Virginia Belle Krahel, 87, devoted wife of Donald Krahel for 48 years and very proud widowed (Dan Danlovich) mom of Dan Dagget (Trisha Jahnke), went to the open arms of her lord Jesus Christ at 8:40 p.m. on August 16, 2012. Lemuel Jacob and Monta Ellen Jenewein were Virginia's mom and dad. Gini was one of nine children. Hilda Stalder (Bob) of Zanesville, Ohio is a surviving sister. Her brothers Vernon, Dennis, Melvin, and Forrest Jenewein and her sisters Inez Moore (Harry), Lela Gay (Charles) and Betty Janoski (Frank) preceded her in death ... Energy, imagination, passion and a driving perseverance describe Gini's life. She inspired many and was admired by most. Gini was a successful entrepreneur, an artist and a civic volunteer ... She owned and operated Dan's Place in Maynard, Ohio and the Value City Snack Bar in Wheeling, WV. A top producing Realtor, she founded, owned, and operated Diamond Realty near Chicago ... Gini volunteered at two hospitals in DuBois, PA. She operated the snack bar in one and chaired the Annual Charity Ball in another. The Charity Ball was a huge success. She solicited the donation of a new grill for the other ... We noted bushes turning brown on one side in Munster, IN. Gini tracked the source to a brick plant on the West Side of town. She persistently called Region Five EPA who then monitored the emissions and promptly shut it down ... Young mothers in our neighborhood in Solon, OH expressed their angst at an approaching BFI landfill from Glenwillow to the West. Gini organized a march on City Hall. Her prominence in the local media led to speeches and interviews. This prompted many phone calls to Gini with many leads to pursue, and pursue she did! She learned that during World War II, a munitions plant existed in the path of the landfill and some explosions had occurred then. She called in the EPA who promptly drilled and found munitions powder. Ergo! No more landfill! Attribute it to Gini's perseverance! ... A letter from the mayor noted polluted water in a stream through our yard. It took a year and a half but Gini's perseverance resulted in $4.5 million sewer system installation ... Gini dabbled in paints, mostly landscape. In 1972, when Nixon visited China, Gini went abstract with a pair of paintings of Panda Bears, visible only to a discerning eye. They are classic! A painting of multicolors disturbed me so that she painted over it ... much to our regret...
The world is a much, much better place because Gini was in it. - Don
Friends may visit Sunday 4-6 p.m. and Monday 10 a.m. until time of service 11 a.m., Kelly, Kemp, Braido & Patron Funeral Home, 322 N. Main St., Bethesda, Ohio, Minister Tim Snyder officiating. Interment will follow at Union Cemetery, St. Clairsville, Ohio.
