Virginia Koenig, 80
Daily Inter-Lake | UPDATED 2 months, 2 weeks AGO
Virginia Lee Koenig, 80, passed away peacefully on Jan. 9, 2026, in Kalispell, the same town where she was born on Jan. 22, 1945. Virginia grew up in Polson, the only child of Donald Q. Jordan and Claribell Gorton Jordon. She graduated from Polson High School in 1962 and from St. Patrick Hospital School of Nursing in Missoula. Her nursing career took her to Browning, Seattle and then back to Kalispell, where she worked at Kalispell Regional and later for Flathead Home Health.
Virginia married Delbert Koenig and together they raised two sons, Donald and Theodore. She was active in her sons’ sports and activities, volunteering as cub scout leader, classroom mom and PTA president. She loved traveling across the state to watch her sons’ sporting events, and brought them to Sunday School at Epworth United Methodist Church every week. Virginia loved traveling with her children and took many memorable trips with them, including to Alaska, Hawaii and the Florida Keys. She was active in the Home Extension Club and, until very recently, enjoyed regular get-togethers with her nursing friends, including her best friend, Rosie Brester, who attended nursing school with her at St. Pat’s. Rarely did a day pass in her life that she did not check in with Rosie.
Virginia loved hosting friends and serving her famous baked beans at the family cabin on Flathead Lake. Nobody ever left hungry, as she was well-known for preparing enough food for the entire neighborhood. She loved spending time with her three granddaughters, Clara, Lucy and Joleigh Koenig. She also loved cats and dogs. She owned several throughout her life and enjoyed her granddogs, too.
Virginia is survived by her son, Don and daughter-in-law, Jennifer of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, her beloved friends Rosie and Butch Brester, and Annette and Jay McAnally. She is reunited with her parents and her son, T.J.
A memorial service to honor Virginia’s life will be held in July along the shore of Flathead Lake, where she spent her happiest times with her children, grandchildren and friends.