TAINSH Virginia Obituary 2013
Source: Detroit News, The (MI) - Sunday, May 15, 2005
Tainsh Virginia Graves of Ann Arbor, died May 12, 2005, after long illness. She was born to Mosie Chauncy Amidon and Lettie Lenten Bevington Amidon on October 5, 1917, in Ashtabula, Ohio, the sixth of seven brothers and sisters. She grew up in North Kingsville, Ohio, working on the family farm and going to school with the same group of eleven students from kindergarten through high school A vivacious and capable young woman, she played the accordion with pleasure and skill and participated enthusiastically in athletics. In fact, at her wedding reception, her father informed her father-in-law that Virginia could run the fastest, jump the highest, and leap the farthest of all the girls in Ashtabula County. Upon graduation from high school, she set off for the Grace Hospital School of Nursing in Detroit, completing her education there as a registered nurse in 1939. While she was practicing nursing at Mount Sinai Hospital in Detroit, a physician friend introduced her to an up-and-coming young entrepreneur, Peter Campbell Tainsh. Virginia and Peter were married on June 29, 1940, and she became his helpmate and wife. They celebrated 57 anniversaries together before Peter's death in 1997. Virginia continued as a private duty nurse early in their marriage, and as the children were born--first Joan Louise, then Peter James--she became a full-time homemaker. Her husband's business grew from a start with the Fyr-Fyter Company to ownership of Seco Manufacturing, Inc., and the Tainshes moved from Dearborn through Grosse Pointe, Toledo, Glen Arbor, and West Bloomfield to Ann Arbor and Palm Springs. Through it all, Virginia enjoyed entertaining and did it well. She engaged happily with everyone from Peter's business associates to the consular corps. She liked having people around and filling the house with life and laughter. She liked it most of all when there were houseguests who brought their children. She loved to gather up children, guests, neighbors, and her own and whisk them all off on excursions, to the zoo or the museum or the park. That inclusiveness toward children and emphasis on family she passed on to her children. Meals were lively, passionate, and silly, a time for the family to talk together and to enjoy Virginia's cooking and baking. Pies were frequent and wonderful, part of both day-to-day life and holiday celebrations. At the core of Virginia's persona was her sense of herself as a caregiver and nurse. She cared for a young niece so tenderly through the travail of multiple surgeries that the child felt safest and most cared for in the haven of Aunt Ginny's house. Virginia cared also for her father-in-law in his final months. And both friends and Peter himself were in awe of how well she cared for her husband during his last fifteen years, as he lost function and mobility to peripheral neuropathy. Virginia was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and five of her brothers and sisters. Surviving are her children, Joan Burleigh (Charles) and Peter Tainsh (Janice); four grandchildren, Charles Burleigh (Jenny Parker), Jonathan Burleigh (Laura), and Katherine and Peter K. G. Tainsh, and four great-grandchildren, Ruby and Camille Parker and Sophia and Donovan Burleigh. Virginia's younger brother, Douglas Amidon, also survives. The Tainsh family would like to express their gratitude to Margaret Maino for her kind and steady care for Virginia during her final year. The family will receive visitors at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 16 at Renaissance Unity Church in Warren. A memorial service will be held at the church at 11 a.m. with interment to follow at Acacia Park Cemetery in Beverly Hills, MI. Questions regarding arrangements should be directed to Muehlig Funeral Chapel, at (734) 663-3375. Memorial offerings may be made to St. Joseph Mercy Hospice, which made it possible for both Virginia, and Peter before her, to end their days at home, as they wished.
Source: Detroit News, The (MI) - Sunday, May 15, 2005
Tainsh Virginia Graves of Ann Arbor, died May 12, 2005, after long illness. She was born to Mosie Chauncy Amidon and Lettie Lenten Bevington Amidon on October 5, 1917, in Ashtabula, Ohio, the sixth of seven brothers and sisters. She grew up in North Kingsville, Ohio, working on the family farm and going to school with the same group of eleven students from kindergarten through high school A vivacious and capable young woman, she played the accordion with pleasure and skill and participated enthusiastically in athletics. In fact, at her wedding reception, her father informed her father-in-law that Virginia could run the fastest, jump the highest, and leap the farthest of all the girls in Ashtabula County. Upon graduation from high school, she set off for the Grace Hospital School of Nursing in Detroit, completing her education there as a registered nurse in 1939. While she was practicing nursing at Mount Sinai Hospital in Detroit, a physician friend introduced her to an up-and-coming young entrepreneur, Peter Campbell Tainsh. Virginia and Peter were married on June 29, 1940, and she became his helpmate and wife. They celebrated 57 anniversaries together before Peter's death in 1997. Virginia continued as a private duty nurse early in their marriage, and as the children were born--first Joan Louise, then Peter James--she became a full-time homemaker. Her husband's business grew from a start with the Fyr-Fyter Company to ownership of Seco Manufacturing, Inc., and the Tainshes moved from Dearborn through Grosse Pointe, Toledo, Glen Arbor, and West Bloomfield to Ann Arbor and Palm Springs. Through it all, Virginia enjoyed entertaining and did it well. She engaged happily with everyone from Peter's business associates to the consular corps. She liked having people around and filling the house with life and laughter. She liked it most of all when there were houseguests who brought their children. She loved to gather up children, guests, neighbors, and her own and whisk them all off on excursions, to the zoo or the museum or the park. That inclusiveness toward children and emphasis on family she passed on to her children. Meals were lively, passionate, and silly, a time for the family to talk together and to enjoy Virginia's cooking and baking. Pies were frequent and wonderful, part of both day-to-day life and holiday celebrations. At the core of Virginia's persona was her sense of herself as a caregiver and nurse. She cared for a young niece so tenderly through the travail of multiple surgeries that the child felt safest and most cared for in the haven of Aunt Ginny's house. Virginia cared also for her father-in-law in his final months. And both friends and Peter himself were in awe of how well she cared for her husband during his last fifteen years, as he lost function and mobility to peripheral neuropathy. Virginia was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and five of her brothers and sisters. Surviving are her children, Joan Burleigh (Charles) and Peter Tainsh (Janice); four grandchildren, Charles Burleigh (Jenny Parker), Jonathan Burleigh (Laura), and Katherine and Peter K. G. Tainsh, and four great-grandchildren, Ruby and Camille Parker and Sophia and Donovan Burleigh. Virginia's younger brother, Douglas Amidon, also survives. The Tainsh family would like to express their gratitude to Margaret Maino for her kind and steady care for Virginia during her final year. The family will receive visitors at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 16 at Renaissance Unity Church in Warren. A memorial service will be held at the church at 11 a.m. with interment to follow at Acacia Park Cemetery in Beverly Hills, MI. Questions regarding arrangements should be directed to Muehlig Funeral Chapel, at (734) 663-3375. Memorial offerings may be made to St. Joseph Mercy Hospice, which made it possible for both Virginia, and Peter before her, to end their days at home, as they wished.
TAINSH Virginia Obituary 2013
Source: Detroit News, The (MI) - Sunday, May 15, 2005
Tainsh Virginia Graves of Ann Arbor, died May 12, 2005, after long illness. She was born to Mosie Chauncy Amidon and Lettie Lenten Bevington Amidon on October 5, 1917, in Ashtabula, Ohio, the sixth of seven brothers and sisters. She grew up in North Kingsville, Ohio, working on the family farm and going to school with the same group of eleven students from kindergarten through high school A vivacious and capable young woman, she played the accordion with pleasure and skill and participated enthusiastically in athletics. In fact, at her wedding reception, her father informed her father-in-law that Virginia could run the fastest, jump the highest, and leap the farthest of all the girls in Ashtabula County. Upon graduation from high school, she set off for the Grace Hospital School of Nursing in Detroit, completing her education there as a registered nurse in 1939. While she was practicing nursing at Mount Sinai Hospital in Detroit, a physician friend introduced her to an up-and-coming young entrepreneur, Peter Campbell Tainsh. Virginia and Peter were married on June 29, 1940, and she became his helpmate and wife. They celebrated 57 anniversaries together before Peter's death in 1997. Virginia continued as a private duty nurse early in their marriage, and as the children were born--first Joan Louise, then Peter James--she became a full-time homemaker. Her husband's business grew from a start with the Fyr-Fyter Company to ownership of Seco Manufacturing, Inc., and the Tainshes moved from Dearborn through Grosse Pointe, Toledo, Glen Arbor, and West Bloomfield to Ann Arbor and Palm Springs. Through it all, Virginia enjoyed entertaining and did it well. She engaged happily with everyone from Peter's business associates to the consular corps. She liked having people around and filling the house with life and laughter. She liked it most of all when there were houseguests who brought their children. She loved to gather up children, guests, neighbors, and her own and whisk them all off on excursions, to the zoo or the museum or the park. That inclusiveness toward children and emphasis on family she passed on to her children. Meals were lively, passionate, and silly, a time for the family to talk together and to enjoy Virginia's cooking and baking. Pies were frequent and wonderful, part of both day-to-day life and holiday celebrations. At the core of Virginia's persona was her sense of herself as a caregiver and nurse. She cared for a young niece so tenderly through the travail of multiple surgeries that the child felt safest and most cared for in the haven of Aunt Ginny's house. Virginia cared also for her father-in-law in his final months. And both friends and Peter himself were in awe of how well she cared for her husband during his last fifteen years, as he lost function and mobility to peripheral neuropathy. Virginia was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and five of her brothers and sisters. Surviving are her children, Joan Burleigh (Charles) and Peter Tainsh (Janice); four grandchildren, Charles Burleigh (Jenny Parker), Jonathan Burleigh (Laura), and Katherine and Peter K. G. Tainsh, and four great-grandchildren, Ruby and Camille Parker and Sophia and Donovan Burleigh. Virginia's younger brother, Douglas Amidon, also survives. The Tainsh family would like to express their gratitude to Margaret Maino for her kind and steady care for Virginia during her final year. The family will receive visitors at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 16 at Renaissance Unity Church in Warren. A memorial service will be held at the church at 11 a.m. with interment to follow at Acacia Park Cemetery in Beverly Hills, MI. Questions regarding arrangements should be directed to Muehlig Funeral Chapel, at (734) 663-3375. Memorial offerings may be made to St. Joseph Mercy Hospice, which made it possible for both Virginia, and Peter before her, to end their days at home, as they wished.
Source: Detroit News, The (MI) - Sunday, May 15, 2005
Tainsh Virginia Graves of Ann Arbor, died May 12, 2005, after long illness. She was born to Mosie Chauncy Amidon and Lettie Lenten Bevington Amidon on October 5, 1917, in Ashtabula, Ohio, the sixth of seven brothers and sisters. She grew up in North Kingsville, Ohio, working on the family farm and going to school with the same group of eleven students from kindergarten through high school A vivacious and capable young woman, she played the accordion with pleasure and skill and participated enthusiastically in athletics. In fact, at her wedding reception, her father informed her father-in-law that Virginia could run the fastest, jump the highest, and leap the farthest of all the girls in Ashtabula County. Upon graduation from high school, she set off for the Grace Hospital School of Nursing in Detroit, completing her education there as a registered nurse in 1939. While she was practicing nursing at Mount Sinai Hospital in Detroit, a physician friend introduced her to an up-and-coming young entrepreneur, Peter Campbell Tainsh. Virginia and Peter were married on June 29, 1940, and she became his helpmate and wife. They celebrated 57 anniversaries together before Peter's death in 1997. Virginia continued as a private duty nurse early in their marriage, and as the children were born--first Joan Louise, then Peter James--she became a full-time homemaker. Her husband's business grew from a start with the Fyr-Fyter Company to ownership of Seco Manufacturing, Inc., and the Tainshes moved from Dearborn through Grosse Pointe, Toledo, Glen Arbor, and West Bloomfield to Ann Arbor and Palm Springs. Through it all, Virginia enjoyed entertaining and did it well. She engaged happily with everyone from Peter's business associates to the consular corps. She liked having people around and filling the house with life and laughter. She liked it most of all when there were houseguests who brought their children. She loved to gather up children, guests, neighbors, and her own and whisk them all off on excursions, to the zoo or the museum or the park. That inclusiveness toward children and emphasis on family she passed on to her children. Meals were lively, passionate, and silly, a time for the family to talk together and to enjoy Virginia's cooking and baking. Pies were frequent and wonderful, part of both day-to-day life and holiday celebrations. At the core of Virginia's persona was her sense of herself as a caregiver and nurse. She cared for a young niece so tenderly through the travail of multiple surgeries that the child felt safest and most cared for in the haven of Aunt Ginny's house. Virginia cared also for her father-in-law in his final months. And both friends and Peter himself were in awe of how well she cared for her husband during his last fifteen years, as he lost function and mobility to peripheral neuropathy. Virginia was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and five of her brothers and sisters. Surviving are her children, Joan Burleigh (Charles) and Peter Tainsh (Janice); four grandchildren, Charles Burleigh (Jenny Parker), Jonathan Burleigh (Laura), and Katherine and Peter K. G. Tainsh, and four great-grandchildren, Ruby and Camille Parker and Sophia and Donovan Burleigh. Virginia's younger brother, Douglas Amidon, also survives. The Tainsh family would like to express their gratitude to Margaret Maino for her kind and steady care for Virginia during her final year. The family will receive visitors at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 16 at Renaissance Unity Church in Warren. A memorial service will be held at the church at 11 a.m. with interment to follow at Acacia Park Cemetery in Beverly Hills, MI. Questions regarding arrangements should be directed to Muehlig Funeral Chapel, at (734) 663-3375. Memorial offerings may be made to St. Joseph Mercy Hospice, which made it possible for both Virginia, and Peter before her, to end their days at home, as they wished.
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