Virginia Blewtt Van Every Daughter of one of Willow Glen's founding families, passed away peacefully at her home on the Stanford campus on February 13, 2006, at 91 years of age. The daughter of Ruth and Raymond Ward Blewett, she lived on Blewett Avenue in Willow Glen. Family mementoes include a newspaper article describing Jesse James' robbery of the stage coach on which her aunt and uncle were traveling.
A graduate of San Jose High School, Virginia earned her B.A. in education with a special secondary in art from San Jose State in 1937. Art remained an important part of her life, as a teacher and earning her several awards. During high school, she met her future husband, Kermit Edwin Van Every, a San Jose native whose family owned ranches along the Monterey Highway. After his graduation from Stanford University, they married and moved to Los Angeles. Virginia became a homemaker and Kermit joined the war effort, designing fighter airplanes, initially for Douglas Aircraft. In 1945, their daughter, Susan Lee was born. The family relocated many times within southern California as Kermit's professional responsibilities grew.
Virginia ultimately returned to the Bay Area to join her daughter and son-in-law, Professor James Sweeney, on the Stanford campus. During this time she worked with her daughter, using her creative design talents for meeting and event planning for a variety of organizations, including Stanford University and the California Consortium of Education Foundations. Over the years, she received loving care from Enriqueta Turkatte, Sela Malu, Margarita Pinto and Zocima Pitao.
Virginia was preceded in death by her husband. She is survived by her daughter Susan Sweeney and son-in-law James Sweeney; her grandchildren, Ryan Sweeney, Regan Sweeney, Wesley Yazzie, Erin Sweeney Rosenthal and husband Gabriel Rosenthal; her great-grandchildren Nicholas and Spencer Rosenthal.
Virginia belonged to The National Society of Colonial Dames XVII Century, tracing her ancestry to Huguenot settlers of 17th Century Philadelphia. She was a member of the Stanford University Women's Club, the American Association of University Women, and the Willow Glen Chapter of Eastern Star.
A family service was held at Oak Hill Memorial Park, in San Jose. Memorial donations may be made to the California Consortium of Education Foundations, P.O. Box 19290, Stanford, CA 94309.
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A graduate of San Jose High School, Virginia earned her B.A. in education with a special secondary in art from San Jose State in 1937. Art remained an important part of her life, as a teacher and earning her several awards. During high school, she met her future husband, Kermit Edwin Van Every, a San Jose native whose family owned ranches along the Monterey Highway. After his graduation from Stanford University, they married and moved to Los Angeles. Virginia became a homemaker and Kermit joined the war effort, designing fighter airplanes, initially for Douglas Aircraft. In 1945, their daughter, Susan Lee was born. The family relocated many times within southern California as Kermit's professional responsibilities grew.
Virginia ultimately returned to the Bay Area to join her daughter and son-in-law, Professor James Sweeney, on the Stanford campus. During this time she worked with her daughter, using her creative design talents for meeting and event planning for a variety of organizations, including Stanford University and the California Consortium of Education Foundations. Over the years, she received loving care from Enriqueta Turkatte, Sela Malu, Margarita Pinto and Zocima Pitao.
Virginia was preceded in death by her husband. She is survived by her daughter Susan Sweeney and son-in-law James Sweeney; her grandchildren, Ryan Sweeney, Regan Sweeney, Wesley Yazzie, Erin Sweeney Rosenthal and husband Gabriel Rosenthal; her great-grandchildren Nicholas and Spencer Rosenthal.
Virginia belonged to The National Society of Colonial Dames XVII Century, tracing her ancestry to Huguenot settlers of 17th Century Philadelphia. She was a member of the Stanford University Women's Club, the American Association of University Women, and the Willow Glen Chapter of Eastern Star.
A family service was held at Oak Hill Memorial Park, in San Jose. Memorial donations may be made to the California Consortium of Education Foundations, P.O. Box 19290, Stanford, CA 94309.
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Virginia Blewtt Van Every Daughter of one of Willow Glen's founding families, passed away peacefully at her home on the Stanford campus on February 13, 2006, at 91 years of age. The daughter of Ruth and Raymond Ward Blewett, she lived on Blewett Avenue in Willow Glen. Family mementoes include a newspaper article describing Jesse James' robbery of the stage coach on which her aunt and uncle were traveling.
A graduate of San Jose High School, Virginia earned her B.A. in education with a special secondary in art from San Jose State in 1937. Art remained an important part of her life, as a teacher and earning her several awards. During high school, she met her future husband, Kermit Edwin Van Every, a San Jose native whose family owned ranches along the Monterey Highway. After his graduation from Stanford University, they married and moved to Los Angeles. Virginia became a homemaker and Kermit joined the war effort, designing fighter airplanes, initially for Douglas Aircraft. In 1945, their daughter, Susan Lee was born. The family relocated many times within southern California as Kermit's professional responsibilities grew.
Virginia ultimately returned to the Bay Area to join her daughter and son-in-law, Professor James Sweeney, on the Stanford campus. During this time she worked with her daughter, using her creative design talents for meeting and event planning for a variety of organizations, including Stanford University and the California Consortium of Education Foundations. Over the years, she received loving care from Enriqueta Turkatte, Sela Malu, Margarita Pinto and Zocima Pitao.
Virginia was preceded in death by her husband. She is survived by her daughter Susan Sweeney and son-in-law James Sweeney; her grandchildren, Ryan Sweeney, Regan Sweeney, Wesley Yazzie, Erin Sweeney Rosenthal and husband Gabriel Rosenthal; her great-grandchildren Nicholas and Spencer Rosenthal.
Virginia belonged to The National Society of Colonial Dames XVII Century, tracing her ancestry to Huguenot settlers of 17th Century Philadelphia. She was a member of the Stanford University Women's Club, the American Association of University Women, and the Willow Glen Chapter of Eastern Star.
A family service was held at Oak Hill Memorial Park, in San Jose. Memorial donations may be made to the California Consortium of Education Foundations, P.O. Box 19290, Stanford, CA 94309.
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A graduate of San Jose High School, Virginia earned her B.A. in education with a special secondary in art from San Jose State in 1937. Art remained an important part of her life, as a teacher and earning her several awards. During high school, she met her future husband, Kermit Edwin Van Every, a San Jose native whose family owned ranches along the Monterey Highway. After his graduation from Stanford University, they married and moved to Los Angeles. Virginia became a homemaker and Kermit joined the war effort, designing fighter airplanes, initially for Douglas Aircraft. In 1945, their daughter, Susan Lee was born. The family relocated many times within southern California as Kermit's professional responsibilities grew.
Virginia ultimately returned to the Bay Area to join her daughter and son-in-law, Professor James Sweeney, on the Stanford campus. During this time she worked with her daughter, using her creative design talents for meeting and event planning for a variety of organizations, including Stanford University and the California Consortium of Education Foundations. Over the years, she received loving care from Enriqueta Turkatte, Sela Malu, Margarita Pinto and Zocima Pitao.
Virginia was preceded in death by her husband. She is survived by her daughter Susan Sweeney and son-in-law James Sweeney; her grandchildren, Ryan Sweeney, Regan Sweeney, Wesley Yazzie, Erin Sweeney Rosenthal and husband Gabriel Rosenthal; her great-grandchildren Nicholas and Spencer Rosenthal.
Virginia belonged to The National Society of Colonial Dames XVII Century, tracing her ancestry to Huguenot settlers of 17th Century Philadelphia. She was a member of the Stanford University Women's Club, the American Association of University Women, and the Willow Glen Chapter of Eastern Star.
A family service was held at Oak Hill Memorial Park, in San Jose. Memorial donations may be made to the California Consortium of Education Foundations, P.O. Box 19290, Stanford, CA 94309.
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