Virginia Street

1935 - 2025

Virginia Street (Powell)

South Deerfield, MA - Virginia Powell Street of South Deerfield, Massachusetts, passed away on Thursday morning, December 18, 2025, at RegalCare Rehabilitation Center in Greenfield, following a brief stay at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton. She was 90.

Born in New York City on March 22, 1935, Virginia Gordon Powell was the younger daughter of John William Gordon Powell, a stockbroker, and Dr. Janet Travell, a physician known for her pioneering research in myofascial pain and as White House Physician to President John F. Kennedy.

Virginia graduated from Pelham Memorial High School in 1952, where she was art editor of the yearbook and voted "Most Likely to Succeed." She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture from Cornell University in 1956. A lifelong artist, she worked in sculpture and painting, earning recognition throughout her career.

While living in Nashville, Tennessee, she was active in the Nashville Artists Guild, taught art at Ensworth School, worked at the Humane Society, and adopted many animals. She later became a fine artist for Jumps by Fuzzy for over 15 years, painting horse jumps for major equestrian events across the United States, including Madison Square Garden.

In 1995, she moved to Massachusetts and cared for her aging mother. After Dr. Travell's death, Street co-founded The Janet Travell Foundation and authored a biography, "Janet Travell, MD: White House Physician and Trigger Point Pioneer."

She is survived by her three children, daughter-in-law, and three grandchildren.

Virginia will be interred at Albany Rural Cemetery in New York. A memorial service and a posthumous retrospective of her artwork are planned for 2026. Donations in her memory may be made to a local humane animal shelter.