Virginia Louise Fritz Crunk

Virginia Louise Fritz Crunk, 81, passed away Wednesday, September 7, 2022, at Baylor, Scott & White Hillcrest Medical Center. Graveside services and burial will be September 18, 3 p.m., at Immanuel Lutheran Church (411 Co Rd 401, Taylor, Texas), with Reverend Charlie Simons, brother-in-law, presiding. The cemetery is behind the church. Visitation will be at Immanuel Lutheran following the burial.

Virginia was born at Taylor, Texas, on January 26, 1941. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Immanuel Lutheran Church of West Taylor. She was a graduate of the 1959 class of Taylor High School and she was valedictorian of her class. She graduated from Texas Lutheran College in 1963 with a Bachelor of Arts. She began a teaching career in math classes at Lake Air Junior High School, Waco, Texas. She also taught one year of math at McGregor ISD. Virginia married Keith T. Crunk and they had two children, Jeffrey and Derek. Virginia returned to school at Baylor University and in 1991 completed state certification to become a Certified Public Accountant. She worked at the Texas Life Insurance Company, of Waco. Virginia was an active member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Crawford. For many years she was one of several church organists at St. Paul.

Virginia is preceded in death by husband, Keith; her parents, Henry Ray Fritz and Leona Decker Fritz; and brother, Jonathan Fritz.

She is survived by her sons, Jeffrey Crunk and Derek Crunk; sister, Emily Fritz Simons; sister-in-law, Sharon Fritz; daughters-in-law, Sharon Siske-Crunk and Jennifer Crunk; grandchildren, Elliott Crunk, Elizabeth Crunk, and Ava Crunk; and many cousins, nieces, and nephews.

Memorials for Virginia can be sent to the West Taylor Lutheran Cemetery, Taylor, Texas.