Virginia H. O'Keeffe Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Virginia Helen O’Keeffe, 95, of Wenatchee, WA, passed away to eternal rest on Thursday, June 23, 2022. She was born July 8, 1926 in the small town of Long Prairie, Minnesota, the oldest of six, to Valentine Thoennes and Leona Angeline Hengemuhle. At the age of seventeen, the family moved to Portland, Oregon due to the war, and to look for work. Virginia attended nursing school after high school graduation, during which she met her loving husband, Patrick O’Keeffe. They were wed in 1950 in Klamath Falls, Oregon where Virginia worked as a nurse at the Veterans Hospital. Virginia lived most of her life in East Wenatchee where she and her husband, Patrick, raised their family of seven children. Virginia is survived by one sister, Mary Ann Crow, of Portland, Oregon; children Teresa C. Bakse, of Elma, WA; James N.(Cindy) of Snohomish, WA; Jean M. (Lonnie) of Wenatchee, WA; Neil E. (Debbie) of Spokane Valley, WA; Nancy A. of Tumwater, WA; and Eileen V. Long (Mitch) of Rochester, MN; thirteen grandchildren; eleven great grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild; including numerous treasured nieces, nephews and their children. Virginia is preceded in death by her beloved husband, Patrick C. (2004); her parents Valentine and Leona Thoennes, brother Florian (Bud) and his wife (Patricia), and three sisters Marcy (Robert) Cash, Roselyn (Richard) Anderson, and Constance (Victor) Beck, a son-in-law, Cpt. William E. Bakse, Jr. (2009), and one son, Thomas P. O’Keeffe (2021). Virginia deeply loved each and all of her children, who will greatly miss her listening ear and words of comfort. A Rosary will be held Thursday, July 7 at 7pm, and Virginia’s funeral Mass will be held at 11am on Friday July 8th at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 625 S. Elliott Ave., Wenatchee, WA, arrangements by Jones & Jones Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to St. Joseph Catholic School, 600 St. Joseph Place, Wenatchee, WA.

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Virginia H. O'Keeffe

July 8, 1926 - June 23, 2022