- Date Of Birth: April 11, 1952
- Date Of Death: July 4, 2020
- State: Idaho
Virginia Jane Wegner Armstrong, 68, of Idaho Falls, peacefully passed away July 4, 2020, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, surrounded by her children.
Ginny was born April 11, 1952, in Fargo, North Dakota, to Marlowe Wegner and Irene Wasilewski Wegner. Five years later, Irene passed away and Marlowe married Thelma Strand Wegner, who raised Ginny. Ginny grew up and attended schools in Moorhead, Minnesota, where she graduated from Moorhead High School. She attended the University of Minnesota where she studied nursing. While living in Rochester, she met the LDS missionaries and converted to the LDS religion. She then transferred to Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where she met Michael Dee Armstrong. They were married January 3, 1974, in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. While married, they had five children. After 40 years, they divorced in 2014.
Ginny made her home in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Ginny is survived by her daughter, Melissa Armstrong of Idaho Falls; son, Jared (Bilguun) Armstrong of Idaho Falls; daughter, Kimberly (Michael) Simpson of Pahoa, HI; daughter, Rebecca (Dave) Armstrong Jones of Idaho Falls; daughter, Jessica (Mike) Sherwood of Boise, ID; sister, Georgia Wegner of Minneapolis, MN; and grandchildren, Luke and Jade Simpson of Pahoa, HI.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Marlowe Wegner, Irene Wasilewski Wegner, and Thelma Strand Wegner; sisters, Rosemary and Susan; and brother, Christopher.
The family encourages memories of Ginny to be posted on her Facebook page.
