Virginia Louise (Bowles) Gage, 93, passed from this life on Monday, June 18, 2007 and with a joyous heavenly reunion, was greeted by her husband, parents and seven siblings, to be once again, the youngest of eight in the Bowles clan. Born April 9, 1914 to Anderson Patton and Ida Hume Bowles in Salem, Missouri, at age six her parents moved her and siblings to Tulsa, attending Longfellow Elementary, Wilson Jr. High and proudly graduated Central High School in 1933.
With the exception of a six year period of her life when she and family made a job-related move to Maracaibo, Venezuela and Cartagena, Colombia, Virginia would spend the rest of her life as a resident of Tulsa.
In 1936 she began work for Shell Oil Company as a secretary for ten years. During this time she became re-acquainted with a high school friend, Thomas Edward Gage, Jr., on a lunch break, and they became engaged before he shipped out with the Army Air Corp for the Philippines in 1941. He was captured and after surviving the Bataan Death March and three years as a Japanese POW, upon his return in 1946, they were married.
Virginia always added a bit of sunshine to the lives of the people she encountered, gravitating to her winning smile, warmth and great wit. Wherever she was, there was bound to be laughter. How that will be missed by her family and friends and those whose lives she touched.
She was a faithful member of Centenary and Columbia Avenue Methodist Churches in her early life, and Christ United and Memorial Drive United Methodist Churches in later years.
She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law; seven grandchildren and spouses; and thirteen great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by parents, four brothers and three sisters and husband of 54 years.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Oklahoma Centennial Botanical Garden. Visitation beginning 10 a.m. Wednesday, family will be there 6 to 8 p.m. with her life celebrated Thursday June 21, 10 a.m., both at Moore's Southlawn Chapel with interment at Floral Haven Cemetery. Moore's Southlawn Chapel
With the exception of a six year period of her life when she and family made a job-related move to Maracaibo, Venezuela and Cartagena, Colombia, Virginia would spend the rest of her life as a resident of Tulsa.
In 1936 she began work for Shell Oil Company as a secretary for ten years. During this time she became re-acquainted with a high school friend, Thomas Edward Gage, Jr., on a lunch break, and they became engaged before he shipped out with the Army Air Corp for the Philippines in 1941. He was captured and after surviving the Bataan Death March and three years as a Japanese POW, upon his return in 1946, they were married.
Virginia always added a bit of sunshine to the lives of the people she encountered, gravitating to her winning smile, warmth and great wit. Wherever she was, there was bound to be laughter. How that will be missed by her family and friends and those whose lives she touched.
She was a faithful member of Centenary and Columbia Avenue Methodist Churches in her early life, and Christ United and Memorial Drive United Methodist Churches in later years.
She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law; seven grandchildren and spouses; and thirteen great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by parents, four brothers and three sisters and husband of 54 years.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Oklahoma Centennial Botanical Garden. Visitation beginning 10 a.m. Wednesday, family will be there 6 to 8 p.m. with her life celebrated Thursday June 21, 10 a.m., both at Moore's Southlawn Chapel with interment at Floral Haven Cemetery. Moore's Southlawn Chapel
Virginia Louise (Bowles) Gage, 93, passed from this life on Monday, June 18, 2007 and with a joyous heavenly reunion, was greeted by her husband, parents and seven siblings, to be once again, the youngest of eight in the Bowles clan. Born April 9, 1914 to Anderson Patton and Ida Hume Bowles in Salem, Missouri, at age six her parents moved her and siblings to Tulsa, attending Longfellow Elementary, Wilson Jr. High and proudly graduated Central High School in 1933.
With the exception of a six year period of her life when she and family made a job-related move to Maracaibo, Venezuela and Cartagena, Colombia, Virginia would spend the rest of her life as a resident of Tulsa.
In 1936 she began work for Shell Oil Company as a secretary for ten years. During this time she became re-acquainted with a high school friend, Thomas Edward Gage, Jr., on a lunch break, and they became engaged before he shipped out with the Army Air Corp for the Philippines in 1941. He was captured and after surviving the Bataan Death March and three years as a Japanese POW, upon his return in 1946, they were married.
Virginia always added a bit of sunshine to the lives of the people she encountered, gravitating to her winning smile, warmth and great wit. Wherever she was, there was bound to be laughter. How that will be missed by her family and friends and those whose lives she touched.
She was a faithful member of Centenary and Columbia Avenue Methodist Churches in her early life, and Christ United and Memorial Drive United Methodist Churches in later years.
She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law; seven grandchildren and spouses; and thirteen great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by parents, four brothers and three sisters and husband of 54 years.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Oklahoma Centennial Botanical Garden. Visitation beginning 10 a.m. Wednesday, family will be there 6 to 8 p.m. with her life celebrated Thursday June 21, 10 a.m., both at Moore's Southlawn Chapel with interment at Floral Haven Cemetery. Moore's Southlawn Chapel
With the exception of a six year period of her life when she and family made a job-related move to Maracaibo, Venezuela and Cartagena, Colombia, Virginia would spend the rest of her life as a resident of Tulsa.
In 1936 she began work for Shell Oil Company as a secretary for ten years. During this time she became re-acquainted with a high school friend, Thomas Edward Gage, Jr., on a lunch break, and they became engaged before he shipped out with the Army Air Corp for the Philippines in 1941. He was captured and after surviving the Bataan Death March and three years as a Japanese POW, upon his return in 1946, they were married.
Virginia always added a bit of sunshine to the lives of the people she encountered, gravitating to her winning smile, warmth and great wit. Wherever she was, there was bound to be laughter. How that will be missed by her family and friends and those whose lives she touched.
She was a faithful member of Centenary and Columbia Avenue Methodist Churches in her early life, and Christ United and Memorial Drive United Methodist Churches in later years.
She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law; seven grandchildren and spouses; and thirteen great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by parents, four brothers and three sisters and husband of 54 years.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Oklahoma Centennial Botanical Garden. Visitation beginning 10 a.m. Wednesday, family will be there 6 to 8 p.m. with her life celebrated Thursday June 21, 10 a.m., both at Moore's Southlawn Chapel with interment at Floral Haven Cemetery. Moore's Southlawn Chapel
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