Virginia N. Banning, 89, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, July 10, 2024, at Cumbernauld Village.

Born August 27, 1934, on the family farm in the Belknap community, she was the daughter of Everett Clinton and Eula Maria (Wells) Malone.  She attended the Belknap Grade School from first to eighth grade.  She then went to Moline High School for two years and graduated from Sedan High School in 1952.  On September 5, 1953, she married William Wesley Banning at the Belknap Church.  Theirs was the first wedding in the Belknap Church as far as anyone knows.

She worked at a little grocery store for a while and at the Chautauqua County Machine Shop.  In February 1956, she went to work for R.O. Robbins, an attorney in Sedan, working until the fall of 1958.  She stayed at home and was a mother and housewife while her children were young.

In August of 1965, she went to work for C.M. William Title Company.  On July 1, 1976, she went into partnership with Louise V. Downing in the Chautauqua County Abstract Company.  The partnership was dissolved on March 31, 1982, and she became the sole owner of the company.  Virginia and Wes purchased the Malone Family farm in the Belknap community residing there for years.  They moved to Howard, Kansas for seven years until moving to Cumbernauld Village in Winfield in 2017.  Wes preceded her in death on October 10, 2017.

She was a member of the Moline United Methodist Church.  She was an avid fan of the Dallas Cowboys and enjoyed sewing, bowling, hunting, baking, playing cards, and playing dominoes.  She also enjoyed counting horses on long drives.

Her family includes her children, Ricky of Burden; Renee and husband, Robin of Guthrie, OK; Russell and wife, Audra of Winfield; Randall and wife, Dawna of Arkansas City; her brothers, Keith, Leslie, and Neil; her sister Winifred; her eight grandchildren, Heather, Joshua, Kylee, Shelby, Felicia, Randi, Jameslee, and Katy; and her nine great grandchildren.

In addition to her parents and husband, Virginia was preceded in death by her three sisters Edith Bridgewater, Marilyn Widdows, Margaret Wimberley and one brother Ernest Malone.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Thursday, July 18, 2024, at Miles Funeral Service in Winfield.  Interment will follow at Belknap Cemetery.  A visitation is scheduled at the funeral home on Wednesday evening from 4 to 8 P.M.  The family will greet visitors during this time.

A memorial has been established in Virginia's name for the American Cancer Society.  Contributions may be made through the funeral home.

Funeral services will be livestreamed and may be viewed at the following link: