Virginia Dalton Riddick

Virginia Dalton Riddick passed away April 24, 2014 at the Medical Center of Colorado in Loveland, Colo. A memorial is planned for May 18 at 2 p.m., at St. Barnabas Church. Refreshments will be served after the memorial. She was preceded by the deaths of her parents, Doris and Webster Dalton, and by her three aunts, including her much beloved Aunt Alice.

Ginny is survived by her husband Jack, her sister Suesy and two nephews. She was born in Erie, Pa., on March 2, 1939. Her sister Suesy followed four years later. Her family moved to Dayton, Ohio when Ginny was 8 years old. Ginny had lots of pets growing up - cats, dogs, chickens, turtles, chameleons. She took piano lessons for years and enjoyed playing the piano. She spent her summers with her Aunt Alice in Erie. She was a good athlete and she was a lifeguard at the YMCA. She also taught swimming and lifeguarding at the Y. In school, she was in many theatrical productions.

After graduation from high school, she attended Penn State for one year before attending Kent State University in Ohio, where she got her degree in accounting. After she graduated from Kent State, she immediately set out for Washington, D.C. She worked several jobs in that city and attended law sSchool at American University.

Ginny met Jack Labor Day weekend in 1964. Jack was supposed to pick Ginny up at 3 p.m. and did not pick her up until 5:30. At that time they rode to a Regional Spelunking Convention in Franklin, W. V. They never looked back. They were married on Feb. 20, 1966. Jack was teaching math at a Washington, D.C. junior high school. They found teaching jobs in Ohio. Ginny did not have a teaching certificate, but that did not deter her or the school system. She taught high school English, directed school plays and coached girls' volleyball and basketball.

She obtained a degree in Fine Arts from Miami University of Ohio, and a master's degree in English teaching. She taught off and on until she moved to Wyoming.

She spent many years as a volunteer counselor at Planned Parenthood and started several book groups in her life. The book group in Ohio is still active.

After Jack retired from teaching in Ohio, they moved to Wyoming in 1998. Ginny was in the Garden Club and sang in the choir in Encampment. They were members of the St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Saratoga.

Gifts may be donated to St. Barnabas Church and the Ministerial Association in Saratoga, or to the thrift stores in Saratoga and Encampment.