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Virginia F.

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Moffitt

March 20, 1923 – February 16, 2015

Obituary

Virginia F. Moffitt, 91, of Milan, died peacefully Monday, Feb. 16, 2015 at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf.

A memorial visitation will be 3 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Milan. A memorial service will be held later this summer. Memorials may be made to the Reynolds United Methodist Church.

Virginia Burrill was born on March 20, 1923 in Alexis, Ill., one of four children born to Roe and Edith Sedwick Burrill. She met Merle Moffitt and they were married on Sept. 1, 1948 in Viola. He died Dec. 17, 2009.

She worked as a school teacher at the Reynolds Grade School for a year and later at Coolidge Junior High School, Moline, where she taught social studies until 1951. Virginia spent the next few years raising her children. She later returned to teaching and taught English at Moline High School, retiring in 1984.

Virginia was a member of the Reynolds United Methodist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star.

She is survived by her sons, Duane (Brenda) Moffitt, Milan, and David Moffitt, Ft. McCoy, Fla.; son-in-law, Bob (Karen) Brooks, Moline; her grandchildren, whom she loved, Sarah Brooks, Durango, Colo., Patrick (Casey) Brooks, Rossville, Ill., Andrea Moffitt, Moline, Jeff (Jen) Moffitt, Lynn Center, Karen Christiansen, Milan, Kevin Crowe, Moline, Gage Zvonik, Milan, Tiffani Branham, Silvis and Justin Moffitt, Rock Island; her many great grandchildren whom she enjoyed; sister, Ethel Boostrom, Monmouth; and brothers, Roy Burrill, Monmouth and Dwight Burrill, of Florida. She was preceded in death by her husband, Merle and daughter, Dolores.

Online condolences may be left at wheelanpressly.com.



Visitation Service:
Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Milan, Illinois
Friday, February 20th, 2015
3:00pm to 7:00pm

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