Virginia (Ginny) Ann, age 84 of Prescott, WI Passed away peacefully Friday July 3, 2020 surrounded by her loving family after more than 35 years battling pulmonary _brosis. She
was born in Mankato, MN to Leonard and Leola (Ludtke) Matzke. Ginny met the love her life, Bob, in 1950 when she started at Rapidan
High School after 8 years at St John’s Lutheran Church School in Good Thunder, MN. Ginny was a drum majorette and basketball cheerleader (while Bob played guard on the basketball team) and they started dating in their junior year. They
graduated in 1953 and Ginny attended Travel Industry to LosAngeles by the
US Army and they married in 1956. Ginny, a long-time
member of East Immanuel
Church, was a champion for Christ, a loving mother to
four, grandmother to eight and great-grandmother to
three. Her strength, courage
and sweet spirit were felt by
all who met her. Ginny is
preceded in death by parents
and 1 sister, Lou Jean (Carl) Mathiason. Survived by her
husband of 64 years, Bob;
children, Scott (Cynthia), Cindy (Richard) Kalow, Ross (Charlet), Jennifer (Jon Bishop) Reedstrom Bishop; grandchildren, Cristina
Reedstrom, Brittany (Jamie) Kauppi, Rachelle (Ben Webster) Reedstrom, Elizabeth (Kolten) Fischer, Alec and Bryce (Sophie Olson) Kalow, Nathan and Peter Reedstrom; 3 great-grandchildren; and 1 brother, Dwayne (Genevieve) Matzke.
Funeral Service 11:00 AM Wed. July 15 at East Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1173 Payne Ave, St Paul, MN (Visitation 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM at church) (masks required for all indoor gatherings). Outdoor
luncheon and fellowship immediately following the ceremony at the Reedstrom residence in Prescott, WI. Burial at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Mpls, Thursday July 16 at 9:30 AM. Memorials to Ginny’s favorite evangelist, Joyce Meyer Ministries or to East Immanuel Lutheran Church.
School in Minneapolis and Kansas City and moved to
Los Angeles with her high
school friend Isobel “Skip”
Grant, where she worked for multiple airlines, starting a 25 year career in the travel agency which brought her to 31 countries. Bob was transferred
