Name: Virginia Ann Shill
Maiden name: Virginia Ann Siviy
Nickname: Ginny
Birthdate: June 4, 1943
Place of Birth: Atlantic City, NJ
Date of Death: August 1, 2024
Place of Death: Her home in Yakima, WA
Ginny was a daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. She graduated from Ocean City high school in 1961. She joined the United States Women Army Corp where she met her husband, Richard (Dick) Louis Shill. She was honorably discharged in 1962. Ginny and Dick settled in Washington State after their military service, and had three children, three grandchildren, and one great grandchild.
Ginny and Dick were small business owners, owning and operating Pine Springs Resort on Satus Pass for 25 years. Ginny received a small business management certificate from Columbia Gorge Community College in 1990, and was firefighter of the year in 1999. Ginny maintained strong community ties and made many friends and memories.
Ginny loved horses and babies. She was artistically talented and as an adult expressed that talent in her hobby of ceramics. She was a friend to all she met. Ginny was the anchor who kept her family firmly together and she will be missed.
Ginny passed at the age of 81, and was survived by her husband Dick, and her daughters Teresa Shill of Vancouver, WA and Richelle Golden of Dallas, OR. She was predeceased by her first born, her son, Lawrence Andrew Shill a member of the U.S. Army, her parents Andrew Siviy and Virginia Conti, her brother AJ Siviy, and her mother and father-in-law Lawrence and Lila Shill.
A grave side prayer service was held for her on August 8, 2024.
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