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RILEY, Virginia Gladys (45914)

Birth

  • Born on September 26, 1921 in Providence, Providence Co., RI

Death

  • Died on December 01, 2007 in Providence, Providence Co., RI
  • Buried in Evergreen Cemetery in West Medway, Norfolk Co., MA

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Notes

  • Obituary: BELOVED GRANDAUGHTER OF FRANK POPPY GATES AND FLORINE IDA NEILE GATES SHE WAS THE HOLLOWAY HEIRESS FROM 1939 TO 1958.SHE WAS THE RAYMOND GATES WELCH HEIRESS IN 1980. WIFE OF CARLETON E MARKHAM 63 YEARS. MOTHER OF CHERISHED DAUGHTER,CAROL ELAINE, AND SON STEPHEN SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF JOHN T RILEY AND MILDRED NEILE GATES RILEY. SISTER OF BARBARA JEAN AND FRANK RILEY. GRANDMOTHER OF TWO KRISTEN AND GARY CHRISTOPHER,GREAT GRANDMOTHER OF FOUR,GIANNA, LUCIAN,COLIN AND ERIN. SHE LATER BECAME THE RAY WELCH HEIRESS AND INHERITED HIS SUIMMER COTTAGE ON COLD STREAM POND,ENFIELD MAINE. SHE DIED IN ROGER WILLIAMS MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDENCE DECEMBER 1ST 2007 FROM A BATTLE OF ALZHEIMERS OF SEVEN YEARS. VIRGINA WAS THE GREAT GRANDAUGHTER OF ISABELLA S HOLLOWAY NEILE BORN 1846,DIED 1936 AT AGE NINETY, ISABELLA WAS THE WIDOW OF CORNELIUS NEILE,BORN IN SCOTLAND VIRGINIA WAS 15 WHEN GRAMA ISABELLA DIED AND WAS CLOSE TO HER ALL THOSE YEARS. ISABELLA WAS THE DAUGHTER OF CAPTAIN NATHAN S HOLLOWAY AND HARRIET NEWELL BROWN HOLLOWAY. CAPTAIN NATHAN HOLLOWAY WAS A SEA CAPTAIN OF A WHALING SHIP WHO SAILED THE WORLD. HE BUILT THE HOLLOWAY HOMESTEAD ON THE HILL OVERLOOKING THE MYSTIC RIVER. VIRGINIA WAS WILLED THIS ESTATE BY HER GRANDPARENTS FRANK AND FLORINE GATES IN 1939. SHE LOST THIS HOME,HOLLOWAY HOMESTEAD IN A SECRET WILL IN DECEMBER 1958 AT THE DEATH OF HER GRANDMOTHER,GRAMA FLORINE. HER CENOTAPH MEMORIAL IS HERE,THE SUMMER HOME OF HER CHILDHOOD AND WHERE SHE SPENT MOST OF HER WONDERFUL YEARS WITH GRANDPARENTS AND FRIENDS, HER MEMORIES OF THIS PLACE WERE ALWAYS IN HER HEART AND SOUL. SHE IS BURIED ELSEWHERE.
  • Death: Alzheimers Disease

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