Lillian Ruth Virts

1899 - 1951

• Born	5 Oct 1899	Lovettsville, Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Died	10 Jan 1951	Frederick, Maryland   [1]
  Buried	Knoxville Reformed Cemetery, Knoxville, Maryland
  Person ID	I3	Virts
  Last Modified	9 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	Oscar Franklin Virts,   b. 9 Apr 1877, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 3 Feb 1967, Lovettsville, Virginia
  Mother	Mary Catherine Mann,   b. 10 Mar 1877, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 10 Mar 1942, Lovettsville, Virginia
  Married	1899	Frederick County, Maryland
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Howard William Gosnell,   b. 31 Aug 1901, Frederick County, Maryland ,   d. 7 Jan 1958, Baltimore, Maryland
  Children	1. Evelyn Bertella Gosnell,   b. 10 Jan 1920, Knoxville, Maryland ,   d. 10 Jan 2005, Ranson, West Virginia   2. Millard Elgin Gosnell,   b. 11 Jan 1922, Knoxville, Maryland ,   d. 6 Jun 1981, Winchester, Virginia   3. Howard William Gosnell, Jr.,   b. 4 Oct 1924, Knoxville, Maryland ,   d. 24 Oct 2001, Frederick, Maryland   4. Oscar Cleveland Gosnell,   b. 7 May 1926, Knoxville, Maryland ,   d. 11 Dec 1926, Knoxville, Maryland
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2012
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Lillian Ruth Virts, Howard William Gosnell, Sr. and son Millard Elgin Gosnell Lillian was born October 5, 1899 in Lovettsville, Virginia to Oscar Franklin and Mary Catherine Mann Virts. She died January 10, 1951 in Frederick, Maryland. She married Howard William Gosnell who was born August 31, 1901 and died January 7, 1958 in Baltimore, Maryland. Her son Millard was born January 11, 1922 in Knoxville, Maryland and died Jun 6, 1981 in Winchester, Virginia. Lillian and Howard are buried in the Reformed Cemetery in Knoxville, Maryland. Millard is buried in the Union Cemetery in Lovettsville. Photo courtesy of Raymond E. Virts Family
  		Howard William Gosnell, Sr., Lillian Ruth Virts, Eveyln Bertella Gosnell Ambrose, Howard William Gosnell, Jr. and Millard Elgin Gosnell left to right: Howard, Jr., Lillian, Eveyln, Howard, Sr. and Millard
  		Lillian Ruth Virts and Howard William Gosnell, Sr.
  		Lillian Ruth Virts Working on the B&O Railroad during World War II Lillian Ruth Virts, third from left, working on the B&O Railroad, Brunswick, Maryland during World War II.

  
  

  Headstones

  Lillian Ruth Virts (1889-1951) and Howard William Gosnell (1901-1958) Headstone

  
  

  Albums		Howard William Gosnell and Lillian Ruth Virts (12)
  		Oscar Franklin Virts and Mary Catherine Mann (17)

  
  

• Notes

  Frederick Post Mrs. Lillian Ruth Gosnell, wife of Howard W. Gosnell, Sr., New Addition, Brunswick, died early Wednesday morning at Frederick Memorial Hospital, aged 50 years. She was a daughter of Oscar F. Virts and the late Mary Catherine Mann Virts. Surviving are her father and husband, three children: Mrs. Evelyn B. Ambrose, Knoxville; Millard E. Gosnell, Washington, and Howard W. Gosnell, Jr., at home; these brothers and sisters: Bud Mann, Russell Virts, Theodore Virts, Raymond Virts and Lester Virts all of near Lovettsville, Va., Mrs. God Stone, Purcellville, and Mrs. Jessie Frye, Lovettsville. Interment was in the Reformed Cemetery, Knoxville.

  
  

• Sources

  [S971] obituary.