Virginia L. Asher
Virginia Lee Asher, age 79, died Feb. 3, 2016, at Webb City Health and Rehabilitation. She was born May 26, 1936, in Kansas City, MO, the only child of Dawson Alaska Halterman and Rosa Alice Moyer Halterman.
Virginia grew up on the family farm near Braymer. She was married to David Lee Asher of Hutchinson, KS in 1956, until they were divorced in 1984. She worked at Cessna Fluid Power in Hutchinson for 12 years while raising two sons. She moved back to Braymer in 1982, to care for her mother, Rosa, until Rosa’s death in 1994. Virginia moved to Joplin in 1997 to live with her son, John.
She is survived by her son, Dawson Lee (Sherry) Asher; grandchildren, Alexandria Elizabeth and William Dawson Asher of Mount Clemens, MI; sister-in-law, Dorothy Cutliff of Hutchinson, KS; and her son and primary caregiver, John William Asher of Joplin.
A family held memorial service has been scheduled at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 6, at the South Joplin Christian Church. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 17, in Braymer. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to the Braymer Methodist Church in Braymer.
(paid obituary)