Virginia "Ginny" Louise Zellmer, 78, Harrisonville, Missouri, died Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at Golden Years Health Care, Harrisonville. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, January 19, 2015 at the Cornerstone Community Church in Harrisonville with burial in Orient Cemetery, Harrisonville. Friends may call from 3:00-5:00 p.m. Sunday, January 18 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville. Memorial contributions may be made to the Cornerstone Community Church Memorial Fund, 1704 Waters Road, Harrisonville, MO 64701.

Ginny was born February 14, 1936 in Swartz Creek, Michigan, the daughter of Joseph Eugene and Olive Nellie (Hammond) Purdy. She was a 1953 graduate of Adrian High School and received a BA in Home Economics from The University of Missouri, Columbia, in 1957. She married Ted Zellmer on June 30, 1957 at the Adrian Methodist Church in Adrian, Missouri. She had lived near Harrisonville since 1957.

Ginny was a very active partner, working the farm with her husband, Ted. Over the years, she was active in several organizations, including Stonecroft Ministries in Grandview, Missouri, as a speaker and a regional director, Cass County Farm Bureau, and Cass County Pork Producers. She was a member of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority in Archie, Missouri.

She was a leader of 4-H and the leader with Ted of the youth group at church for many years. Ginny was a published author, having written a book and magazine articles. She was a charter member of Cornerstone Community Church in Harrisonville.

Ginny was preceded in death by her parents, one brother, Bill Purdy and one grandson, Brice Heid. She is survived by her husband, Ted, of the home; two daughters, Peggy Heid and husband, Brent, and Vicky Hartzler and husband, Lowell, all of Harrisonville, Missouri; one sister, Dorothy Norman and husband, David, Ava, Missouri; sister-in-law, Betty Purdy; 5 grandchildren, Jared (Rachel), Devin, Landon and Caleb Heid and Tiffany Hartzler, and 3 great-granddaughters, Elaena, Avery and Arely.