Virginia Ann Kretzschmar
1939-2018
Our Mom, who gave us her gifts of creativity,
her passion for gardening and her love of family, passed away Friday evening,
January 5, 2018, so happy to be home from her recent
hospitalization, and in the company of her son, Jim and daughter,
Angie.
Virginia
Ann Kretzschmar was born January 17, 1939 in Syracuse, New York to
Myrtle (Watson) Tuttle and Wallace Tuttle. While a child she went to
live with Ralph Oliver and Mable Lackland Frazer who raised her. In
1957, she married William Joseph Melchior and together they had one
child, Victoria Irene. Later, the couple divorced and in 1963 Virginia
married Charles Paul Kretzschmar. They were blessed with two children,
James Paul and Angela Louise.
Mom’s
life was filled with beauty and creativity. She was an artist in so
many ways. Not only on paper or canvas, but in the world around her.
She found joy and contentment as she decorated her
home, enjoyed birds in the yard, and loved adding to
the beauty of nature with flowers and design. With her keen
aptitude for math, she greatly enjoyed her tax preparation jobs in the
1970s and 1980s. Over the past 20 years, working at McKay’s
Blueberries in Pennfield was a great joy for her, both for the
challenging work involved and the great people she
met.
Mom
was predeceased by Charles Kretzschmar, brother James Frazer of Texas
and sister Anna Bell of New York. Surviving are her children Victoria,
Jim and Angie; grandchildren, Victor, Logan and Declan; brothers,
Richard and Sandy Tuttle of New York, Jim and Cheryl VanLengen of New
York, Frank and and Carol Hajney of Florida, Robert and Betty Frazer
of New Mexico, Jack and Janet Frazer of California, Paul and Mary
Frazer of Maryland; sisters Joyce and Dave Hutchinson of New York and
Patty Pearce of New York; lots of loving nieces and nephews and grand
nieces and nephews, and dear close friends in Saint John and Charlotte
County.
In
lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to
Bobby’s Hospice in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada or to a
hospice in your area. Also consider the Saint John Regional Hospital
Foundation, where the staff was so kind and encouraging to our
Mom during her hospital stay.
Arrangements have been entrusted to
Brenan’s Funeral Home, 111 Paradise Row,
Saint John (634-7424) where family and friends are
invited to visit between the hours of 7-9 on Tuesday, January
9.
www.brenansfh.com
Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de Virginia Ann Kretzschmar 19392018.source
Décès pour la Ville: Saint John, Province: Nouveau-Brunswick
