Virginia Mary [Caldbeck] Hogan of Cohasset, formerly of Scituate, died peacefully January 29, 2014 at the age of 97 in Coconut Creek, Florida.

Virginia was born in 1916 and grew up in St. Johnsbury Vermont, the 4th child of 6 children.  She attended St. Johnsbury Academy in VT and she [and all 3 of her sisters] attended Regis College in Weston MA, where she was twice President of her class-during her sophomore year and again in her senior year.  After receiving her Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition at Regis, Virginia went on to graduate from Faulkner Hospital School of Nursing with her RN.  Later in life, while raising 7 children, she worked as a kindergarten teacher at the Ellen H. Richards School in Dorchester and attended Wheelock College, graduating in 1975 with her Master's in Education.  In 1981 she and her husband Frederick retired and moved from Milton to Scituate.   Virginia was an ardent lover of life and people; and everyone loved her right back.

Her family members who remain, keeping her close to their hearts and her memory alive, include her seven children Sheila Donofrio, Frederick J. Hogan III, William E. Hogan, Mary Hogan, Matthew Hogan, Martha Ogrodnik and Ann Brophy, their partners [Victor Donofrio, Elly Urquhart, Cynthia Goff, Karen McDermott, Faye Cochrane, Glenn Ogrodnik and Christopher Brophy], 12 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great grandchildren.

Visiting hours Friday May 2, 2014 from5-8 pm at the McNamara-Sparrell Funeral Home, 1 Summer St, Cohasset, MA, followed by a memorial service.  Funeral Service May 3, 2014 at St Francis Xavier Cabrini,  Scituate at 11 am. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Virginia's memory to any of the following:  Vitas Innovative Hospice Care, www.vitas.com; Friends of St Francis, stfrancesxcabriniscituate.org; or Scituate Etrusco Associates Inc., 1 Common St Scituate, MA 02066

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