Virginia Wile

I am reaching out to John Britain to say thank you for your posts and adding those photos! I was only 6 years old when your grandmother came to visit so I don’t remember too much from back then. But I would love to see more of the photos you have (as would my sisters). Here is my email: [email protected]
Thanks very much!

This photo was taken in July 1966, when my grandmother Mary Lucia Brittain was staying with her friends, the Wile family. I have many pictures, if the family would like to see them.

My grandmother Mary Lucia Brittain, knew the Wile family back in the 1960s. This picture was on the wall of her living room.

A smile that would light up the night sky; unparalleled entertaining maven; the ability to tell a story about herself or a situation and make something extraordinary out of something very ordinary and to see the humor; her never-to-be-imitated storytelling ability -- and for even greater amusement? the inflections of her voice that were akin to a vegetable grater; possessed a fine supply of opinions; her love of life that played off her constant desire to learn and grow; a person who thrived...