{"id":8542,"date":"2021-03-31T18:08:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T18:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/?p=8542"},"modified":"2021-04-05T03:04:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T03:04:06","slug":"virginia-roach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/31\/virginia-roach\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Roach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8544\" src=\"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/virginia_roach.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/virginia_roach.jpg 320w, https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/virginia_roach-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>Virginia Roach of Kearney, Mo., passed away March 31, 2021, at Newmark Care Center.\u00a0\u00a0She was born May 16, 1942, in Copeland, Kans. to Herb and Nettie (Dimon) Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia found great joy in both performing and teaching music throughout her life.\u00a0\u00a0She was well known for her piano teaching ability both privately and in the school setting, leading hundreds of students in music education.\u00a0\u00a0Additionally, she was an astute church organist and member of Sweet Adelines.\u00a0\u00a0Though she made music her calling, her happiest moments were along the sidelines watching children and grandchildren engaged in their activities.\u00a0She was a member of Liberty Christian Church.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, John, Roland and Norman Thomas; and grandson, Bradley Roach.<\/p>\n<p>Survivors include Kirby, her husband of 59 years; children, Kyle (Kathy) Roach of Pleasant Hill,\u00a0 Lana Roach of Kearney, Marlin (Michelle) Roach of Cameron, and Jana (Jeff) Arabas of Kirksville; and 12 grandchildren, Nathan (Lia), Aaron, Trenton, Kenan, Niki, Kari, Marcus, Hailey (Thad), Jacob, Adriana, Alexandra and Aeden; as well as one great granddaughter, Nya; her sister, Dorothy; and many nieces and nephews and in-laws also survive.<\/p>\n<p>Memorial services will be held at a later date.\u00a0Memorial contributions can be made to the Presbyterian Disciples Church in Lexington, Mo.<\/p>\n<p>Arrangements in care of Fry-Bross &amp; Spidle Funeral Home, Kearney.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #efdbd9; padding: 1em;\">\n<h5>Our Sincere Condolences<\/h5>\n<p>So sorry to hear of Virginia\u2019s death. May her memory be a blessing to you as time passes.<br \/>\nPaul Ellison<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Roach of Kearney, Mo., passed away March 31, 2021, at Newmark Care Center.\u00a0\u00a0She was born May 16, 1942, in Copeland, Kans. to Herb and Nettie (Dimon) Thomas. Virginia found great joy in both performing and teaching music throughout her life.\u00a0\u00a0She was well known for her piano teaching ability both privately and in the school [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8542"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8555,"href":"https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8542\/revisions\/8555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}