Virginia Lee Swager

Virginia L. Swager, 89, of Murray, KY passed away July 28, 2024 at Oakview Nursing Home in Calvert City, KY after a long battle with COPD and dementia.

She was born and raised on the family farm in Crittenden County, Kentucky until she graduated and met her husband, Robert, at Camp Breckinridge and married in 1953. She was a devoted homemaker most of her life along with being devoted wife, mother and grandmother while standing by her husband as he served 30 years in the United States Army.

Survivors include her daughter, Karen Stacy Shupe Roach; grandsons, Haydn, Kenneth and Kyle Shupe; granddaughter, Alexa R. Swager and great grandson, Tobias K. Shupe.

Virginia was preceded in death by her parents, George H. and Aileen Stacy Nunn Roberts; husband, Retired SGM Robert L. Swager; son, Steven L. Swager; daughter, Diana L. Hutchings; siblings, Austin Roberts, Glen Roberts, Corinne Brantley, Leonard "Jim" Roberts and Blondell Behrendt and several beloved in-laws and nieces and nephews.

Services are scheduled for 1 PM Thursday August 1, 2024 at Gilbert Funeral Home in Marion, KY with interment in Mapleview Cemetery. The family will receive visitors from 11 AM until service time at the funeral home.

Donations may be made to the following organizations for beautiful fur babies needing our assistance; Murray/Calloway County Animal Shelter, 81 Shelter Lane, Murray, KY 42071 or Ulrich Veterinary Clinic, 6980 SR 146, Buncombe, IL 62912 (checks made to clinic but MUST ABSOLUTELY WRITE HOWLIN 4 HOPE IN MEMO). Funds used for rehabilitation, transport and network.