Virginia M. Critch, 83 loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend returned home on Saturday,
September 4, 2004 after a short illness. Virginia was the daughter of Peter and Clara (Nonnemacher) Mies.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Donald Critch; brothers, Ralph and William Mies; sister,
Grace M. Mies. Virginia was a homemaker whose many passions were her children, grandchildren, spending
summers at Camp Diclair on Nettles Lake, and attending high school and college sporting events. Virginia was
a 1941 graduate of Waite High School.
Surviving are her daughters, Patricia (Robert) Meis and Carol (Jon) Herbster; son, Thomas Critch;
grandchildren, Kenneth Sendelbach, Sara Sendelbach and Jon Scott Herbster; great grandchildren, Skiler and
Briana DeShetler; brother, James (Ruth) Mies and sister, Clara Bolfa.
Friends may call in the at the Eggleston-Meinert-Pavley Funeral Home Coy Road Chapel, 440 S. Coy Road,
Oregon where visitation will be held on Tuesday from 5 to 9 pm and Wednesday from 2 to 9 pm. Funeral
services will begin in the funeral home on Thursday at 9:30 and proceed to Good Shepherd Church for the Mass
of Christian Burial at 10:00 am. Interment will follow in Lake Township Cemetery. The family would like to
thank all of the nurses and aids at Heartland of Oregon for your kindness and support. Contributions in
Virginia's memory can be made to either Good Shepherd Church or Hospice of Northwest Ohio.
Visitation: Visitation Times
5-9 Tuesday & 2-9 Wednesday
Coy Road Chapel