HEARD, VIRGINIA A

A funeral mass was offered Feb. 28 at St. Alphonsus Liguori R.C. Church, Zionsville, Ind., for Virginia A. Heard, 87. She passed away on Feb. 24 at the Atrium Nursing Home, Jersey City. She was formerly employed at the Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Company in Indianapolis as a property underwriter where she met her late husband of 56 years, William R. Heard. She had a passion for reading and volunteered at the Hussey-Mayfield Public Library in Zionsville for many years. She is survived by her son, William R. Heard II and his wife Caryl of Hoboken; a daughter, Cynthia A. Zanger, and her husband Gerry of Fayetteville, Ark.; her brother, Robert L. Patrick of Indianapolis, Ind.; a granddaughter, Lisa Dill and her husband Kenny of Nashville, Tenn.; a grandson, Matthew W. Zanger of Walnut Creek, Calif.;, a granddaughter, Carly Heard of Hoboken, and a great grandson, Triston William Dill of Nashville, Tenn. Services arranged by the Failla Memorial Home, Hoboken, and the Flanner and Buchanan Funeral Home, Zionsville, Ind.