Virginia Kiemele, 81, Linton, died Saturday, May 4, 2013 at Sanford Health, Bismarck, ND. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at First Baptist Church, Linton, ND with Rev. Paul Brannen officiating. Burial will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan, ND. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday at Myers Funeral Home where there will be a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. Visitation will continue one hour before time of service on Tuesday at the church. Virginia was born in Linton, ND, on March 6, 1932, the daughter of Jacob and Clara (Bollinger) Baumgartner. She was raised east of Linton and graduated from Linton High School. Virginia married Albert Kiemele in Bismarck, ND on September 20, 1951. They lived and farmed 18 miles west of Linton until moving to Linton in 1967, where she worked for Dockter's Jack and Jill, Dr. Gordon and Dakota Eye Institute, until retiring in 1997. Albert died on May 5, 2009. Virginia enjoyed gardening, spending time at their cabin at Beaver Bay, cooking and spending time with her family and friends. She was a member of First Baptist Church and Women's Missionary Fellowship. Virginia is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Rick and Theresa Kiemele of Bismarck, ND and Rod and Lilly Kiemele of Dickinson, ND., one daughter and son-in-law, Claudia and Remy Schiele of Linton, ND, seven grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren, one sister, Irene Rohrich of Linton, ND and one sister-in-law, Lorrene Baumgartner of Linton, ND. Virginia was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one brother, Alex Baumgartner and one brother-in-law, Leo Rohrich.