Marjorie "Virginia" Wilkerson

Marjorie Virginia Wilkerson
Hamilton - Virginia Wilkerson passed away peacefully May 20, 2009 at Discovery Care Centre in Hamilton. She was born February 3, 1917 in Great Falls, Montana to Earl and Alice (Williams) White.
Her first home was living on a homestead in the Black Eagle area she shared with her parents and her four brothers, Harry, Kenneth, Ernest, and Alan. The family later moved to the Bitterroot Valley in the Charlos Heights area where her two sisters, Jean and Josephine were born.
Virginia went to grade school in Charlos Heights then to Darby High School where she graduated in 1935. She married her high school sweetheart, Sidney M. Wilkerson on May 18, 1935.
Their first home was on the Manley Sheep Ranch in the Helmville area where Sidney was working.
They moved to Charlos Heights and then the Darby area later that year. In 1941 they moved to the home Sid built on the Old Darby Road where they lived until 2000. At that time they moved to Hamilton where Virginia has resided since.
Virginia was involved in many community activities which include; 4-H leader, Superintendent of Darby Baptist Church Sunday School and long time member of the church choir, Member of the Como Schoolhouse committee, head cook at the Darby School lunch program, active member of the Golden Age Senior Citizens club, and the Darby Garden Club. She enjoyed dancing, potlucks, playing cards, sewing quilts, all kinds of crafts, fishing with Sid, growing flowers and vegetables in her gardens, oil, acrylic, and watercolor painting which provided many pictures and saws for family and friends.
Virginia is survived by her four children, Gwendolyn (Jack) Meskimen of Kalispell, Roger (Kay) Wilkerson of Cove, Oregon, Jerry (Diane) Wilkerson of Helena, and John (Maryellen) Wilkerson of Dillon; 13 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren and 4 great-great grandchildren.
She is also survived by sisters Jean (Ed) Kinsman of Kalispell, and Josephine Cruson of Lyons, OR.
Virginia was preceded in death by her husband Sidney, parents, Earl and Alice White, and her four brothers, Harry, Kenneth, Ernest, and Alan.
Memorials may be made to: Marcus Daly Hospice, Como Schoolhouse, Golden Age Club, or to the charity of choice.