VIRGINIA NYSTROM, 91

H. Virginia “Ginny” Getty Nystrom, 91, of Potomac Falls, VA and formerly of Hillsdale, PA, died Saturday, April 29, 2017 of natural causes.
She was born September 11, 1925 in Hillsdale, PA, the daughter of the late Mont and Harriet (Smith) Getty.
Ginny was a 1942 graduate of Montgomery Township High School in Arcadia, Pennsylvania and attained a two-year degree at the DuBois Business College in 1944.
Ginny was a Career Federal Government Employee as a Personnel Specialist for 25 years, in many and various organizations and locations, one of which was Fort Brook, Puerto Rico, where she met and married her husband, Lt Col Rudy Nystrom.
Rudy was a widower with three children; so Ginny married into a ready-made family. They returned to the Washington DC area where Rudy’s assignments were at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the Office of the Army Surgeon General. Rudy was promoted to the rank of Colonel during his tenure there and retired at the end of those two tours of duty.
Ginny and Rudy retired to a home they built on the Potomac River in Northern Neck, Virginia, and lived there 14 years. They then moved to Titusville, Florida. Rudy passed away in June 1992. Ginny continued to live in Titusville until she moved to Falcons Landing Retirement Community, Potomac Falls, Virginia, in April 2004.
Ginny was a person who enjoyed life and all its treasures, spending time with and entertaining family and friends. She was always on the go, taking pleasure in concerts, plays, movies, sports, day trips, chapel services, reading, and all things bright and beautiful. She was loved by all and will be truly missed by family and friends.
Ginny was predeceased by her husband, Colonel Rudolph Nystrom and her parents, Mont and Harriet (Smith) Getty, brothers: George, John and Lynn Getty and sister, Dorothy Getty Strickler and her stepsons: Bob and Jim Nystrom.
She is survived by stepdaughter, Janice Nystrom Beck; a niece, several nephews, great nieces and great nephews.
Family and friends are to be received from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. on Monday, May 8, 2017 at the Rairigh Funeral Home, Ltd. in Hillsdale, PA, where an 11:00 a.m. funeral service will be held immediately following the gathering time on the morning on Monday, May 8, 2017. Pastor Raymond Hill, the Pastor of the Purchase Line United Methodist Church, will officiate the funeral and committal services at the funeral home. Burial will take place at the Thompson Cemetery, Hillsdale, PA.
Memorial contributions may be forwarded to: Falcons Landing, c/o Donna Cassani, Resident Services Director, 20522 Falcons Landing Circle, Potomac Falls, VA 20165 or the American Heart Association.