Virginia A. Rappold

A private graveside service will be held for Virginia Andrew Rappold who passed away December 18, 2012, at Maple Grove Cemetery in Granville.

Virginia was born October 11, 1916 in Columbus to the late Margaret Lewis and James MacFarlane Andrew.

Virginia was a Granville High School graduate and attended Hollins University in Roanoke, VA for two years before graduating from Denison University where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. At age four, Virginia rode her pony in a horse-show in Keswick, VA where began her love of horseback riding. Her family moved to Granville when she was twelve and was able to continue her love of riding. She attended summer camp on the Kennebec River in northern Maine for six years as both camper and counselor, where swimming and canoeing were emphasized. The summer before marrying Herbert F. Rappold, Jr, from Philadelphia, PA, she taught horseback riding at a girls' summer camp near Asheville, North Carolina.

The Rappolds and their two children lived in many interesting places before moving back to Granville; their favorite place being the pre-Revolutionary community of Griggstown, 4 miles North of Princeton, NJ on the Delaware-Raritan Canal. While living there, Virginia enjoyed her association with the Princeton Packet Newspapers, as well as reading for 'Recordings For the Blind' and tutoring English.

She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Barbara and Richard T. Lutzky and grandson, Richard Lutzky, Jr. all of Three Bridges, NJ; granddaughter Carol and her husband, Paul Hample of Readington, NJ, and their sons, her great-grandchildren, Ryan, Jake and Dylan.

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Herbert F. Rappold, Jr.; son, Herbert F. Rappold, III; and brother, James M. Andrew, Jr.

Arrangements are in the care of MCPEEK-HOEKSTRA FUNERAL HOME in Granville. Condolences may be expressed at www.mcpeekhoekstra.com.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Granville Foundation, P.O. Box 321, Granville, Ohio 43023.