With her husband Warren, Virginia moved their young family to Georgia in 1960. There, they would raise six children in their Sandy Springs house. Some of Virginia's Midwestern family wondered if she had moved to frontier territory. In fact, she and her family were part of the 1960’s Sun Belt boom. As such, Virginia and Warren were founding parishioners of St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church, worshiping in homes and the (then) Sandy Springs High School gymnasium, years before the parish purchased its own land for a church and school. The couple would send their children to Saint Jude the Apostle elementary school, St. Pius X high school, and Marist School.
A devoted wife and mother, Virginia loved life to its fullest. Her interest in all people she encountered made her a delightful conversationalist, ever ready with genuine questions and a laugh or smile. She loved to travel and her family will cherish her adventurous spirit with memories of travels shared. Her sense of style and creativity, along with a ready wit and optimistic good spirits, were fully visible to all, even in her last weeks. As a young adult of the Depression and World War II years, Virginia was very proud of her country. Her death on the Fourth of July seems appropriate and every firework can be a mirror to the brightness and flare of her rich life.
As her children grew up, Virginia remained busy working and making friends while employed as a marketing director with Kenneth Hollander Associates in Buckhead for many years, while also working weekends for 20+ years as receptionist and staff support with Harry Norman Realtors in their Sandy Springs offices.
Virginia is preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Warren V. Trifiro and her brother Walter "Buck" Earl Bock, Jr. and sister-in-law Virginia K. Bock. She is survived by a brother, David Osman (LaRee), Salt Lake City, UT; her son Mark Trifiro, Austin, TX; daughter Paula Wetherington (Chuck), Powder Springs, GA; daughter Sheila Kirichenko (Walter), Punta Gorda, FL; daughter Sandra Trifiro, Marietta, GA; daughter Melissa Trifiro, Alpharetta, GA; and daughter Maria LeBerre (Daniel), Paris, France; as well as six grandchildren: Natalie Kirichenko, Ausley and Virginia Trifiro, and Vincent, Romain and Henry LeBerre, along with her uncle Leroy Sachen and several cousins, nieces, and nephews.
The family plans a private service with Interment at Ignatius House Columbarium in Sandy Springs.
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