Virginia Holmes
1923-2004

Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 2 at the First 
Presbyterian Church in Bishop for longtime Bishop resident Virginia Holmes.

Born Aug. 14, 1923 in Los Angeles, Virginia died peacefully at her home on Sept. 
28, 2004.

Virginia attended school in Los Angeles ad at the age of 17 was accepted to the 
University of Southern California.  It was there that she majored in elementary 
education and minored in theater arts.  She graduated from USC in 1945.  She met 
her husband, Gordon, that same year and they were married in Las Vegas on Feb. 
14, 1946.

The couple lived in Southern California until 1951 when Gordon wanted out of the 
congested L.A. area and was able to find a job with California Electric Company 
and they moved to Lee Vining.  After a year, Gordon was transferred to Plant 2 
at Bishop Creek.

After the children were all in school, Virginia began teaching in the elementary 
grades in Bishop.  She also was active in the Bishop Country Club and in the 
mid-'50s she worked part-time at KIBS.  She had two regular programs:  "Coffee 
With Virginia" in the morning and an afternoon program called "Aunt Happy" that 
featured local children on their birthdays.

In 1980, Virginia moved back to Southern California where she worked as a travel 
agent.  She used this job to travel extensively all over the world.  She moved 
back to Bishop in 1994 and worked part-time for several years at Carlson-
Wagonlit Travel.

Virginia was an active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.  She 
enjoyed playing bridge, traveling and spending time with her family.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two sisters, and a brother.

Virginia is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Andy and Sheryl Holmes of 
Bishop; daughter, Sally Peters of Miami, Fla.; daughter, Heidi Holmes of Santa 
Monica; grandchildren, Carson Holmes of Venice Beach, Heather Doumerc of 
Westminster, Crystal Kaplan of Katmandu, Nepal, Amber Holmes of Belmont Shores 
and Veronica Holmes of Bishop; great-grandchildren, Aliya Kaplan of Kathmandu, 
Nepal and Tosh Whytock of Belmont Shores; one sister, Dorothy Coppledick of 
Piedmont; and numerous nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Virginia's name may be made to the Hospice of 
the Owens Valley, 155 Pioneer Ln., Bishop, CA 93514



The Inyo Register
Bishop, Inyo County, California
Thursday, September 30, 2004 – Page A-3.

Transcribed by Laura M. Bybee for Inyo County GenWeb, 3 June 2005