Virginia Pearce1,2 
F, (22 January 1924 - 25 May 2001)
Virginia Pearce was born on 22 January 1924.1,2 She married, at age 28, James Edward Updegraff Jr., son of James Edward Updegraff and Sarah Lydia Speck, on Saturday, 16 February 1952.1 Virginia Pearce died on 25 May 2001 at age 77 years, 4 months and 3 days.2
Her obituary was published on 27 May 2001 in the The Washington Post, printed in Washington, District of Columbia. Her obituary stated:
UPDEGRAFF, VIRGINIA PEARCE of College Park, MD died on May 25, 2001. Beloved wife for 49 years of James Edward Updegraff Jr; loving mother of William Derek and Mark Pearce Updegraff; mother-in-law of Catherine Fitzgerald and Cecily Gibbons Updegraff; beloved grandmother of William Derek Jr. and Sarah Rose Updegraff; loving sister of Carolyn Magdeburger. Family and friends may call at GASCH'S FUNERAL HOME, 4739 Baltimore Ave., on Monday, May 28, from 3 to 5 p.m. and Tuesday, May 29 from 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 30, at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 4512 College Ave., College Park, MD 20740. Interment Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made in her name to The Altar Guild of St. Andrews Episcopal Church.3 According to the Social Security Administrations Death Index Virginia's last known residence was College Park, Prince George's County, Maryland.2
Her obituary was published on 27 May 2001 in the The Washington Post, printed in Washington, District of Columbia. Her obituary stated:
UPDEGRAFF, VIRGINIA PEARCE of College Park, MD died on May 25, 2001. Beloved wife for 49 years of James Edward Updegraff Jr; loving mother of William Derek and Mark Pearce Updegraff; mother-in-law of Catherine Fitzgerald and Cecily Gibbons Updegraff; beloved grandmother of William Derek Jr. and Sarah Rose Updegraff; loving sister of Carolyn Magdeburger. Family and friends may call at GASCH'S FUNERAL HOME, 4739 Baltimore Ave., on Monday, May 28, from 3 to 5 p.m. and Tuesday, May 29 from 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 30, at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 4512 College Ave., College Park, MD 20740. Interment Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made in her name to The Altar Guild of St. Andrews Episcopal Church.3 According to the Social Security Administrations Death Index Virginia's last known residence was College Park, Prince George's County, Maryland.2
Children of Virginia Pearce and James Edward Updegraff Jr.
Last Edited=16 Apr 2010
Citations
- [S15] June (Shaull) Lutz, History of the Op Den Graef / Updegraff Family (Grand Rapids, Michigan; 1433 Elderwood Ct. N.W.: J. S. Lutz, 1988), p. U-221.
- [S2003] Social Security Death Index, RootsWeb online, at <http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/> (Baltimore, Maryland: U.S. Social Security Administration, 14 Apr 2010 update). The SSDI component of RootsWeb online is drawn from the Social Security Death Benefits Index of the U.S. Social Security Administration. VIRGINIA P UPDEGRAFF, birth listed as 22 Jan 1924, died listed as 25 May 2001 (V), issued in the State of unknown cd7. Last residence College Park, Prince Georges, MD 20740, last benefit (none specified). Accessed unknown cd8.
- [S2004] "Virginia Updegraff obituary," The Washington Post (Washington, D.C.), 27 May 2001; NewsBank subscription database (http://infoweb.newsbank.com), America's Obituaries & Death Notices by NewsBank, Record No. 054649010526. Accessed 16 April 2010.