Virginia "Ginny" MacDonald

LEMINGTON, VERMONT -- Mrs. Virginia “Ginny” MacDonald, 85, of Lemington, Vt., passed away late Monday evening, March 31, 2008, at the Coös County Nursing Hospital in West Stewartstown, NH, after a long period of failing health and with her loving family at her side. Mrs. MacDonald was born November 18, 1922, in Lemington, a daughter of the late Theodore J. Holbrook and Mary Jane (Annis) Holbrook. Mrs. MacDonald attended local schools and then earned a college degree before returning to Lemington. She married Frederick MacDonald on September 26, 1942, and they began to raise their family. She had a long career in the Colebrook banks, starting at the First Colebrook Bank in the early 1940s, and then later at the Farmer’s & Trader’s Bank from which she retired in 1986 after more than 40 years of service. From 1987 until 2000, Ginny worked part-time as a gift shop attendant at The BALSAMS Grand Resort Hotel in Dixville Notch. Mrs. MacDonald loved to travel and entertain her family and friends. Her house always had an “open door.” She loved to play cards and participate in family outings, and she and Fred used to love to ride the countryside in their Jeep. Her other hobbies included painting and ceramics. She was a communicant of St. Brendan’s Catholic Church and a member of the Catholic Women’s Club. She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother, aunt, and friend to many who will miss her dearly. She leaves behind a daughter, Daphne Whitmore, and companion Al DeBlois, of Manchester, NH; four sons, Finley MacDonald and wife, Susan, of Columbia, NH, Theodore MacDonald of Las Vegas, NV, Wendell MacDonald and wife, Gladys, of Nashua, NH, and James MacDonald and wife, Lori, of Manchester, NH; a sister, Jeannette Ellingwood of Lemington, Vt.; 13 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Mrs. MacDonald is preceded in death by her husband, Frederick, in 2002. Calling hours will be held on Thursday, April 3, 2008, from 7-9 p.m. at the Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home in Colebrook. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, April 4, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Brendan’s Catholic Church in Colebrook with The Reverend Craig Cheney as celebrant. An interment service will be held on Friday, May 23rd at 11:00 a.m. at St. Brendan’s Cemetery in Colebrook. Expressions of sympathy in Mrs. MacDonald’s memory may be made to the Two Rivers Ride for Cancer, c/o Rosemary Mulliken at the First Colebrook Bank, 132 Main Street, Colebrook, NH 03576. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home, Colebrook, NH.

Virginia "Ginny" MacDonald

November 18, 1922 - March 31, 2008