Zimmerly, Virginia Carol (1947-2005)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2005 Jul 4 p. 2

Birth date: 1947 Oct 14

text of obituary:

VIRGINIA CAROL ZIMMERLY

Virginia Carol Zimmerly, 57, of Homestead, Fla., died June 17, 2005. She was born Oct. 4, 1947, to David and Marguerite Zimmerly in Miami.

Her activities and interests included South Dade Audubon Society, South Dade Community Choir and Bible Study Fellowship International. She was a charter member of Southmost Mennonite Church and a member of Homestead Mennonite Church. As a teenager, she decided to follow Jesus and walked with him all her life. She liked traveling, reading and creative crafts. She enjoyed the children in her care, and they appreciated her gift of listening to them.

She began her career in food services at East Ridge Retirement Village and continued with Miami Dade County Public Schools, retiring from the cafeteria at Homestead Senior High School.

Her services in the church included serving food at meals, snacks at vacation Bible school, washing the coffee cups and preparing communion. Occasionally she played her autoharp and sang in trios with her sisters. She was a caregiver to her parents in their later years. She survived cancer and Hurricane Andrew.

Survivors include two sisters, Sara Alice Zimmerly and Amy Zimmerly Grimes; a niece, Jennifer A. Grimes; and two nephews, David W. Grimes and John M. Grimes. She was preceded in death by a brother, Glen Edward Zimmerly.

Memorial services were held at Homestead Mennonite Church. Burial was in Palms Memorial Park of Homestead.