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Virginia H. Long

Passed 05/03/2020

Obituary For Virginia H. Long

Virginia Long Obituary (January 22, 1940-May 3, 2020) Virginia Helen (Monigle) Long of Newport, RI passed into the next life on May 3rd, following a long struggle with Parkinson's Disease. She lived for 80 remarkable years.

Ginny grew up in Millbury, MA, the oldest daughter of Charles and Helen Monigle, along with her brother, Bill, and her sister, Charlotte. She attended UMass, studying fashion and costume design, but left school to marry the love of her life, Richard Long, in 1960. They raised four children in Portsmouth, RI, then relocated to Newport in 1984, where Ginny and Dick restored and maintained a beautiful house and garden on Historic Hill.

When Ginny returned to the workforce, she began in receivables at Narragansett Clothing; by the time she left, she was handling their print advertising. She worked for JT's Ship Chandlery for several years before landing at US Sailing, where she quickly impressed everyone with her writing and organizing skill and her incredible ability to make everyone feel "like her very best friend". At US Sailing, she served as Training Director; if US Sailing was offering a Sail Training symposium anywhere in the world, Ginny was there, handling all of the details. Ginny travelled to Germany, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, and all over the US. Additionally, Ginny created a curriculum for the Tall Ships visit in 2007 which was offered to schools throughout Rhode Island and which included a kid's "Tall Ships Passport", used to get sailor's autographs and identify ships.

After Ginny left from US Sailing, she found work in retirement as a bus tour guide in Newport. Before long, she was training new guides and had re-written the script for the tour. When Parkinson's Disease made it difficult for her to stand on a tour bus, she retired to care for her home and gardens. Ginny was truly an accomplished woman. She was famous for bringing delicious, beautiful cakes and other baked goods to share at work. She was an expert seamstress, a talented gardener, a skilled cook, a captivating story teller, and she loved entertaining friends and family in her home. She was always supportive of her children, and her grandchildren adored their Nana whose home had "everything I need".

Ginny leaves her four children, Marcy Latteman, Sarah Brockmann, Jeffrey Long, and Joshua Long, eight grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, her sister, and countless family and friends. She was pre-deceased by her husband, her brother, and one grandson. Ginny's family invites friends to join them in expressing their immense gratitude to the staff of Brookdale Sakonnet Bay with a gift in her memory to the Brookdale Employee Appreciation Fund (c/o Brockmann, 78 Mann Hill Road, Scituate, MA 02066) or to the Potter League for Animals. A memorial service and reception will be held at a later date.

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05/26/2021

Steve Mancuso

Ginny (mamacita)
I am so very lucky to have known you and call you family. You are truly missed and loved.
05/26/2021

Margaret Boldrighini

On behalf of Virginia's Millbury High School, Class of 1958, I would like to extend our sincere sympathies at her recent passing. She was a very charming, vivacious lady, and we all enjoyed our times with Richard and her, both in Newport, as well at the times spent at our reunions. Also, they graciously hosted many of us over the years in your beautiful city of Newport. God bless her. Margaret (Faron) Boldrighini, President of M.H.S., Class of 1958.
05/26/2021

Paige Ryan Goulart

Marcy, Sarah and the entire family, my thoughts and prayers are with you all. Although I didn't know your mom personally, she was a remarkable woman. As I read through all that she had done, I had some very personal connections to all of the wonderful things she accomplished in her lifetime. I am sorry for your loss.
05/26/2021

Shirley Kalasa Cormier

Charlotte and the Long Family,
What a beautiful life Ginny lived. I grew up next door to the Monigle family and admired Ginny. My thoughts are prayers are with you all .

Shirley
05/26/2021

Rosemary Davidson

Dear Family,
Ginny was a vibrant and beautiful lady. I remember her in Portsmouth and during the last few years I would visit with her and others at Brookdale. She remembered me and would recall years gone by. She loved her Revlon pink nail polish and always looked beautiful. May she rest in peace with Dick by her side once again. Sincere sympathy to you all.
05/26/2021

Scott

Sending prayers to the family.
05/26/2021

Parish of Christ's Church

On this Mothers Day Sunday, may all of the memories shared and experienced by her family return in all of their beauty and give them peace, joy, and laughter, too, even as tears are shed. We seem to give her back to thee, dear God, who gavest her to us. Yet, as thou didst not lose her in giving, so we have not lost her by her return. Not as the world giveth, givest thou, O Lover of souls! What thou givest thou takest not away. For what is thine is ours always, if we are thine. And life is eternal; and love is immortal; and death is only a horizon; and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight. Lift us up, O God, that we may see further; cleanse our eyes that we may see more clearly; draw us closer to thyself that we may know ourselves nearer to our beloved who are with thee. And while thy Son prepareth a place for us, prepare us for that happy place; that where they are and thou art, we too may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
05/26/2021

James O'Driscoll

continued prayers for Virginia and her family. May we live in this dificult time in the power of the resurrection.
05/26/2021

Beverly Beckendorf

Ginny helped me find myself through her encouragement in 1968. At that time I lived at "the barn" while my husband was at OCS. Hearing of her passing is especially poignant as my husband, Paul, passed from Parkinson's related complication just a month before this lovely woman. Sincere condolences are offered to her family. I'll never forget either of your parents.