by Barbara Schultheiss | Aug 15, 2019 | Stories |
I really wanted to move to Lopez full-time but had no luck finding a job. So one day while visiting the Farmers Market, I shared that with Virginia. She quietly asked, what other things do you love to do. So I replied, well I like to bake things for people but have...
by June Swatzell | Aug 14, 2019 | Memories |
We are a family from Eastern Washington and we met Virginia at the Lopez Farmers Market which she was coordinating. Our family has been coming yearly to vacation at Spencer Spit Camp Ground since the summer it opened and we thought it would be good idea to sell the...
by Connie Kyser | Aug 14, 2019 | Stories |
Another thing I will never forget about Virginia was her incredible talent of remembering peoples phone numbers and addresses. Over the years while working on Woodmen Hall projects, anytime we needed a phone number or address, we would just look at Virginia. 9 times...
by White Bear | Aug 14, 2019 | Memories |
One time Virginia and I had a funny conversation about who we would end up with on the door at the post office when our “exit” pictures were posted.. We were laughing our heads off. Then this morning I came out of LVM and there she was with Kathaleen...
by Connie Kyser | Aug 12, 2019 | Memories |
I met Virginia when we began working together at Woodmen Hall. Because Virginia did not like to use email, our communications about the Hall or anything, was done via the phone. When she would leave a message on our home phone, the first thing she would say, EVERY ...
by Millie Vaccarella, Anacortes | Aug 12, 2019 | Stories |
My friendship with your sister was very short, but has left me with a special feeling of warmth. Geoff Holmes, another friend Kathy, and I had the privilege of playing bridge with Virginia on Friday afternoons [at Fidalgo Care Center] for several months and I was fond...
by Julie Van Camp | Aug 12, 2019 | Memories |
I remember celebrating Virginia’s birthday at Odlin Park the year we presented her with her Healing Touch table. Many Lopezians benefited from her well-trained hands as they dealt with painful body issues. Her table was perfect for all but two clients named Karma...
by Nancy(Gardner)Renner | Aug 12, 2019 | Memories |
I knew Virginia (or Ginger as I knew her) starting in 1958 when I became best friends with her sister Ann in 7th grade. Ginger, being the older sister, didn’t spend much time with us, but my strongest memory is Ginger spending time after school watching Classic...
by Nancy McCoy | Aug 8, 2019 | Memories |
I first got to know Virginia in my early years of chairing the Lopez Island Historical Society Auction in the early 1980s. After years of being a casual, outdoor event at Odlin Park and then at the new Historical Museum, it had moved to the Legion Hall, which is...
by Mary Wondra | Aug 6, 2019 | Memories |
At breakfast cribbage last Sunday, we were remembering Virginia’s unpredictable choices for her meal. While the rest of us are VERY consistent, you never knew what she was going to choose. Sometimes it was a “made up” BLT ( two strips of bacon, two...
