Travis, Virginia Pearl

1924 - 2010  (85 years)

• Name	Travis, Virginia Pearl
  Birth	17 Sep 1924	Wenona, Marshall County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	TRAV.V001
  Death	4 May 2010	Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona   [1]
  Burial	Mound Grove Cemetery, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Vest, Virginia Travis
  Person ID	I38441	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Travis - Jones Noah Travis and Hannah N. Jones Descendants
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Travis, Thomas Hugh,   b. 4 Mar 1889, Clay County, Illinois d. 30 Dec 1967, Fairbury, Livingston County, Illinois (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Striegel, Pearl Marie,   b. 14 May 1898, Saint Anne, Kankakee County, Illinois d. 26 Nov 1956, Bradley, Kankakee County, Illinois (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	Y  [2]
  Family ID	F11259	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Vest, James Monroe,   b. 22 Aug 1919, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois d. 18 Oct 1988, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F15430	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 Sep 1924 - Wenona, Marshall County, Illinois Death - 4 May 2010 - Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona Burial - - Mound Grove Cemetery, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  During WWII she worked at a munitions factory. It was there that she was introduced by a co-worker to her future husband James M. Vest. They were married in Salina, KS on June 25, 1944. After the war they built their own home and later owned a neighborhood grocery store. During all of this time they managed to have four children. In June 1957 they packed up the four kids in a 1951 Oldsmobile and drove to Mesa. After the kids were all on their own Virginia and James moved to their retirement home in Dreamland Villa in Mesa. Virginia was able to spend many happy years in that community with many close friends. She has spent the last few years of her life as a happy resident of Carestone Assisted Living in Tempe.

  
  

• Sources

  [S12523] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Vest, Virginia Travis, (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53581815), none. (Reliability: 2). [S231] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, Enumeration District 3, Page 1B, (http://search.ancestry.com/content/viewer.aspx?dbid=6061&iid=4300174_00609&noredir=true&sid=&gskw=) (Reliability: 2).