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Margaret Anne Shetler
Virginia Amelia Wolf Sessums
March 18, 1922 – June 13, 2022 Margaret Anne (Pursley) Shetler, 100, of Silverton, Oregon, died June 13, 2022.
March 10, 1940 – March 14, 2022 Scotts Mills area. Margaret worked for several years as a medical secretary for Dr. Pickering at the medical school in Portland, Oregon and then later at the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, in Beaverton.
She was born March 18, 1922 in Oroville, Washington, to Courtney and Thelma Rae (Taylor) Pursley. She was the oldest of four: Myron, John, and Dorothy – all deceased. Her family migrated to where there was work, eventually settling in Salem, and then moving to the Aurora area. She graduated from Canby High School in 1940. She was not raised in a Christian home, but attended Sunday school on her own and joined Hopewell Mennonite Church. She became a member of Zion Mennonite Church, in Hubbard, Oregon, in 1967, and remained so the rest of her life. She attended Hesston College, in Hesston, Kansas, graduating in the class of 1943. There she met Ralph Shetler, and they were married on May 30, 1943. They lived most of their married life in Oregon, near Hubbard, and then in the
She was a member of the Oregon Mennonite Historical and Genealogical Society. She authored and co-authored several books and she finished writing her own life story at the age of 90. She also made many delicious meals and loved making quilts. She is survived by her six children, Marvin, David, Howard, Jerold, Ruby and Lawrence; 29 grandchildren, 86 great-grandchildren, and seven greatgreat-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a stillborn son, Daniel, in 1956 and her husband Ralph, in 2004. Memorial services were held at the Zion Mennonite Church near Hubbard. Burial was in Zion Mennonite Church Cemetery.
Virginia Amelia Wolf Sessums, 82, of Silverton, Oregon, passed away peacefully at home with family at her side. Virginia was born in Bismarck, North Dakota to Jacob and Philomena Wolf. She was one 11 children (Clara, John, Mary, Cecelia, Gabe Agnes, Ruth, Bernie, Leon and Irene.) After a tornado destroyed their farm, they moved to Oregon, purchasing a small farm in Silverton. Virginia graduated from St. Paul Catholic School and Silverton High School. She was a devoted, loving, wonderful mother and grandma. She loved watching her family grow, enjoying all of her family reunions and get togethers with her brothers and sisters. Virginia enjoyed cooking big meals for all her guests. She also loved her trips to Central Oregon, the coast or just a drive in the country to
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see the beauty held within. She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Wallace Sessums; four daughters and one son: Vicki (Dan) Ort, Sherri O’Dell, Troy (Angela) Douglas, Jennifer Sessums Mink, Nicole Sessums Skinner. She is also survived by 16 grandchildren: Danny, Shaun, Dustin and Shayna Ort; Rachel, Jason, Sara and Jordon O’Dell; Clayton, Shelby and Zachery Douglas; Tristin and Madison Mink; Logan, Sawyer and Preston Skinner; and by 16 great grandkids. Virginia is preceded in death by her parents, Jacob and Philomena Wolf; brothers, John and Gabe; and sisters, Clara, Agnes, Ruth, Bernie. A celebration of life will be held later. Arrangements with Unger Funeral Chapel – Silverton.
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