- Date Of Birth: April 27, 1921
- Date Of Death: July 13, 2015
- State: Illinois
Wilda M. Gingrich, 94, of Eureka, IL, formerly of Roanoke, IL passed away at 9:10 pm on Monday, July 13, 2015 at Maple Lawn Health Care, Eureka. She was born on April 27, 1921 in Lowpoint, IL to Rudolph “Rudy” and Esther (Reeser) Garber. She married Virgil W. Gingrich on December 15, 1940 in Metamora. He died on December 9, 2007.
Surviving are children Ellis (Greta) Gingrich of Eureka, Dr. Roger (Patty) Gingrich of Barrington, NH, Jean (Rev. Leon) Stutzman of Kalona, IA, Joyce (Bob) Zehr of Eureka, Beth (good friend Tom Egert) of Cobden, IL, Ross (Nancy) Gingrich of Roanoke; twenty grandchildren; thirty-seven great-grandchildren with one on the way; and siblings Richard Garber of Eureka, Leslie (Velda) Garber of Washington, and Ferne Onken of Colfax, IL. She was preceded in death by her parents and son-in-law Bruce Frank.
Wilda was above all a woman of faith, a farmer’s wife, and a keeper of their house and family.
