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Virginia Lee Moore

Virginia Lee Moore died Feb. 2 at the Saratoga Retirement Center. She was 88.

Born in Covington, Okla., on Jan. 10, 1919, she moved to Southern California with her family at the age of 2. She graduated from Santa Paula High School and business school. She moved to San Francisco during World War II, settled in Guerneville after the war, and later moved to Santa Rosa. She was an active member of the Oddfellows and Rebekahs, the American Legion Auxiliary and the PTA, and she was a school volunteer and a strong supporter of the Boy Scouts of America.

She is survived by her husband, Charles Moore of Santa Rosa; her sons, Joel Taylor of San Diego and George Denise of Saratoga; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter.

A memorial service was be held at Saratoga Federated Church on Feb. 12. Donations in her memory may be sent to the American Cancer Society and to the Independent Order of Oddfellows Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing Programs.

Rose Marie Pashos

Rose Marie Pashos of Saratoga died Jan. 7 of complications from a stroke. She was 81.

Pashos was born on Oct. 8, 1925, in St. Louis, Mo., and moved to Saratoga in 1957 with her husband, Thomas Pashos.

She received her degree in interior design from San José State University.

She was a homemaker who enjoyed gardening, reading, traveling and writing poetry. She was a member of a writers group and co-founded the Jacaranda Press. She also volunteered for many causes in the community, including tutoring for child literacy programs.

She is survived by her daughter, Diana Pashos-Fix and her husband, Bernard; grandson Gilbert Fix; and sisters-in-law, Connie Wack of St. Louis, Mo. and Dolly Wack of Sylvania, Ohio. Her husband of 56 years, Thomas, died in 2006.

Memorial services will be held Feb. 17 at 2 p.m. at Darling-Fischer Chapel of the Hills at 615 N. Santa Cruz Ave., Los Gatos.