Virginia Moore Rhodes, 75 LEWES - Virginia Moore Rhodes, age 75, of Lewes, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010, at the Delaware Hospice Center located in Milford. She was born on Thursday, Feb. 15, 1934, in Fairlee, Md. She was the daughter of the late Lloyd Ward Moore and Alice Stafford Moore of Rock Hall, Md. After 20 years as a Cape Henlopen School District Employee, Mrs. Rhodes retired in 1996 as the head Librarian for the Shields Elementary School in Lewes. Prior to moving to Delaware in 1964 she had been employed as a telephone operator for the former C & P Telephone Company. She was a long time member of Saint Jude and Saint Edmond's Roman Catholic Church as well as a member of the Most Blessed Virgin Sodality. She is survived by her husband of 52 years, John Henry Rhodes of Lewes; her daughter, Lisa Kay Rhodes George of Ocean Pines, Md.; her son, John David Rhodes and his wife Anita Sheffield of Blackstone, Va.; and her grandson, Michaelson John Capuano, also of Ocean Pines, Md. She was predeceased in death by a grandson, Jameson Ward George on Aug. 13, 2003. Friends may call on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the Parsell Funeral Home & Crematorium, Atkins-Lodge Chapel, 16961 Kings Highway, Lewes. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 20, at Saint Jude the Apostle Church located on Delaware Route 1, North of Five Points in Lewes, where friends may call one hour prior to services at the church. Interment will be in Chesterfield Cemetery, Centerville, Md. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions in Virginia's name be sent to Saint Jude The Apostle Building Fund located at 152 Tulip Drive in Lewes, DE 19958; or to Delaware Hospice located on Patriots Way in Milford, DE 19963. Sign the guest book at www.parsellfuneralhomes.com.