Virginia R. Laabs

Vir­ginia R. Laabs (Keup), 91, of Mesa, AZ. went home to be with her Lord and Sav­ior on Tues­day, Oct. 4, 2022, at Ban­ner Bay­wood Med­ical Cen­ter in Mesa.
Vi­rig­inia was born the daugh­ter of William and Bertha (Roedi­ger) Keup on March 19, 1931, in Theresa, and was bap­tized and con­firmed at Im­manuel Lutheran Church (Hocheim.)
She was a 1949 grad­u­ate of Mayville High School.
Vir­ginia was united in mar­riage to Her­man Laabs on June 25, 1950. They spent most of their mar­ried life in West Bend, where they were ac­tive mem­bers of St. John’s Lutheran Church. Vir­ginia will be fondly re­mem­bered for her tremen­dous cook­ing and bak­ing skills, as she loved to make meals for fam­ily and friends and many spe­cial oc­ca­sions. She loved music, es­pe­cially in the church set­ting. She sang in var­i­ous church choirs over the years and passed the love of music on to her three sons.
After re­tire­ment and mov­ing to Ari­zona, Vir­ginia be­came an ac­tive vol­un­teer along­side Her­man, a WW2 pilot, in the Ari­zona Wing of the Com­mem­o­ra­tive Air Force at Fal­con Field Mesa. They par­tic­i­pated in many events there such as Vet­er­ans Day ac­tiv­i­ties hon­or­ing mil­i­tary pi­lots from WW2 to pre­sent.
Vir­ginia is sur­vived by her sons, Jim (Janis) Laabs of Mesa, AZ, Tom (Susan) Laabs of Mesa, AZ, and Rev. Bruce (Barb) Laabs of Wa­co­nia, MN; her grand­chil­dren, Erin, Ben, Andy, Heather, and Heidi; and great-grand­daugh­ter, Au­rora; fur­ther sur­vived by nieces, nephews, other rel­a­tives, and friends.
She was pre­ceded in death by her par­ents; her hus­band, Her­man, in 2015; an in­fant son; sis­ters, Sylvia Athey and Lois Groth; and brother, Mar­tin Keup.
A Res­ur­rec­tion Cel­e­bra­tion for Vir­ginia will take place at St. John Ev. Lutheran Church in Mayville on Sat­ur­day, Oct. 29, at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Bruce Laabs of­fi­ci­at­ing. Vis­i­ta­tion will take place from 12 p.m. until the time of the ser­vice at 1 p.m. at the church in Mayville. In­ter­ment will take place at Hochheim Ceme­tery with a light lun­cheon to fol­low at the church.
Memo­ri­als in lov­ing mem­ory of Vir­ginia may be di­rected to the Col­lege Schol­ar­ship Fund at Christ Green­field Lutheran Church, Gilbert, AZ.
Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Mayville is serv­ing the fam­ily. www.​KoepsellFH.​com