Virginia Ruth Hammond Housman

Virginia Ruth (Hammond) Housman, 96, passed on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. 

She was born on Jan. 20,1925, in Appleton, Wis.,  the daughter of Nile and Charlotte Ruth Hammond, sister to Lucille Irene Alme and brother Nile Spencer Hammond .                                                                                             

She married Robert Franklin Housman in Brainerd, Minn., on Jan. 30, 1948. 

She moved to Jonesboro, Ill., in 1950, where she lived for the remainder of her life. Bob Housman died on April 14, 2008.

Virginia was an active business owner, farmer and vintner, in addition to being the longest active member of the Anna-Jo Garden Club and member of Mt. Moriah Lutheran Church in Anna.

Virginia was the loving matriarch of a large extended family, mother of five children, Robert L (Pete) Housman, Debra Kay Rees (Gary), Cheryl Ann Peckron (Jeff), Mary Kathryn Wood (Paul) and Jon Wayne Housman (Crystal).

Grandmother to Jackson Snyder, Laura Snyder, Emily Hubert (Chris) , Alexander Peckron (Julie), Adam Peckron, Caleb (Abigail) Wood, Megan Hall (Josh), Christian Wood, Sarah Jerrells (Blake), Jacob Wood, Erin Gunther (Hayden),  Noah Wood, Mackenzie Peck (Shane), Madison Housman, Ryan Rich and Ian Rich (Allison).

Great-grandmother to Quinn and Wyatt Hubert, Genesis Peckron, Oliver Weiss, Reagan and Jane Wood, Elizabeth (Lizzie) and Fitz Hall,  Ella Jerrells and  Baylor Peck.

A life is not measured in days or months, or years  or miles traveled or money earned or spent. It is measured by the hugs gotten and given, the hearts held, the lives touched and changed along the way.  Virginia Housman took a chance on loving  every day of her life and the well-lit road she traveled led her home.  

A Memorial for Virginia will take place at Mt. Moriah Lutheran Church in Anna on Friday, Oct. 22, at 11 a.m., with visitation beginning at 10 a.m.

Memorials can be made to the Shawnee Hills Arts Council/Anna Arts Center, Anna-Jo Garden Club Community Beautification Fund or the Food Pantry Ministries at Mt. Moriah Lutheran Church, Salem Lutheran Church in Jonesboro or the United Methodist Church of Anna. 

Envelopes will be available at the church and at Rendleman & Hileman Funeral Home. 

To view the obituary and to leave online condolences for the family, visit www.rendlemanhilemanfh.com. 

Rendleman & Hileman Funeral Home in Jonesboro is in charge of arrangements.