Virginia Anne Goss

Virginia Anne Goss, age 98, of Yorkville, IL passed away on December 25, 2023 at Sandwich Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Sandwich, IL. She was born on August 28, 1925 at Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet, IL the daughter of Ralton and Margaret (Pennington) Sillar. When she was a small child, her attempts to say Virginia Anne came out as “Zanne”, a nickname which stuck for the rest of her life.

Virginia went all through grade school and high school in the schools of Plainfield, IL, graduation from Plainfield High School in 1943. She met her husband, Arthur L. Goss, Jr., in high school, and they were married during World War II on June 9, 1945, when he was in the Army Air Corps. For most of the time between the end of the war to 1955, they lived in and around Plainfield. In 1955, they moved to Rollo, IL, and then in 1969, to Yorkville.

During the war and until her children were born she worked at Western United Gas and Electric in Aurora, IL, in a bank, a department store, a clothing store, and at Lyon Metal in Aurora. She was an excellent homemaker, but found some time during child raising years to do occasional secretarial work and bookkeeping work.

Virginia was active in the Yorkville Women’s Club, on the Yorkville Election board, as a volunteer in the Yorkville pre-school vision and hearing program, and as a volunteer at Hillside Nursing Home in Yorkville. In 1994, Virginia started working part-time at the Yorkville Public Library. She loved working at the library, continuing to work there until 2017, just a few days before her 92 birthday.

As a young girl, Virginia enjoyed roller skating and horseback riding. As an adult, she enjoyed visiting family, watching old classic movies, and spending weekends with her husband at Lake Sinissippi in Hustisford, WI, She had an amazing memory and could recall relatives and events from many years ago.

Virginia is survived by two sons, David (Diane) Goss and Allan (Beth) Goss; three grandchildren, Brad Goss, Andrew (Jen Husted) Goss, and Joanna Goss; two great-grandchildren, Harrison Picton and Maryelle Goss; two nephews and one niece; and several great nephews and nieces and great great nephews and nieces.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Ralton and Margaret Sillar; her husband, Arthur Goss; and her brother, Robert (Joyce) Sillar.

Visitation will be held from 11:30 AM until 1:30 PM on Friday, December 29, 2023 and the funeral will be held at 1:30 PM the same day, both at the Yorkville Congregational United Church of Christ, 409 Center Parkway, Yorkville, IL with Rev. Elizabeth Hartung officiating. Burial will be at the Wheatland Township Cemetery north of Plainfield.

Arrangements by Nelson Funeral Homes & Crematory, www.NelsonFuneralHomes.com or 630-553-7611.

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