Virginia Aleen Walker's Obituary
Virginia Aleen (Clark) Walker passed away and joined our heavenly Father on October 3, 2020. Her husband, William (Bill) Walker of 56 years, preceded her in death nine years ago on October 5, 2011.
Virginia was born in St. Helens, Oregon on September 17, 1938, to Orien Delmar Clark and Elsie Jones Clark. She was the sixth child in a large loving family. As a youth, Virginia loved to sing, and joined the choir at church and school where she participated in many competitions.
Virginia married Bill at the First Christian Church in St. Helens on June 1, 1956; where they lived and raised their family.
After high school, she attended and graduated from a trade school. She worked at the Swift Mart “creamery” as an accountant until it burned to the ground. She then landed an accounting position with Boise Cascade St. Helens, she loved working there and stayed until her retirement in her 50’s. Virginia did a lot of charity work and one of her most treasured was the Toy and Joy. Each year, she spearheaded the Ms. Claus bake sale at Boise Cascade to raise money for the Toy and Joy. She baked many sweet and savory dishes to sell for charity funds. She had a big, caring heart, was honest and had integrity, and very loyal, often working long hours and weekends.
During Virginia’s life, she was a devoted Christian attending church, participating in church outings and raising her family in faith and religion. She loved to tole paint and painted many beautiful tole paintings and wooden objects. She was a self-taught seamstress who made almost all of her patterns herself. She designed, created and constructed many garments including, jackets, blouses, blankets, and dresses – and the beloved yearly Christmas pajamas all without a pattern or prior knowledge on how to construct the garment. She was so very creative and talented. She also loved to bake and cook. When she lived on hers and Bill’s farm, she was an organic gardener back in the 60’s before it was popular. She loved to tell stories of her childhood and her extended family who meant everything to her.
Virginia loved to go on road trips and travel with Bill in their RV and often vacationed with her family making a tradition of a yearly trip to the beach with her beloved young grandchildren. Every Christmas season was Craft Christmas day with the grandchildren where she spent the day baking with them, painting with them and doing crafts for gifts.
Survivors include: two daughters & spouses: Lynn Gutbezahl (and John) of Portland, and Kyle Whalen of Portland; six grandchildren: Derek (and Heather), Jared, Kevin, Luke, Alexis, and Oliver; and 10 great grandchildren. One granddaughter, Ali Rose, preceded her in death.
Virginia was a very special lady whose smile and kindness will be missed by many.
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