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Virginia L. Clayton, 81, of Sioux City passed away Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014, at a local hospital. Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Meyer Brothers Morningside Chapel, with the Rev. Roger Madden officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, with the family present at 6 p.m., and a prayer service at 7 p.m., at the funeral home.
Virginia was born on July 27, 1933. in Ocheyedan, Iowa, to Raymond and Faith (Gleason) Lintner. Her early education was at a country school outside Ocheyedan, and she graduated from Ocheyedan High School. Virginia attended Morningside College from 1951 until 1952, when she entered the nursing program at Methodist Hospital of Nursing, from which she graduated as a registered nurse on Sept. 9, 1955.
Virginia married Clifford C. Clayton on Jan. 25, 1957, in Sioux City. She worked at local hospitals and area nursing homes before working for Dr. Ashmore in Sioux City. Virginia retired from nursing while working at Mid-Step Services in 1998.
She enjoyed reading, playing cards, gardening, fishing, and traveling. Virginia loved music and played piano at various nursing facilities around Siouxland. She volunteered at Hospice of Siouxland and P.A.C.E. but found her greatest joy and pride in spending time with family, and specifically her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was a proud member of First United Methodist Church, and enjoyed membership in various groups associated with the church over the years.
Virginia is survived by her daughters, Cindy Thoms and her husband, Roy, of Le Mars, Iowa, Candy Hill and her husband, Steven, of Sioux City, and Carol Mairose and her husband, Dave, of Le Mars, son, Curtis Clayton and his wife, Julie, of Sioux City; sister, Iris Pauling of Paullina, Iowa; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Virginia was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Clifford, in 2001; and an infant sister, Marie Lintner.
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