Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
funeral service for Virginia L. Harson was held Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, at the Hartley Funeral Home Chapel in Hartley. Pastor Lynn Dau officiated.
Pallbearers were Cade Harvey, Patrick Willaert, Macin Harvey, David Willaert, Dayton Harson, Melanie Harson, Norah Harson and Ellen Harson. Interment was at Pleasant View Cemetery in Hartley. Hartley Funeral Home assisted with the arrangements.
Virginia Louise “Ginny” Harson, daughter of Marion George and Myrtle Louise Augusta (Erickson) Quist, was born July 31, 1942 at Wayne, Neb. She spent her youth around Oakland and Dixon, Neb. and received her education there, graduating from high school in Laurel, Neb. in 1960.
She furthered her education at the Methodist Hospital School of Nursing in Sioux City, earning her Registered Nursing degree.
On Aug. 16, 1965, Ginny was united in marriage to Donald Dean Harson at Wayne, Neb. Three children would make their family complete: Gina, Gregory and Robert. Following their marriage the couple moved to Madrid where Ginny was an office nurse for Dr. Leonard. In 1972, the family relocated to Hartley and Ginny once again used her medical knowledge as a nurse/Director of Nurses at the local care facilities. She ended her nursing career working for the ophthalmologist, Dr. Gordy, in Spencer. To balance the rigors and demands of medical care, Ginny found selling Tupperware to be a pleasant change of pace as well as working a few hours at the Hartley Public Library. She was also a member of the United Methodist Church and Grace Fellowship Church in Hartley.
In her free time, embroidery proved to be a relaxing pastime in the quiet hours of the day (she might have to move a cat off her lap first). Of course, seeing the grandkids was always a welcome surprise and Ginny made sure there would be something good to eat in the kitchen. She loved to bake and they loved to make it disappear!
On Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, Ginny passed from this life at the age of 79 years. She is once again reunited with her parents who had preceded her.
Grateful for having shared her life are her husband, Don, of Hartley; her children and grandchildren: Gina (Rodney) Wiekamp, Cade (Alexa) and Macin Harvey, of Hartley; Gregory (Lissa) Harson, Dayton and Melanie, of Little Rock; and Robert (Mindy) Harson, Patrick and David Willaert, Norah and Ellen Harson, of Rock Island, Ill.; two brothers: Robert (Maxine) Quist, of Anchorage, Alaska; and Gene (Naoma) Quist, of Dixon, Neb.; other relatives and many friends.
