Wasco-Hood River County OR Archives Obituaries.....Holbrook, Virginia Ellen October 20, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, October 26, 2004
     Virginia Ellen Holbrook, 86, died in The Dalles, on Oct. 20, 2004 from 
complications following a recent stroke.
     She was born April 30, 1918 in Whittier, Calif., the eldest child of 
Leslie Stahl and Mildred Hunter. She graduated in 1938 from the University of 
California at Berkeley with a degree in micropaleontology. 
     Following graduation she married Wallace Holbrook in Houston, Texas, 
whereupon she began a nomadic life with her husband following the oil boom. 
They lived in Louisiana, Texas, Illinois, Colorado, Wyoming, as well as 
Sumatra, Indonesia and Tripoli, Libya. Upon her husband’s retirement they 
built a house in Parker, Colo., and finally settled. 
     She began a successful career in the real estate business in Parker. 
After the death of her husband she moved to Hood River to be near her family.
She was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi and the Mensa Society as well as the 
National Association of Realtors. She and her husband were founding members of 
the Parker Senior Center, Parker.
     She is survived by her daughter Judith Tenbrook. Hood River, her son 
David Holbrook, Sunnyvale, Calif.; and her daughter Lyndeth Esgar, Cottage 
Grove. Also surviving are six grandchildren: Karen Wildman, Forest Ranch, 
Calif.; Dirck Tenbrook, Santa Rosa, Calif.; Liesl Peterson, Hood River; Carola 
Brockmann, Berlin, Germany; Audrey Prosser, Vista, Calif.; and Sonya Fletcher, 
Redwood City, Calif. One grandchild, Darrell Esgar, preceded her in death. 
Nine great-grandchildren also survive her.
     A private family memorial service is planned. Private cremation was held 
at The Dalles Win-quatt Crematory with Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home 
in care of arrangements. 
     In lieu of flowers donations are encouraged to Hospice of the Gorge, 751 
Myrtle Street, The Dalles, OR, 97958 or Friends of Hood River Public Library, 
attn: Talking Books Collection, 502 State Street, Hood River, OR 97031.

Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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