Virginia L Olson

Virginia Lee (Taylor) Trainor Olson, died Monday, June 13 at home in Hampton, IL. with her family. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 25th, 10 a.m. at St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church, 67th & Nall, Mission, Ks. where she had been a member for fifty-nine years. Virginia was born February 15, 1924 to Clare & “Jack” Taylor in Kansas City, Ks., at the home of her grandparents, James & Lydia Pennewell. She is survived by her sons Steve Trainor (Gaye Dunn), Hampton, Il., Randy Trainor (Judy Parkinson), Champaign, Il. and Mike Trainor (Dee), Prairie Village; step-sons Steve Olson (Brandie), Lee’s Summit and Denny Olson (Bonnie) Townville, S. C., brother-in-law Gary Olson (Barbara), Lee’s Summit, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Vance E. Olson, Jr., sister Norma Jean Taylor, her parents, a great-grandchild, and Lee Trainor, Jr. In 1946, she married Lee Trainor, Jr. After time in Columbia, Mo. and Denver they settled in the Kansas City area. At the 25th Central High School (K.C., Mo.) reunion she re-met Vance and married a year later. Upon his retirement, they spent time traveling home and abroad. She felt honored to be one of several to needle point one of the kneeling cushions surrounding the church altar rail and a cushion for the Priests’ chair. She spent many hours volunteering at church as librarian, office assistant, over thirty years in the Altar Guild, parish pastoral care, cooking for the homeless, and writing cards to the shut-ins. She belonged to the Gladiola Chapter #459 of Eastern Star for over fifty years. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to St. Michael & All Angels Memorial Fund or SmileTrain.org, a children’s charity.