Virginia Ann Finigan Obit

Virginia Ann Finigan was born in Elk City, Oklahoma on March 17, 1932 and unexpectedly left us on Tuesday March 9th 2004. She was married three times. She was granted a divorce once. She was widowed once. The last marriage was annulled. She had numerous health issues. She was preceded in death by her parents, Vera Pearl Carter and Joseph Uly Carter, several siblings, including two WW II MIA veterans and her son Rodney Bruce Anderson. She is survived by her sons, Billy Douglas Anderson of Fresno, CA, and Toby J. Anderson of Bakersfield, CA, her sister Elizabeth (Mickey) and her husband Dallas Ridge of Shafter, CA, and her brother Charles Lee and his wife Mollie Carter of Bakersfield, CA, numerous nieces and nephews, and a wealth of loving dear friends. Virginia (Sis or Gini) was born during the dark hours of the Great Depression. Her mother and siblings were brought to California aboard a train from dust bowl era Oklahoma during the extensive "Okie migration" in 1936 six months after her father, Uly found work in the Los Angeles area. Soon thereafter her father moved and settled the family in Shafter, California in 1937. She attended all the Shafter schools. She moved around California and Arizona from time to time, raised a family and lived mostly in Kern County, California until 1996 when she moved to Fresno, California. While working for the Department of Food and Agriculture until she retired in October of 2003. She stated less than one week ago how she loved working at DFA and really missed her co-workers. She had an excellent sense of humor and was very funny. Country music was her favorite. She was an avid reader of books and crossword puzzle solver. There is so much more to tell but space does not permit doing so. Her loving family and friends wish her well on her journey with Jesus to be with God. Virginia, Mom, Sis, Gini, you will be and are sorely missed.