Avis de décès de Virginia-Marie-Heide Stuart - Nécrologie - MesAieux.com

VIRGINIA MARIE HEIDE STUART - GREENSBORO - Virginia Marie Heide Stuart died peacefully in Central Vermont Hospital on July 11, 2012, after a brief illness. She was born in Kenosha, Wis., on Aug. 25, 1914, and graduated from NJ College for Women (now part of Rutgers) and did her graduate work at Columbia University. Born of Danish immigrant parents, she was an early crusader for women's rights and a gifted writer and editor. Her short stories appeared in Harper's and Blackwoods, and her first novel was published when she was 89 years old, a young adult novel about the rescue of the Danish Jews during W.W.II entitled, "Candle in a Dark Time." She was the first female editor at the Princeton University Press, where she met her future husband, Douglas Edmunds Stuart. During her long career she worked for the Princeton Hospital, the State of New Jersey, and after retirement had a successful career teaching writing. She spent most of her life in the Princeton, N.J., area, but moved up to Greensboro to join her daughters in 2005. She was predeceased by her husband; son, Douglas (Dougal) Stuart; daughter, Alison (Taffy) Todd; grandson, Stuart Todd; and granddaughter, Jill Riley. She leaves behind her daughter, Anne (Krissie) Stuart Ohlrogge; grandchildren, Kathryn (Kaim) Ohlrogge, and Timothy Ohlrogge of Greensboro, and Jennifer Todd Taylor of Lake Tahoe; her beloved nieces and nephews; and many dear friends. There will be a graveside service in Greensboro on Aug. 4, 2012, and a memorial service in Princeton in the early fall. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Greensboro Arts Alliance & Residency, PO Box 304, Greensboro, VT 05841.