Virginia Harris

Harris, Virginia Claire Ostler – passed away peacefully on June 26, 2015.  Virginia was born in Salt Lake City, Utah at LDS hospital on September 7, 1922 to Frank L. and Ada Holmes Ostler.  She was the 3rd of 5 children.  She attended Hawthorne elementary school, Irving Junior High, East High School, and graduated from South High School in 1940.  She married Raymond Glenn Harris on December 26, 1941, later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. Together they were blessed with 5 children.  

Virginia worked several different jobs over the years including the following: typing theses at home, working 12 years as an agent for State Farm Insurance, and working 7 years for Tingey Insurance with personal insurance lines.  She retired in 1990. 

She was an active member of the LDS church serving in several positions: 19 years in the Stake Relief Society presidency, and 15 years as the Director of the Family Records Extraction program until it was discontinued in 2010.  She and her husband Glenn were members of the Canyon Rim Ward for over 50 years and developed many lifelong friendships there.

Virginia loved gardening and spent many hours cultivating and caring for their beautiful yard.  She was very proud of her 60+ rose bushes.  She enjoyed traveling, camping, spending time with her family, and always enjoyed reading a good book.  She was computer savvy and was very interested in new technology. 

She is survived by her brother O. Don Ostler, and her children: Katharine Robinson (Houston,TX), Joanne (Jerry) Allred (Chico, CA), Raymond Glenn Jr. (Ingrid), Elizabeth, and Rosemary (Tracy) Tripp.  She has 18 grandchildren, and 39 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Glenn, parents, 2 sisters, Marian Behney and Carol Savage, and brother, Bill Ostler.  

Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 11:00 A.M., at the Holbrook Mortuary 3251 South 2300 East, Salt Lake City, Utah.  Friends may call prior to the service between the hours of 9:30 A.M. – 10:30 A.M.  Interment at the Salt Lake City Cemetery directly after the funeral.