Virginia N. Page OBITUARY

Virginia N. Page Virginia Ann Noble Page passed away peacefully at home at the age of 87 on May 3, 2021. She was born on January 29, 1934 in Laurel, Maryland and grew up surrounded by her three sisters, two brothers, horses, cows and dogs. She graduated from St. Mary’s Dominican College in New Orleans. After graduation she worked for the National Security Agency doing who-knows-what. She married, and after experiencing adventures in Burma, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, she returned to the U.S., this time in San Rafael, CA, where she raised her four children in an unassuming yet heroic fashion. Volunteer librarian, Girl Scout Leader, catechism teacher, and all-around quick-witted comedian, Virginia managed all the known stresses of motherhood without complaint, and made it look so effortless that her kids, as is common and simply unacceptable, completely took her for granted. She had a small circle of local and international friends for life. You all know who you are. Though she didn’t see her East Coast family often, she remained quite close and kept in touch via phone and letters, even after Al Gore invented the internet. Technology did not leave her behind, however, she was an early Apple devotee and printed a mean homemade greeting card. During the family’s annual summer car-camping trips to SoCal (that’s a whole ‘nother book), she fell in love with Encinitas and Moonlight Beach, so when the time came to give up the family home, she packed up the Corolla and bought her small piece of paradise in Encinitas, where she could head to Moonlight any time she wanted, to sit on a bench or the sand and enjoy a hot dog from the snack bar. She loved to walk on a daily basis, and kept fit striding the neighborhoods with her closest friends (you know who you are). Her kids, not to mention her kids’ friends, loved it when Virginia whipped up a batch of beignets on a weekend, filling most of the house with a sticky cloud of powdered sugar. Less well-loved were her famous “liver and lima beans” dinners. While she may have seemed reserved to people who didn’t know her well, she was a loyal friend, including those at St. Isabella’s parish in San Rafael and St. John the Evangelist in Encinitas (you know who you are). If you have a favorite Virginia story (i.e. the original salad spinner – head of lettuce in a pillow case placed on the spin cycle) please feel free to share online. We will all miss her, and hope to hang out with her again some day, where we hope to finally force her to admit she was a secret agent. Virginia is survived by her four children: Patricia (Jeff), Paul (Sona), Marika (Greg), and Thomas (Katie); three grandchildren: Sharika, Harrison and Indiana; her sisters Jo Em and Betty Lee; and brother Robert. She was predeceased by her sister Mar Con and brother Edward. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to: Saint John the Evangelist Church in Encinitas, www.stjohnencinitas.org; Girl Scouts of Northern California, www.gsnorcal.org; or Friends of the Carlsbad Library, library.carlsbadca.gov. Alternatively, any donation (books or dollars) to a local school or library would have been greatly appreciated by Virginia. A very, very, special thanks to LaToya, her “adopted” daughter, who cared so well for Virginia the last several years. We can’t imagine what Virginia’s life would have been without your help.PAGE