- Virginia passed away on August 31, 2016. She was born on April 21, 1920 to Joseph and Elizabeth (Vogt) Fischer and married Norbert S. Derridinger on September 27, 1941 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Appleton. Following graduation from Appleton High School in 1938, Virginia worked for the Beanie Benz Hardware Store on College Ave. in Appleton and attended the Appleton Community Business College prior to her marriage. After marriage, she worked with her husband, Norbert in his accounting business until his death in 1971. Virginia was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, a member of the St. Mary's Christian Mothers, and helped with the hot lunch program at St. Mary's Grade School. She was a Girl Scout (with her mother being the first Girl Scout leader in Appleton), and a Girl Scout leader for both of her daughters for over ten years. She was a charter member of St. Bernard Catholic Church Appleton, and an active member of the St. Bernard Mission Group-making quilts for the homeless and needy, and the Women of St. Bernard. She loved playing cards with the St. Bernard card group on Monday afternoons.
She was the founding member of the Crossroad Homemakers group (1949) in the Town of Grand Chute and current member for over 60 years. Virginia was a founding member of the Appleton Gallery of Arts, later the Center for Visual Arts of Appleton, now known as the Trout Museum. She took oil and watercolor painting, and weaving classes at Lawrence University, the old Appleton Vocational School and the Appleton Visual Arts Center. She loved the Lawrence Symphony, the Fox River Symphony and the Attic Theater. She sewed costumes for the Attic theater group for several productions. She volunteered at the historical Grignon Mansion in Kaukauna, and was active in the Outagamie Historical Society, and the Fox Valley Genealogical Society, researching her family roots to Wisconsin state-registered pioneer ancestry. She loved folk dancing and was part of the HOPA International Fox Valley Folk Dance Group. Several summers were spent in Door County at various Folk Dancing workshops. She was active with the Thompson Center Line Dancers and was an avid bowler, bowling in a couple's league with her husband for many years and on a woman's league until she was 84 years old. Virginia also took several cooking classes at the Fox Valley Technical School. Virginia loved swimming, bicycling, gardening, bowling, line dancing, folk dancing, sewing, painting, playing piano, playing cards and enjoyed going to lunch with her many friends and relatives. She also enjoyed traveling throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico with her family, and also to Europe and Egypt.
She and her husband, Norbert, loved the seven acres of wooded property purchased just west of Appleton where they designed and built their home when they moved back to Appleton in 1949 and where they both lived until their time of deaths.
Virginia was preceded in death by her parents, her grandparents Theodora (Lohman) and Julius Vogt and Elizabeth (Schmdtkunz) and Andrew Fischer; great grandparents Francesca and John Lohman, Anna and Frank Vogt, Theresa and Martin Fischer and Margaret and Charles Schmidtkunz. She was further preceded in death by her husband Norbert Derridinger (1971), her sister, Joanne Keuler (1986), and her brother, Carlton Fischer (2001); brother in laws Jake Heimbach, Mark Keuler, and Frank Stilp; sisters in law Jean Fischer and Jackie Fischer (Beckwith).
She is survived by her children: Barbara D. (John F) Bell; Julian Derridinger all from Appleton; and Carla (David) Omachinski (Oshkosh) and two grandchildren: Kim Omachinski (Springfield, IL) and Scott Omachinski (Chicago, IL). She is also survived by her sisters: Germaine Heimbach (Kaukauna) and Judy Stilp (Neenah) as well as many nieces and nephews.
She was dedicated to her extensive family [daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother and aunt] and was always helping someone. She possessed many creative talents and could use them to the delight of all who knew her. She always offered a caring hand to those in need, always had a gentle smile, and was a true Christian to everyone she met. She will be deeply missed by all who knew her.
Her mass of Christian burial will be held at St. Bernard Catholic Church, Appleton on Thursday September 8, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. Visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. until time of service. Burial will be at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Appleton.
The family would like to thank the Memory Care staff at Touchmark on Prospect and the Aseracare Hospice staff for their loving care and attention. A memorial fund has been established. Please send contributions in Virginia's name to a family member.
Published in Appleton Post-Crescent on Sept. 4, 2016
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1920 - 2016 (96 years)
Obituary
d. 4 Sep 1958, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 
