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Virginia Robertson ROWE

Female 1913 - 2009  (96 years)


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  • Name Virginia Robertson ROWE 
    Birth 15 Aug 1913  Des Moines, Polk, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1920  Des Moines, Polk, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1930  Des Moines, Polk, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 26 Dec 2009  San Francisco, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Siblings 1 sister 
    Person ID I12  bmds
    Last Modified 16 Aug 2012 

    Father George Lewis ROWE,   b. 18 Jan 1889, Miner, South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1975, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Marie Henrietta FRANZ,   b. 18 May 1892, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Sep 1977, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Family ID F6  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Harvison Catlin HOLLAND,   b. 16 Oct 1911, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1997, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 23 Mar 1934  Des Moines, Polk, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage Virginia : 20 years old | Harvison : 22 years old. 
    Children 3 sons 
    +1Male. George Harvison HOLLAND,   b. 5 Mar 1937, Fresno, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    +2Male. Raymond Rowe HOLLAND,   b. 14 Apr 1941, Washington, District of Columbia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    +3Male. Steven Catlin HOLLAND,   b. 20 Jul 1946, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     
    Family ID F10  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Aug 1913 - Des Moines, Polk, Iowa
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Des Moines, Polk, Iowa
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Des Moines, Polk, Iowa
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 23 Mar 1934 - Des Moines, Polk, Iowa
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 Dec 2009 - San Francisco, California
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] 1920 US Census, Des Moines Ward 1, Polk, Iowa.
      Virginia Rowe | age: 6 | bp: Iowa

    2. [S11] 1930 US Census.
      Virginia R. Rowe | age: 16 | bp: Iowa

    3. [S4] Obituary.
      Virginia Rowe Holland – August 15, 1913 – December 26, 2009
       Virginia (Gini) Holland passed away peacefully on December 26, 2009 at Lawton Healthcare Center in San Francisco, California where she had resided for eight years.
       Gini was the first of two lovely daughters born to George Lewis and Henrietta Marie (née Franz) Rowe in Des Moines, Iowa where she and her sister were raised. After leaving Iowa State University to marry Harvison (Harvey) Catlin Holland in March of 1934, they immediately moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. In the ensuing 18 years, she and Harvey crisscrossed the United States several times as Harvey pursued his career as one of the nation’s first aeronautical engineers before, during and after the war.
       In 1952, Gini and Harvey purchased their first home in Santa Monica, California where they lived during the following 45 years. During those years, Gini was active in various philanthropic associations, Pi Beta Phi Sorority on the UCLA campus and the real estate industry. Harvey predeceased Gini in 1997.
       Gini is survived by her three sons (George, Raymond, and Steven), her daughter-in-law (Melinda), her three grand daughters (Kira, Krista, and Lisa), two grand sons (Brooks and Miles), four great grand daughters (Eva, Geneva, Karenna, and Sydney), and two great grand sons (Jordan and Ryan).
       Gini was a patient and caring woman who will be missed greatly by all who were privileged to know her. Her ashes are being scattered over the Pacific Ocean (as were those of her beloved husband of 63 years) by the Neptune Society of Northern California at the Columbarium.