Virginia Bracey

Virginia "Ginny" Bracey, age 93, a resident of Clinton Township, passed away August 24, 2013 at The Evangelical Home in Sterling Heights. She was born April 3, 1920 in Detroit, Michigan. Virginia is the beloved wife of the late Edward. Loving mother to Katherine Albert Lorenzo, and Judith Richard Woodmansee. Dear grandmother of Virginia Dr. David Davis, Jeffrey Jennifer DeTone, Allison Trent Foster, Jennifer Pablo Rodriguez, Kristine Jason Powers, and Steve Kristen Lorenzo. Cherished great-grandmother to Perri Katherine, Catherine, Isabella, Allison, Benjamin, Nora, Kaitlyn, Jacob, Charles, and Megan. Visitation Tuesday, August 27, 2013 from 3:00 until 8:00 PM at the Wm Sullivan & Son Funeral Home, 8459 Hall Road 3 Blocks East of Van Dyke Utica with a Rosary Tuesday at 7:00 PM. In state Wednesday 9:00 a.m. until time of Mass 9:30 a.m. at St. Michael Catholic Community, 40501 Hayes Road, Sterling Heights, Michigan 48313. Interment will take place in Resurrection Cemetery, Clinton Township. Memorial contributions in Virginia's memory are appreciated to the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, 4390 Conner St, Detroit, MI 48215 A light buffet will be available during visitation. In March Virginia was chosen to be the "Resident Spotlight" at Evangelical Nursing Home. The family would like to share the Newsletter with you. Evangelical Home– Sterling Heights March 2013 Resident Spotlight Virginia Ginny Bracey was born to Lillian and Sylvester Ignash in Detroit, Michigan on April 3rd, 1920. Her father soon left the family and Ginny was raised by her mother who worked as one of the founders of the Paris Store in Hamtramck. As an only child, Ginny's best friends were her books and instead of helping with household chores, she would hide under the dining room table and read. Later, attending Commerce High School, her literary tendencies served her well as editor of the high school newspaper. When an older family friend Edward Bracey an auto worker at Dodge Main driving one of the very first cars to leave the assembly line came to take her for ice cream, cars became her new love as did the driver of that car. Twenty years later they married and were together for over fifty years until Edward's passing in 2000 at age 95. They had two daughters Katherine DeTone Lorenzo and Judith Woodmansee, 4 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. As an adult, Ginny enjoyed crafts such as photography, calligraphy, knitting, and painting as well as sports such as golf, tennis, and racquet ball. She worked part time at the Paris Store and Detroit City Airport. While not an avid traveller, Ginny loved Disney World and Mackinaw Island. Her favorite summer activity was the annual Mackinaw Bridge Walk. She attended Macomb Community College with her one of her granddaughters, another Ginny, where they became nick named "Ginny One" and "Ginny Two". What Ginny likes best about Evangelical Home is the caring staff and spending time outdoors either in the courtyard or the Nature Trail.

Virginia Bracey

April 3, 1920 - August 24, 2013