Virginia Mae Williams

Featured in: March/April 2020

WILLIAMS — Virginia Mae (Justesen), 91; born Jan. 1, 1928, Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay), Ontario, Canada; died Sept. 15, 2019, Port Orchard, Washington. Surviving: son and daughter-in-law, Daniel and Debbie (Babcock) Williams, Walla Walla, Washington; daughters and sons-in-law, Wanda and Darrel Vliet, Port Orchard; Debra and Wesley Clark, Beavercreeck, Oregon; brother-in-law, Marvin Wangsnes, Grand Forks, North Dakota; sister-in-law, Marilyn (Bennett) Justesen, Sebring, Florida; and 2 granddaughters with their spouses, Portia Vliet-Gregg and Jason Gregg, Kenmore, Washington; Candi (Vliet) and Shea Laskee, Louisville, Kentucky.

Virginia graduated from Walla Walla College (now University) in 1951. She taught elementary school in Cottage Grove, Noti, and Elmira, Oregon for about 24 years retiring in 1986. She volunteered at the Emerald Seventh-day Adventist Community Center in Eugene, Oregon for several years.