- Date Of Birth: April 8, 1922
- Date Of Death: August 5, 2012
- State: Indiana
D. Virginia Glassburn, 90, of Bristol, passed away from natural causes at 2 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, at Courtyard Healthcare Center, Goshen.
She was born Apr. 8, 1922, to the late Marion R. “Russell” and Sylvia E. (Eller) Rowe in Elkhart.
She was also preceded in death by her husband Harold; brothers Wayne and Jack Rowe; a sister, Delores Thorpe; and a great-granddaughter, Lizzie Glassburn.
Surviving are her sons Reginald E. “Reg” (Dawn) Glassburn of Syracuse and Stephen A. (Marilyn) Glassburn of Middlebury; daughters Norma J. (John) Crise, Rebekah A. “Becky” (Timothy) Hale of Bristol and Linda B. (Jack) Meyer of Elkhart; brothers Clifford (Phyllis) Rowe of Redding, Calif. and Delbert (Ruth) Rowe of Loganville, Ga.; sisters Phyllis Tharp of Bristol and Regina (James) Shank of Elkhart; 17 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson.
Virginia was a homemaker. She loved crocheting and giving away things which she had made.
She was a devout member of the Living Faith Fellowship.
She had traveled to Haiti twice on mission trips.
She enjoyed attending church, reading her Bible, spending her time with her grandchildren and visiting Fitness USA, where she swam and spent time with her friends.
