Mary Pagel

Mary Virginia (Ginny) Pagel died peacefully at home on August 4th, 2020 after a long illness.\r\n\r\nGinny was born in Marion, Indiana on February 14, 1934 to Earl and Elsie Spaulding. After graduating from Marion High School in 1952, she attended Franklin College in Franklin, Indiana where she graduated Summa cum Laude in 1956 with a degree in education.\r\n\r\nShe was an elementary school teacher in both Indiana and New York until 1969, when she earned her Master's degree in Counseling from the University of Rochester, New York. She then became a counselor for several elementary, middle and high schools in the Rochester area until she retired from the Wayne Central School District in Ontario Center, New York in 1989. She and her husband, Armin, moved to Ingram, Texas in 1997.\r\n\r\nGinny was active in various organizations including several Harmony International Barbershop singing choruses; Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity; AAUW; American Legion Auxiliary; Red Hats and various book and discussion groups. She was exceedingly kind and sociable and saw every occasion as an opportunity to add a new member to her long list of friends.\r\n\r\nGinny is survived by her loving husband of forty two years, Armin Pagel of Ingram, Texas; her daughter, Janet Bowers, of Leesburg, Virginia; her son, Daniel Crowder and his wife Hanna of Marietta, Georgia; her stepson, Douglas Pagel and his wife Jude of Geneva, Illinois; her stepdaughter, Karen Pagel of Lake Worth, Florida; her sister-in-law Marlene Spaulding of Punta Gorda, Florida; seven grandchildren, two step-grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her son, Jeffrey Crowder and her brother, Stanley Spaulding.\r\n\r\nSpecial thanks to Dr. Klaus Schroeder and Dr. Anand Mehendale for their many years of compassionate care and to the wonderful people at New Century Hospice who cared for her in her final days.