Virginia J. Price

Virginia J. Price, 94, of Dover died Sunday, March 20, 2011 in the Park Village Health Care Center.

Born May 9, 1916 in Dover she was a daughter of the late Rudolph S. and Josephine F. Lieser Harvey. Virginia was also preceded in death by her husband, Sherman Price who died on August 27, 1998; daughter, Brenda Kay Meese; step daughter, Lynn Mackey; granddaughter, Shelly Courington; brother, William Harvey; sisters, Ethel Keppler, Helen Lahmers and Emma Roderer.

She graduated from Dover High School in 1934 and the James-Kosta School of Cosmetology at Dayton in 1936. Following her schooling, Virginia took her first job with the Roger Permanent Wave Shop, where she was a very popular employee. Wanting to have her own business, she owned and operated Virginia's Beauty Salon out of her home for the next 32 years.

Virginia was a life member of St. Joseph Catholic Church at Dover and was active with St. Joseph Seniors, Literary Club and the former Christian Mothers Club. She was also a member of the Dover Garden Club, where she served several terms as president, Dover Historical Society, having been a trustee for many years before becoming an Honorary Trustee, the Dover Mother's Club and was a life member of the Alpha Phi Sigma Sorority. Virginia and Sherman enjoyed dancing together and were members of the Swing-A-Lings Modern Western Square Dance Club and the Mary-Lou Round Dance Club. Virginia also enjoyed playing bridge and spending time with her family and friends, but her greatest passion was gardening. She could spend hours attending to her flowers and yard, working harder than most people half her age.

A wonderful and loving mother and grandmother, Virginia will be sadly missed by her children, Richard (Jan) Meese of Colorado and Jim (Robin) Meese of Dover; step-daughter, Robin (Alex) Gorichky of Florida; 15 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.

A funeral mass will be held on Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 10:30 am in the St. Joseph Catholic Church at Dover with Fr. Matt Hoover officiating. Interment will be in the Calvary Cemetery at Dover. Friends can call in the Toland-Herzig Funeral Home and Crematory at Dover on Wednesday from 5-8 pm with Christian Wake services starting at 7:45. Those wishing to express their fondest memories of Virginia may do so by visiting the on line obituaries link on the funeral homes website.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph Catholic Church at 613 N Tuscarawas Ave. Dover, Ohio 44622 or to the Dover Historical Society at 325 E. Iron Ave. Dover.

TOLAND-HERZIG, DOVER
330-343-6132
www.tolandherzig.com