VIRGINIA RUSSELL— 2010


AMENIA, NY - Virginia “Ginny” K. Stoetzner, an 11-year resident of Amenia, NY, formerly a longtime resident of Pleasant Valley, NY, died on Friday, May 28, 2010 at her home.

Mrs. Stoetzner was a registered nurse at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie retiring in 2000. Born April 7, 1939 in Poughkeepsie, NY, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth and Catherine Drury Russell. She was a 1956 graduate of Arlington High School and a 1959 graduate of Benedictine Hospital School of Nursing in Kingston, NY.

On March 3, 1961 in Poughkeepsie, NY, she married Ernest L. Stoetzner III who survives at home. Mrs. Stoetzner was a parishioner of the Immaculate Conception Church in Amenia and a volunteer with the Vine and Branches Food Pantry. A charter member of the S & B Club, she was also a member of the Amenia Women's Club and a volunteer with the Amenia Library.

Besides her husband, she is survived by two sons, Ernest L. Stoetzner IV and his wife, Kate, of East Hartland, CT and Eric J. Stoetzner of Amenia, NY; a daughter, Cynthia Cassese and her husband, Martin, of Claverack, NY; a brother, Robert Russell of Fairfield, CA; three granddaughters, Danielle, Gabrielle and Erin Stoetzner. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by a brother, Martin Russell.