Virginia Cook

Virginia Lavon Cook
85 years old
DOB: July 2, 1940
Place of birth: Los Angeles, CA
Date of death: June 1, 2026
Place of death: Yukon, OK

Background information:

Virginia was born in Los Angeles, CA and lived in Northern California most of her life (Napa and Sacramento). She was an interpreter for the deaf students at Napa Valley Unified School District, then an Engineering Administrator at McClellan Air Force Base in Sacramento. She also fostered deaf/handicapped children and adults.

Preceded in death by:
Parents: Lawrence and Thelma Freeman, brothers: Delwin Freeman and Larry Freeman and grandson: Scott Thomas Enarson.

Virginia had a love for nature which included spending time at her cabin in the mountains as well as gardening. Neighbors, on their evening walks, either at home or at the cabin, would stop to compliment her on her flowerbeds and ask her for advice on her roses. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She also had a group of girlfriends “The Belmont Girls.” from Belmont High whom she enjoyed travelling and spending time with . She had a wonderful sense of humor, and you never knew what was going to come out of her mouth next. She lived the last year of her life in Yukon, OK in the home of her daughter, Barbara, and enjoyed the garden, being outside, and the occasional Braums drive-thru for an ice cream cone and a drive in the country.

Survived by:
Sister: Viola Ruth Tovar and husband Gus Tovar of Redmond Oregon.
Daughters: Alice McKay and husband David McKay of El Dorado Hills, CA, Barbara Davola and friend Cass Pujol of Yukon, OK, and honorary daughter Julie Nicholls of Morehead City, NC.
Grandchildren: Dillon Enarson of Yukon, OK, Lauren Deppen and husband Chase of Austin, TX, Lukas Hannemann and wife Julia of Sacramento, CA, Ellie McKay of El Dorado Hills, CA, Taylor McKay and wife Caitlin of Sacramento, CA and Nerissa Miller, wife to late grandson Scott Enarson,
Great grandchildren: Josiah Miller and Isaiah Enarson, both of Firestone, CO, and Brooks and Noah McKay of Sacramento, CA

Nephews: Shawn Freeman and wife Vicki of Piedmont, OK and Brian Tovar and wife April of Redmond Oregon.
Nieces: Kimberly Young and husband Brian of Orange, CA and Trisha Oppenheim and husband Chris of Petersburg AK.

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