San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Troop, Virginia Pearl Paiva November 30 2004 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/obits/obitsca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Davis-Holman Cis1052@aol.com December 6, 2004, 11:01 am The Record December 2, 2004 Stockton Virginia Pearl Paiva Troop June 26, 1927 - November 30, 2004 Virginia Pearl Paiva Troop, loving wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother and great-grandmother, died at the age of 77 in Stockton on November 30, 2004. She was born in Terre Alta, West Virginia on June 26, 1927, to Oscar Franklin Groves and Mary Virginia Liston Groves. She lived in West Virginia until she attended God's Bible School in Cincinnati, Ohio. Here she met and married Leon E. Paiva, Sr. in 1947. Upon graduating from God's Bible School, they went on to live in Allegheny, PA and surrounding areas until they moved to California in 1972. Virginia was a Pentecostal minister for 25 years. She was also a massage therapist for 12 years, and throughout her entire adult life, she was a selfless and giving mother to 10 children, grandmother to 23 grandchildren and great-grandmother of 15. She is preceded in death by her husband of 33 years, Leon E. Paiva, Sr.; her husband of 4 years, Raymond Troop and by 1 son, Jonathan Edward Paiva. Friends and family are invited to attend services on Sunday, December 5, 2004 at 1:00 p.m. at the DeYoung Shoreline Chapel, 7676 Shoreline Drive, Stockton, CA. Visitation on Saturday, December 4, from noon to 5:00 p.m. at the Shoreline Chapel. Committal at Irvington Cemetery to be arranged. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/sanjoaquin/obits/gob3490troop.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/caobfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb