Yolo-Sacramento County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....TUNER , Virginia Catherine July 28, 2004
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"Winters Express," Thursday, December 23, 2004
Virginia Catherine Tuner* 

Virginia Catherine Tuner passed away on Dec. 17, 2004, in Sacramento. Born on
July 28, 1923 in Winters, to James A. and Marian E. Birmingham, she was 81 years
old. She was a 51 year resident of West Sacramento. Virginia was the matriarch
of Family Services, 1989 Sacramento Area Family of the Year. She was a past
organizing member of the Yolo County Juvenile Justice Committee; board member
and past president of the Yolo County Museum; member and past secretary Our Lady
of Grace Italian Catholic Federation; founder of the Potted Planters of West
Sacramento, and member of the Golden Years Club and East Yolo Friends of the
Library. She volunteered as a substitute teacher in the 1950s at the former
Saint Joseph’s School at 9th & G Streets, Sacramento, and worked as a librarian
in the 1970s at Westacre School, West Sacramento. Virginia was an avid gardener;
her garden won her the Residential Landscape "Beauty in Progress" award from the
City of West Sacramento. She is survived by her husband of 60 years Harold B.
Turner (sic);* daughters Joan Mulder of Sacramento and Cathy Baker of
Clarksburg; sons David Turner and his wife Barbara of Sacramento, and Philip
Turner and his wife Kris of Woodland; grandchildren Henri, Dennis, and Theresa
Mulder; Amber, Autumn, Elaine, and Danah Turner; Jay and Jack Christopher Baker;
and brother James F. Birmingham of Sacramento. Friends and family are invited to
attend a Rosary, Dec. 27 at 7 p.m. at River City Funeral Chapel, 910 Soule, West
Sacramento and a Funeral mass on Tuesday, Dec. 28 at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of
Grace Church, 911 Park Blvd, West Sacramento. After the Mass a gathering will be
held at VFW, 905 Drever, West Sacramento to celebrate her life and
accomplishments. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Virginia1s name
for an Arts Program at Our Lady of Grace School, 1990 Linden Rd, West
Sacramento, CA 95691. 

(* The surname is spelled both TUNER and TURNER in this obituary.)

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