CORYDON - Pate, Virginia L. "Ginny" Crecelius, died January 8, 2013. Beanblossom-Cesar Funeral Home Published in The Courier-Journal on January 9, 2013       Virginia L. “Ginny” Crecelius Pate, of Corydon, died Tuesday, January 8, 2013, at her home near Corydon. Ginny was born March 30, 1950, the daughter of the late Clarence Edward and Lydia Cunningham Crecelius.  She was the youngest of seven children; all of whom were born at home.  Ginny graduated from Corydon Central High School in 1968. On March 21, 1969 at New Middletown United Methodist Church, Ginny was united in marriage to her high school sweetheart, Robert Duane Pate.  This happy union was blessed with two daughters and one son. Ginny was a bookkeeper for Monroe Oil Corp. in Corydon, Joyce Walker, P.A. in New Albany, Larry Schad, Attorney in New Albany, and C. Brown & Associates (H&R Block) in Corydon.  For fun she was employed at Churchill’s Countryside Farm for 10 years.  Besides working, Ginny enjoyed her family, working in VBS and church activities.  Her hobbies included flowers, quilting, traveling to all fifty states, touring 30 state capitol buildings, as well as visiting Canada and Japan. She grew up as a member of Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Corydon, where she taught Sunday School and was a member of the Ladies Aid.  She later joined and was still a member of Unity Chapel United Methodist Church, where she served as YF leader for several years.  While her children were young, she was a 4-H leader for 10 years for the Tic-Tac-Sew 4-H club. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her sisters-in-law, Bonnie Crecelius and Effie Crecelius; her brother-in-law, Paul Rutherford, her grandparents and 47 aunts and uncles. Survivors include her husband of 43 years, Bob Pate; her son, Jonathan R. Pate and his partner, James Mahoney of Boston, Massachusetts; her daughters, Kathryn L. Elliott and her husband Paul of Salem, Indiana and April M. Receveur and her husband Tim of Fredericksburg, Virginia; her grandchildren Ellen Paige Receveur and Brody Alexander Receveur both of Fredericksburg, Virginia and James Frederick Elliott of Salem, Indiana; her brothers, Donald E. Crecelius of Noblesville, Indiana and Albert R. Crecelius and his wife Nancy of Corydon; her sisters, Daisy I. Rutherford of Corydon, Barbara J. Rutherford and her husband Kenny of Corydon, Leola F. Nichols and her husband, Joe of New Salisbury and Margaret E. Patterson and her husband, Ed. Jr. of Belding, Michigan; many loving nieces, nephews and cousins; and her aunt, Alma Harbeson of Corydon and her uncle, Paul Davis of Jeffersonville. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 11, 2013, at Unity Chapel United Methodist Church near Ramsey.  Rev. Jeff Reed will officiate.  Burial will be in Heidelberg Cemetery near Corydon. Visitation will be from 2:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Thursday at Beanblossom-Cesar Funeral Home in Corydon and after 9:00 a.m. Friday at the church. The family requests that expressions of sympathy be made to WHAS Crusade for Children, Gethsemane Lutheran Church or Unity Chapel United Methodist Church.