Ginny died on Jan. 27, 2008, at Kemper House in Mentor after valiantly fighting Alzheimers for seven years.
She was born Dec. 13, 1921 in Cadiz, Ohio, and learned how to conquer adversity at an early age.
Her mother, Marjorie Sharp, died when Ginny was 13 and her father, Dr. George Sharp, died when she was 16.
She recalls that her parents' greatest love was music and she inherited their talent. She sang with a band while still in high school and her beautiful voice was always in demand. She also was a great poet and composed poems for all occasions. She remembers that her mother was Clark Gable's first sweetheart when they were in high school.
After high school, Ginny went to business college and then worked in a lawyer's office. However, her main passion throughout life was to help and comfort others. She put herself through the Ohio Valley School of Nursing and became a registered nurse in Steubenville, Ohio.
She was a dedicated nurse for 45 years and had the facility to make patients and their families feel better. She never met a person she couldn't like or who didn't like her.
She married Richard in 1947 and they begat four wonderful children, Beth (Al) Alberts, Brad (Pam) Bundy, Marjorie (Ed) Arida and Becky (Don) Lee. They were blessed with 11 grandchildren, Grant and Trent Alberts; Jess, Jorden, Nathan and Zach Bundy; Amy and Ryan Arida; Hannah, Caleb and Grace Lee; and a great-grandson, Oliver Bundy.
It was a close knit family who spent holidays and vacations together.
She and Richard moved to Mentor in 1990 where she volunteered at LakeEast Hospital and the Ireland Cancer Center. She enjoyed daily walks at the Headlands State Park.
To paraphrase Shakespeare, "The good that people do lives after them." She will have a special place in heaven.
In lieu of flowers, the family encourages contributions to Kemper House, 8155 Mentor Hills Road, Mentor, OH 44060.
Arrangements are being handled by Davis Funeral Home in Willoughby.