Virginia G. Queen, of Rolla, Mo., passed away on Tues., Nov. 2, 2004 at St. John’s Regional Health Center in Springfield, Mo. She was 63.

Queen was born in St. James, Mo., on April 19, 1941 to the late Leonard II and Virginia Alma (Brown) Pilger. On April 20, she married James Queen, who survives and is a well know farrier throughout the midwest.

Virginia was a 1959 graduate of John F. Hodge High School and a member of the St. James Assembly of God Church.

In addition to her parents, Virginia was preceded in death by one granddaughter, Sarah Queen.

Virginia will be greatly missed by her surviving family which includes her husband, James, of the home; four children, Leonard F. Queen and wife Gay Ann of Rolla., Telitha Zoe Queen, of Rolla, Travis J. Queen and wife Vanessa, of Auxvasse, Mo., and Stanley H. Queen and wife Jessi, of Rolla: one brother, David Pilger, of St. James; seven grandchildren, other extended family and friends.

A memorial service for Mrs. Queen will be held at a later date. Contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association in care of the Null & Son Funeral Home in Rolla, Mo.