Virginia Christine Northrop died on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. She was born Angelina Rose Barrett on Feb. 2, 1935, in Colusa to Georgiana and Manuel Barrett. Her name was changed at her baptism to Virginia.
She was raised in Princeton and retired to Willows in 2016. She graduated from Princeton High School in 1952 and then attended Chico State.
She married and raised her six children in Southern California. She moved back to the Sacramento area in the mid-1980s, where she married and spent 28 years with her second husband, Dennis Northrop.
Upon retirement from the California Building Industry Association in downtown Sacramento, she spent her days reading novels and enjoying her favorite shows, “Jeopardy,” “Wheel of Fortune” and “Family Feud,” while doing a little gardening as well.
Her children are Virginia Garavito of Glendora, Vere Butler of Chatsworth, Valerie Edmond of Woodland Hills, Vint Butler of Wake Forrest, NC, and Vido Butler of Laguna Beach. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dennis Northrop, who died on May 11, 2022; sisters Gloria Feeney and Elizabeth (Betty) Wilkins; and son Vaun Butler.
Graveside services are planned for 11 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 3, at the Willows Cemetery.
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