Faith --- Long time Faith resident, Virginia Williams, died at the Pioneer Manor in Gillette, Wyoming on July 11, 2003 at the age of 84.
Virginia was born on February 16, 1919 and grew up on a farm by Thunder Butte Creek just west of S. R. 73. After completing high school in Lemmon (1936), she went to college in Spearfish and got her elementary school certificate in 1939. After that she spent several years in California and Texas working for banks and aircraft factories as "Rosie the Riveter." In 1942, she married Milo Williams and they moved back to South Dakota where they bought a ranch on Thunder Butte Creek. They lived there from 1945 to 1953. In 1953 they purchased a ranch 6 miles from Maurine where she lived until 1996. Because of Parkinson's disease, Virginia spent the remaining years in the nursing home in Gillette, Wyoming, near her daughter.
Virginia was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She always had a kind word of encouragement and was never one to criticize. Virginia enjoyed horseback riding and barrel raced in the local rodeos for several years on her little palomino horse, Kitty.
One of her greatest joys was teaching. She taught country schools for approximately 37 years and in the later years taught children of some of her original students. She taught at about 10 different schools during her career, and one year at Cold Springs she had 18 students in all 8 grades. Those who had Virginia for a teacher will remember how she would start each morning with a short session of reading from a popular book, and then start each afternoon with a short session of music. In addition, there was the friendly competition by the spelling charts and goose egg charts.
Virginia was preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Virginia Caplinn, her brother, Wayne Caplinn, and her husband, Milo Williams. She is survived by her two sons and daughters-in-law, one daughter and son-in-law, and four grandchildren.
She will be remembered and missed by all the lives she has touched.
Public visitation will be held at the Faith Area Memorial Chapel on Tuesday, July 15, 2003 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. The funeral will be held at the Methodist Church in Faith on Wednesday, July 16, at 2:00 p.m. A memorial donation can be made to the Prairie Home Church for playground equipment. Arrangements are under the direction of the Faith Area Memorial Chapel in Faith, South Dakota.
From The Rapid City Journal - July 14, 2003
Virginia was born on February 16, 1919 and grew up on a farm by Thunder Butte Creek just west of S. R. 73. After completing high school in Lemmon (1936), she went to college in Spearfish and got her elementary school certificate in 1939. After that she spent several years in California and Texas working for banks and aircraft factories as "Rosie the Riveter." In 1942, she married Milo Williams and they moved back to South Dakota where they bought a ranch on Thunder Butte Creek. They lived there from 1945 to 1953. In 1953 they purchased a ranch 6 miles from Maurine where she lived until 1996. Because of Parkinson's disease, Virginia spent the remaining years in the nursing home in Gillette, Wyoming, near her daughter.
Virginia was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She always had a kind word of encouragement and was never one to criticize. Virginia enjoyed horseback riding and barrel raced in the local rodeos for several years on her little palomino horse, Kitty.
One of her greatest joys was teaching. She taught country schools for approximately 37 years and in the later years taught children of some of her original students. She taught at about 10 different schools during her career, and one year at Cold Springs she had 18 students in all 8 grades. Those who had Virginia for a teacher will remember how she would start each morning with a short session of reading from a popular book, and then start each afternoon with a short session of music. In addition, there was the friendly competition by the spelling charts and goose egg charts.
Virginia was preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Virginia Caplinn, her brother, Wayne Caplinn, and her husband, Milo Williams. She is survived by her two sons and daughters-in-law, one daughter and son-in-law, and four grandchildren.
She will be remembered and missed by all the lives she has touched.
Public visitation will be held at the Faith Area Memorial Chapel on Tuesday, July 15, 2003 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. The funeral will be held at the Methodist Church in Faith on Wednesday, July 16, at 2:00 p.m. A memorial donation can be made to the Prairie Home Church for playground equipment. Arrangements are under the direction of the Faith Area Memorial Chapel in Faith, South Dakota.
From The Rapid City Journal - July 14, 2003
Faith --- Long time Faith resident, Virginia Williams, died at the Pioneer Manor in Gillette, Wyoming on July 11, 2003 at the age of 84.
Virginia was born on February 16, 1919 and grew up on a farm by Thunder Butte Creek just west of S. R. 73. After completing high school in Lemmon (1936), she went to college in Spearfish and got her elementary school certificate in 1939. After that she spent several years in California and Texas working for banks and aircraft factories as "Rosie the Riveter." In 1942, she married Milo Williams and they moved back to South Dakota where they bought a ranch on Thunder Butte Creek. They lived there from 1945 to 1953. In 1953 they purchased a ranch 6 miles from Maurine where she lived until 1996. Because of Parkinson's disease, Virginia spent the remaining years in the nursing home in Gillette, Wyoming, near her daughter.
Virginia was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She always had a kind word of encouragement and was never one to criticize. Virginia enjoyed horseback riding and barrel raced in the local rodeos for several years on her little palomino horse, Kitty.
One of her greatest joys was teaching. She taught country schools for approximately 37 years and in the later years taught children of some of her original students. She taught at about 10 different schools during her career, and one year at Cold Springs she had 18 students in all 8 grades. Those who had Virginia for a teacher will remember how she would start each morning with a short session of reading from a popular book, and then start each afternoon with a short session of music. In addition, there was the friendly competition by the spelling charts and goose egg charts.
Virginia was preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Virginia Caplinn, her brother, Wayne Caplinn, and her husband, Milo Williams. She is survived by her two sons and daughters-in-law, one daughter and son-in-law, and four grandchildren.
She will be remembered and missed by all the lives she has touched.
Public visitation will be held at the Faith Area Memorial Chapel on Tuesday, July 15, 2003 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. The funeral will be held at the Methodist Church in Faith on Wednesday, July 16, at 2:00 p.m. A memorial donation can be made to the Prairie Home Church for playground equipment. Arrangements are under the direction of the Faith Area Memorial Chapel in Faith, South Dakota.
From The Rapid City Journal - July 14, 2003
Virginia was born on February 16, 1919 and grew up on a farm by Thunder Butte Creek just west of S. R. 73. After completing high school in Lemmon (1936), she went to college in Spearfish and got her elementary school certificate in 1939. After that she spent several years in California and Texas working for banks and aircraft factories as "Rosie the Riveter." In 1942, she married Milo Williams and they moved back to South Dakota where they bought a ranch on Thunder Butte Creek. They lived there from 1945 to 1953. In 1953 they purchased a ranch 6 miles from Maurine where she lived until 1996. Because of Parkinson's disease, Virginia spent the remaining years in the nursing home in Gillette, Wyoming, near her daughter.
Virginia was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She always had a kind word of encouragement and was never one to criticize. Virginia enjoyed horseback riding and barrel raced in the local rodeos for several years on her little palomino horse, Kitty.
One of her greatest joys was teaching. She taught country schools for approximately 37 years and in the later years taught children of some of her original students. She taught at about 10 different schools during her career, and one year at Cold Springs she had 18 students in all 8 grades. Those who had Virginia for a teacher will remember how she would start each morning with a short session of reading from a popular book, and then start each afternoon with a short session of music. In addition, there was the friendly competition by the spelling charts and goose egg charts.
Virginia was preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Virginia Caplinn, her brother, Wayne Caplinn, and her husband, Milo Williams. She is survived by her two sons and daughters-in-law, one daughter and son-in-law, and four grandchildren.
She will be remembered and missed by all the lives she has touched.
Public visitation will be held at the Faith Area Memorial Chapel on Tuesday, July 15, 2003 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. The funeral will be held at the Methodist Church in Faith on Wednesday, July 16, at 2:00 p.m. A memorial donation can be made to the Prairie Home Church for playground equipment. Arrangements are under the direction of the Faith Area Memorial Chapel in Faith, South Dakota.
From The Rapid City Journal - July 14, 2003
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