He preceded her in death on January 20, 2004.
Virginia was a member of St. Lawrence Catholic Church in New Hamburg and Ladies Sodality of the Church. In earlier years she loved to knit and crochet. She enjoyed quilting with the ladies at St. Lawrence Parish. She loved working with her flowers and her most precious thing in life was her family.
She is survived by five sons, Jim (Hope) Essner of Kelso, Mike (Donna) Essner of Scott City, Tom (Linda) Essner of New Hamburg, Fred Essner of Millersville, Missouri and Terry (Shelly) Essner of Jackson, Missouri; a daughter, Pam (Larry C.) Heuring of Kelso; two brothers, Anton (Ethel) Diebold, Jr. of St. Louis and Leonard (Willene) Diebold of Lebanon, Tennessee; three sisters, Ida Mae Ford of Florida, Chris Brant and Mary Francis Harrison both of St. Louis; eighteen grandchildren and twenty four great grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by her parents and three brothers, Norbert, Claude and Walter Diebold.
Visitation will be from 4:00 – 8:00 pm on Friday at the St. Lawrence Catholic Church in New Hamburg. Parish prayer service will be at 7:00 pm.
Funeral Mass will be at 10:00 am on Saturday at the church with Rev. Michael Casteel and Rev. Balaswamy Govindu as concelebrants.
Burial will be in St. Lawrence Catholic Cemetery in New Hamburg.