Virginia Alta Pruessner, 99, Hamilton, MO, passed away at her home, after a brief illness, in Hamilton on January 8, 2023.

Virginia was born on April 25, 1923, to Rolla and Emma (Campbell) Houts in Independence, MO.  She attended school in Calhoun, MO., and graduated in 1941.  On October 28, 1942, she married Wyatt Pruessner.  They resided in Kansas City, MO., and also lived in Kingsville, MO., and Elm Springs, MO.  The couple moved to Hamilton in 1965 with Wyatt accepting a job as pastor of the Hamilton Baptist Church.  Virginia worked at the Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home in Hamilton.

Virginia loved spending time with her family.  She was a loving mother and an adored grandmother affectionately known as Mom, Grandma and Grandma Gin.  Virginia enjoyed fishing, traveling, and playing cards with friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Wyatt, brothers-Fred Dickinson, Monroe Houts and Ted Houts, and sisters-Betty Ferril and Barbara Hightower.

Survivors include her children Judy Korach (John), Hamilton, MO; and Jerry Pruessner (Sheila), Lake Ozark, MO.; 5 grandchildren and numerous great and great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral Service:  11 a.m., Friday, January 13, 2023, at Bram Funeral Home, Hamilton.

Visitation:  10 to 11 a.m., 1 hour prior to the service, at the funeral home on Friday.

Interment:  Highland Cemetery, Hamilton.

Memorials:  The Caldwell County Food Pantry in care of the funeral home.