Obituary - Virginia Lee - Class of 1941

Virginia Lee
Class of 1941


© Published on January 16, 2011

Virginia Lee

Virginia Lee Virginia Lee Hirt Resident of Rio Vista Virginia, 85, known to friends and family as Ginney, died at Sutter Delta Hospital in Antioch on December 23rd, 2010 of heart failure. Born January 18th, 1925 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, to Marie and Owen Lee, Ginney grew up in Oakland, California and graduated from Oakland High School. She lived in Walnut Creek and Orinda before moving to Rio Vista. An avid tennis player, Ginney was a member of the Rio Vista Tennis Club and was formerly a member of the Moraga Country Club Tennis Team. She was particularly fond of gardening and could often be found in her garden carefully tending her plants. Ginney will be especially remembered for her sense of humor and her love for her home and family. She was deeply loved and will be greatly missed. Survivors include her husband, Edwin Hirt of Rio Vista, daughter Debra Yavercovski of San Jose and grandsons, Colin Fischer and Christopher Yavercovski. Ginney was preceded in death by her son, Neal Purchase of San Francisco.