Born on February 13, 1941 in Harrisburg, she was the daughter of Daniel Randolph and Prudence Mariann (Kopec) Fitz.
She was a 1959 graduate of Penn Hills High School, Penn Hills. She graduated in 1963 from Indiana University, Indiana, PA with a BS in Art Education.
On August 24, 1963, she wed Charles Terrence Howell in the Penn Hills Presbyterian Church, Penn Hills.
Virginia taught for Ridgway Area Schools and the Clearfield Area School District, retiring in 1998.
She was a member of the Clearfield Alliance Church.
Virginia was a member of Gideon’s International Auxiliary and The Yoke Fellows, providing ministerial services to the Clearfield County Jail. Virginia often commented that she loved spending time with each woman incarcerated at the jail. She loved talking with them, and others, about salvation and how to ask Jesus into their heart. When she wasn’t doing outreach, she enjoyed taking lessons in knitting and spinning at the Bonnie Whaling Yarn Shop, Clearfield and taking quilting lessons from Viking Sewing Machines at Mayport Cotton & Quilt, Clearfield.
She is survived by her husband, Charles Terrence of Clearfield, their three children; Charles Todd Howell and his wife Teresa of Ramey, Mary Beth Howell of Pittsburgh and Daniel Terrence Howell and his wife Beverly of San Diego, CA, six grandchildren; Cynthia Howell, Stephen Howell, Shey Roberts, Elliot Charles Howell, Emmet Daniel Howell and Charlotte Howell and two great grandchildren; Abby and Austin and a sister, Susan.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Danise.
Funeral Services will be held at the Bennett and Houser Funeral Home Inc. 312 E. Locust Street, Clearfield, PA 16830 on Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 1:00 PM with Pastor Tim Miller officiating. Interment will be in Thompson Cemetery, Glen Richey.
Friends will be received at the funeral home on Thursday from 10:00 AM until the hour of services.
Memorial contributions may be made in memory of Virginia to Gideon International by calling Donor Services at 866-382-4253.
To send online tributes please go to www.bennettandhouser.com
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