Virginia Simmons Winchenbach, 93, of Waldoboro, passed away peacefully on March 20 at Glenridge Nursing Facility in Augusta.
Virginia was born May 29, 1916, the loving daughter of Stanley and Elizabeth Benner Simmons in Waldoboro.
Virginia attended the Historical Ledge School as a child. She spent her entire life living, raising a family and working in Waldoboro. She retired in 1976 from the Sylvania Plant where she worked for many years.
Virginia loved to knit and was well known for supplying the entire family with homemade mittens, as well as giving many pairs to local school children. She loved bowling with her “senior friends” at Oakland Park Bowling Lanes in Rockport. She was also a lifetime member of the Waldoboro Senior Citizens where she enjoyed luncheons and participated in many bus tours with her friends. She loved her weekly domino games with friends at her home, always making sure the snacks were ready for that night. Virginia was well known by many as “Nannie” and loved by all whose lives she touched. Little known to most, she was awarded a certificate of honorable service through the 1 Fighter Command as an Aircraft Warning Service volunteer during WWII.
She was predeceased by her parents, Stanley and Elizabeth Simmons; children, Walter S. Winchenbach, Joan N. Lewis and Irene E. Wallace; grandchildren, Dana Lewis and Jane Wallace; great-great-grandchild, David Allen; brother, Sidney Simmons and wife Evelyn; and nephew, Wayne Simmons.
Survivors include her son-in-law, Richard Lewis of Waldoboro; daughter-in-law, Edith Winchenbach of Waldoboro; grandchildren, Virginia Blouin of S. Portland, Walter Winchenbach III of Virginia, Harlan Wallace of Friendship, Teresa Favazza of Old Orchard Beach, Marvin Lewis of Warren, Deborah Richards of Westport Island, Craig Lewis of Waldoboro, Larry Wallace of Friendship, Kim Lash of Waldoboro, and Patricia Barton of Whitefield; several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Virginia’s memory may be made to the Pine Tree Camp, P.O. Box 518, Bath, ME 04530 or to the American Cancer Society, 1 Bowden Mill Island, Suite 300, Topsham, ME 04086.
Graveside service 10 a.m., Sat., May 29 at the Shuman Cemetery, Rt. 220, Waldoboro. Rev. John Ineson will officiate.
Arrangements are entrusted to Hall Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 949 Main St., Waldoboro.
