DESCROWNT TO BE A PARENT TO
GENUINELY LOVE CHILDREN AND
CONNECT WITH THEM.
FOR DECADES, WHAT IS WHAT
STUDENTS AT A TWIN CITY
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISCOVERED AT
LUNCHTIME.
SHE WAS FUN AND GROW DARIUS
AND FULL OF THE CORNY JOKES AND
STUFF.
HAVE YA BALLMAN KNOWN AS --
VIRGINIA BALTMAN KNOWN AS GINNY
WAS THE LUNCH LADY.
EVEN THOUGH SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY
CHILDREN OF HER OWN, HER LEGACY
LEFT A LONG LASTING EFFECT.
HER SMILING FACE.
THEY CALLED HER MS. GINNY, THE
LUNCH LADY.
EVERY ONE OF THOSE KIDS GOT
A HUG FROM HER.
SHE KNEW ALL THE FOODS AND
WOULD SET THINGS ASIDE FOR
DIFFERENT TEAM.
IT'S NO WIN DER SHE WAS
LOVED BY ALL OF THEM BECAUSE
SHE WOULD DO ALL THESE SPECIAL
TOUCHES ALONG THE WAY.
THEIR AUNT LOVED THE
HOLIDAYS AND WOULD OFTEN WEAR
COSTUMES AT SCHOOL, EVEN ADDING
SPECIAL TOUCHES TO HER HAIR.
GLITTER AT CHRISTMAS TIME.
AND THE KIDS LOVED TO TOUCH HER
HAIR BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE SO
STIFF.
IT WAS A CAN OF AQUA NET.
STUDENT REMEMBER GINNY AS A
GOOD LISTENER, A PERSONAL
CHEERLEADER A SHOULDER TO CRY
ON.
THIS IS ARTWORK THAT HER
STUDENTS HAD DON'T FOR HER.
Reporter: KIDS REGULARLY
PRESENTED HER WITH THANK YOU
CARDS AND ARTWORK.
SHE HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON A
LOT OF THOSE KIDS, MANY THAT
STILL KEPT IN CONTACT WITH HER
LOCK AFTER SHE RETIRED.
AFTER SHE RETIRED, SHE SAT
WITH KIDS AND HELPED THEM WITH
READING AND STUFF.
GINNY WAS JUST AS PASSIONATE
ABOUT HER HUSBAND, THEY SAY.
THEY FOUND PILES OF LOVE
LETTERS THE TWO WROTE TO EACH
OTHER.
SHE LOVED TO JUST SIT AT THE
TABLE AND PLAY CARDS WITH US
AND SHE WANTED TO KNOW
EVERYTHING ABOUT YOUR LIFE.
SHE TAUGHT ME THE VALUE OF
GOOD FRIENDS.
SHE TAUGHT ME THE VALUE OF
FAMILY.
SHE WAS JUST SO, SO LOVING.
YOU COULD LOOK AT THIS AND
SAY WHAT A VERY SIMPLE LIFE AND
WHEN YOU STEP BACK AND LOOK AT
THE IMPACT WHAT SHE HAD ON
PEOPLE, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THAT
SIMPLE LIFE DOES NOT SEEM QUITE
SO SIMPLE ANYMORE.
ANGELA DAVIS.
Reporter: VIRGINIA BALTMAN
WAS 227 YEARS OLD.
THE MEMORY OF MS. GINNY,
CONTRIBUTIONS CAN BE MADE TO
THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY IN
HER HONOR.
