| Virgie Faye Yoak, 89, formerly of Green, Ohio, went home to be with the Lord February 21, 2008.
She was born May 9, 1918 to Oakie and Nellie Norman, a full-term baby weighing just two pounds.
She married William Johnson Yoak in 1935, and they spent 49 years together before his death in 1984. Virgie worked for many years as a cafeteria worker in Green. She enjoyed quilting and crocheting, but her greatest joy was was caring for her family and spending time with them.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her granddaughter, Cindy Summers; daughters, Martha Abernathy and Mary Summers; sons-in-law, Jim Miller and Dick Summers; two sisters and a brother.
She is survived by children, Hazel (William) Hyland, Jean (Kenneth) Christner, William (Jeannie), David (Judy), Rod (Donna), and Dan (Sue); 24 grandchildren, 42 great grandchildren, 14 great-great grandchildren; sisters, Betty Bennett and Thelma Collins; and a host of family and friends.
Friends may call at Stump Funeral Home, Grantsville, WV, Tuesday from noon until 1 p.m. Graveside services will follow at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery with Rev. Rick Metheney officiating.
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