Funeral service for Virginia Mae "Ginger" Easton will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 12, 2017 in Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel

Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Virginia Mae "Ginger" Easton, age 83, Marble Hill, Missouri, died Sunday, August 6, 2017 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.  She was born June 27, 1934 in Lawton, Oklahoma to Raymon and Irene Patton.  She grew up in Lawton and was a graduate of Lawton High School.  She married Alva A. Easton who preceded her in death on October 15, 1979.

She was a member of the Methodist Church.  She loved to cook including cookies, pies and her world famous cinnamon rolls.  She produced needle point art, beautiful quilts and lately she had crocheted dozens and dozens of afghan blankets for people in nursing homes and hospitals.

She is survived by her sons, Phillip L. Easton, Ph.D. and wife Lydia of Coppell, Texas and Keith M. Easton and wife Michelle of Gilbert Arizona; her brother, Farris J. Patton of Leland, North Carolina; her sister, Catherine (Cathy) Bollinger of Marble Hill, Missouri; her grandchildren and their spouses, April and Jerry Rushing, Amber Easton, Ph.D., Amanda and Ezra Gentle, Alex and Jenny Easton, Michael and Noemi Easton and Cade and Morgan Easton; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers, Raymond C. Patton and Robert E. Patton, her sister, Patricia Faulkner, her husband and her son, Donald Lynn Easton who died in 2011.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.