Myrtle Viola Riley

1896 - 1954

• Born	24 Mar 1896	Loudoun County, Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	7 Apr 1954	Leesburg, Virginia   [1]
  Buried	Mount Olivet United Methodist Church Cemetery, Lovettsville, Virginia   [1]
  Person ID	I102	Virts
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	Thomas William Riley,   b. 7 Apr 1868, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 7 Dec 1937, Lovettsville, Virginia
  Mother	Rose May McGaha,   b. 18 Sep 1873, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 8 Jan 1941, Lovettsville, Virginia
  Married	3 Jan 1892
  Family ID	F6311	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Elbert Franklin Virts,   b. 2 Jun 1888, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 3 Oct 1977, Leesburg, Virginia
  Married	21 Dec 1910	Brunswick, Maryland   [2]
  Children	1. Irene Rose Virts,   b. 14 Apr 1914, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 14 Mar 1988, Leesburg, Virginia   2. Robert Leslie Virts,   b. 7 Jan 1916, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 5 Mar 1974, Leesburg, Virginia   3. Ernest Franklin Virts,   b. 16 Aug 1919, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 2 Dec 1984, Leesburg, Virginia   4. Leroy Thomas Virts,   b. 2 Nov 1921, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 13 Aug 1981, Charles Town, West Virginia   5. Catherine Josephine Virts,   b. 12 Jan 1924, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 20 Jul 2009, Leesburg, Virginia   6. Charles Clifford Virts,   b. 29 Apr 1928, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 28 Feb 2013, Washington, DC
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2012
  Family ID	F16	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos

  Elbert Franklin Virts, Myrtle Viola Riley, Catherine Josephine Virts, Charles Clifford Virts and Irene Rose Virts Coffman left to right: 1st row - Catherine Josephine Virts, Irene Rose Virts, 2nd row - Elbert Franklin Virts, Myrtle Viola Riley Virts, 3rd row - Charles Clifford Virts Elbert Franklin Virts was born June 2, 1888 in Loudoun County Virginia to James Marion and Mary Elisabeth Leigh Virts. He married Myrtle Viola Riley on December 21, 1910. She was born March 2, 1896 in Loudoun County Virginia and died April 7, 1954 in Lovettsville, Virginia. Both are buried in Mt. Olivet Methodist Church Cemetery in Lovettsville Virginia. Their children from above picture: Charles Clifford Virts, Irene Rose Virts, was born April 14, 1914 in Lovettsville, Virginia and died March 14, 1988 in Leesburg, Virginia. She married Monroe E. Coffman was born October 26, 1910 in Lovettsville, Virginia and died January 23, 1996 in Leesburg, Virginia. Both are buried in Mt. Olivet Methodist Church Cemetery in Lovettsville Virginia. Catherine Josephine Virts was born January 12, 1924 in Lovettsville, Virginia and died July 20, 2009 in Leesburg, Virginia. She is buried in Mt. Olivet Methodist Church Cemetery in Lovettsville Virginia

  
  

  Headstones

  Elbert Franklin Virts (1888-1977) and Myrtle Viola Riley (1896-1954) Headstone

  
  

  Albums

  Elbert Franklin Virts and Myrtle Viola Riley (5)

  
  

• Notes

  Frederick Post, April 10, 1954 Mrs. Myrtle Viola Virts, 58, wife of Elbert F. Virts, Lovettsville, Va., died Wednesday night in Loudoun County, Va., Hospital, after a brief illness. She was a daughter of the late Thomas and Rose McGaha Riley. Surviving besides her husband are the following children, Mrs. Iren Coffman, Leesburg, Va.; John Virts, Lovettsville; Ernest Virts, Purcellville; LeRoy T. Virts. Hillsboro, C. Virts serving in Japan and Catherine Virts, at home. Also surviving are three sisters Mrs. Rebbie Cooper, Brunswick, Mrs. Bessie Fillingame, Falls Church; Mrs. Lizzie Frye, Lovettsville; four brothers; Raymond Riley, Purcellville; Melvin Riley, Lovettsville, Clifford Riley, Cooksville, and Louis Riley, Parker, Kansas. Interment will be in Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church, Lovettsville.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1852] Virginia Death Certificate No. 1954009025. [S269] Frederick County Maryland Marriage Records.