Virginia Margaret Field
September 17, 1924 – September 12, 2015
Virginia went to sit at Jesus’ feet on September 12, 2015. She had been a resident of Eagle Lake Village in Susanville, California for the past 4 years.
Virginia was the daughter of Hall and Verna Pollard born in Nehawka, Nebraska on September 17, 1924, on their family farm. She graduated high school in the little town of Nehawka at age 16, class of 1941. Virginia’s parents didn’t have money for her to go to college but in her senior year, she won the National Canning Champion Scholarship from Ball canning jars. She graduated University Nebraska in 1945, at age 20 with a Bachelor of Science and was a member of Phi Upsilon Omicron. Virginia did her dietetic internship in Chicago, IL, and received her Registered Dietitian license in 1946.
Virginia met Emery Field, her husband of 63 years, at Livermore Veterans Hospital in 1946 where Virginia worked as a Dietitian and Emery worked as the cook. Virginia was Emery’s boss and continued to be his boss for the next 63 years.
Virginia and Emery lived in Oroville, California for over 57 years where they raised their 4 children Arlene, Margaret, Jeannie, and Mark. Virginia went back to work in 1959. She worked as a social worker for Butte County for 25 years. Virginia continued to stay busy. She was active in the Oroville UMC for over 55 years. Virginia loved to travel and had been to Japan, Alaska, Europe, New Zealand, and the Holy Land, and she was baptized in the River Jordan.
She was preceded in death by her parents Hall and Verna Pollard, sister Carol Ann Pollard, sister Margie Newman, daughter Margaret Field-Richter, and husband Emery Field.
She is survived by her brother James Pollard, by two daughters and son-in-laws, Arlene and Bill Hedge of Palmer, Alaska and Jeannie and Chet Long of Janesville, California; a son and daughter-in-law Mark and Kyoko Field of Hakone, Japan; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Her favorite charity was Heifer International.
Family will Celebrate the life of Virginia Field on Friday September 18th at Eagle Lake Village at 4:00 pm. The Family will also be having an additional celebration in the Summer of 2016 at the United Methodist Church in Oroville, California.
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