Virginia Ballantyne Dailey 1914-1983

Less than two weeks before her 69th birthday, (Irene) Virginia Ballantyne Dailey – known to the Uible-Ballantyne cousins as "Aunt Virginia" suffered a stroke on Wednesday, August 10, and passed away later that evening. Though she had suffered in the years since her husband Jim's passing in July 1965, her death was unexpected.

The obituary is from an unknown newspaper, possibly the New Cumberland Hancock Courier, or a Pittsburgh newspaper.  Transcription and additional details follow as well as a picture of Virginia and her baby sister, Jean c1925.

1983 Virginia Ballantyne Dailey obituary

Virginia Ballantyne Dailey
Virginia Ballantyne Dailey, 68, Sky View Terrace Nursing Home, Pittsburgh, Pa., passed away on Wednesday, August 10, 1983, following a lingering illness of several years.

She was born in New Cumberland [West Virginia] on August 22, 1914, a daughter of the late Nathanial [1868-1949] and Lucie Brown Ballantyne [1880-1957].  She was the wife of the late James F. Dailey [1910-1965], formerly of Steubenville, Ohio.

She is survived by three sons, William Freeman, Joseph and Thomas; three daughters, Sarah O'Neill, Mary Ellen Walkley, and Maureen Darr; one sister, Jean Ballantyne Uible [1922-2011], of New Vienna, Ohio; and six grandchildren.  [She was also pre-deceased by her brother, Robert Brown Ballantyne 1910-1956.]

Funeral services were held at the Stephans Funeral Home in Pittsburgh on Saturday morning, August 13, 1983.  Interment was made in Mt. Lebanon Cemetery.

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Virginia Ballantyne Dailey, Jean Wallace Ballantyne c1925