Virginia R. Rainville, 90

DOVER - Virginia R. Rainville, of Dover, and formerly of Denton, Md., went to be home with the Lord Monday, June 8, 2009, at Delaware Hospice Center in Milford, surrounded by her family. She was 90. She was born on Aug. 8, 1918, in New Haven, Conn., to the late Theodore and Amanda Fulker Ramsey. She worked for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in New Haven until she met and married the love of her life, Clifford Rainville. They moved to Maryland in 1949 to become farmers. She spent her life as a homemaker and devoted wife and mother. After her husbands death in 2001, she began volunteering for the Modern Maturity Center in Dover where she made many very special friends. She also volunteered for the Veterans Home in Milford and gave her time to various other organizations. She was very proud of receiving the Presidential Gold Pin from the White House, and the Governor's award from the State of Delaware for her volunteering efforts. She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Clifford L. Rainville in 2001; her sister, Deloras Hodgkinson; and her brother, Vincent Ramsay. She is survived by daughters, Lois Holland of Magnolia, and Virginia Dear of Dover; sister-in-law, Lydia Rainville of West Virginia; grandchildren, Kimberly Muphy of Dover, Christopher and his wife Terri Holland of Dover, Jamie Holland of Magnolia, Joseph and his wife Patti Holland of Federalsburg, Md., Cindy and her husband Wayne Tribbitt of Greensboro, Md., Debra and her husband Gary Wood of West Palm Beach, Fla., Wanda Surratt, and Clifford Surratt of Texas; great-grandchildren, Damian Murphy, Christopher Holland, Jr., Julie Holland, Brian Tribbitt, Victoria Wood, Brandon McKinnis, Samantha Surratt, Josh Surratt, and many nieces and nephews. Remembrance services will be noon Friday June 12, at Trader Funeral Home, 12 Lotus Street, Dover, where friends may call from 11 a.m. to noon. Burial will be at the Sharon Hill Memorial Park, Dover. The family requests that memorial contributions be given to Modern Maturity Center in Dover. Letters of condolences may be sent to www.delmarvaobits.com or traderfh@aol.com.