Virginia S. McCormick, 88, of the Rockland-Nickleville Road, Emlenton, in Richland Township, Venango County, went to be with the Lord Wednesday morning, January 22, 2014 at Oakwood Heights, a Presbyterian Homes Community in Oil City.
Virginia was born September 19, 1925 on a farm in Pittsville, near Rockland, she was the daughter of the late Joseph T. and Sophia Bruntz Stellman. She graduated from Rockland High School in 1943. On May 18, 1943 in Nickleville, she married Raymond McCormick, and he preceded her in death on September 10, 1995, following fifty-two years of marriage.
She was a member of the Nickleville Presbyterian Church where she served as a deacon and an auditor. Virginia served on the election board . Throughout the years she enjoyed baking and crocheting, and especially enjoyed crocheting for the church’s blanket ministry. She and her late husband loved fishing and looked forward to annual fishing trips to Canada. Following her husband’s passing, she enjoyed traveling with her good friend, Jean Ralph of Cranberry.
Mrs. McCormick was a well-known Richland Township resident and served as the secretary for Richland Township, Venango County for more than thirty years. In her earlier years, she was employed by Stanford Dry Cleaners and worked in the cafeteria at the Rockland Elementary School .
She is survived by a son, James McCormick and his wife Linda of West Salem, Ohio; a daughter, Kathleen Chadman and her husband Don of Emlenton; three granddaughters, Jennifer Powers and her husband Keith of New London, Ohio; Julie Scheub and her husband David of Ashland, Ohio; Terra Chadman and her boyfriend Rich Gertz of Mantua, Ohio; two-great-granddaughters, Ashley Powers Smitko and her husband Jared of Wellington, Ohio and Emily Powers of New London, Ohio; a step-grandson, Steven James of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews.
Also surviving is her brother, Bob Stellman and his wife Anna Marie of Rochester, New York; two sisters-in-law, Barbara McCormick of Cherrytree and Mary Lou McCormick of Lynchburg, Virginia.
In addition to her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Josephine Nuhfer and Rose Warner; and three brothers, Frank, Ted, and Felix Stellman.
Friends will be received from 2-7 p.m. Friday (Jan. 24th) in the Hile-Best Funeral Home, Inc., 2781 Rte. 257 in Seneca, Cranberry Township and from 10-11 a.m. Saturday in the Nickleville Presbyterian Church, 169 Valley Church Road, Emlenton , where a funeral service will follow at 11 a.m., with the Rev. Sue Sterling Montgomery, church pastor, and the Rev. Dr. Darrell Knopp, former pastor, co-officiating.
Interment will be in Rockland Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Nickleville Presbyterian Church, 169 Valley Church Rd., Emlenton PA 16373; or to Rockland Volunteer Fire Department, 995 Pittsville Rd., Kennerdell, PA 16374.
Condolences may be expressed to the family online by visiting www.hilebest.com