She was born June 15, 1932, in Norwalk, CT, the daughter of the late Charles and Ethel (Jayne) McKenzie. She was a long time resident of the Norwalk, CT area until moving to Hobe Sound in 1987.
Virginia (Ginny) was employed in the financial industry, retiring as a bank manager.
With her late husband, Richard, she loved aviation and being a pilot. She was a member of several Flying Clubs and loved to travel. Ginny took an interest in genealogy, devoting many years to finding her ancestors and tracking down long lost cousins. She had a competitive spirit and enjoyed the thrill of gambling as well as playing Bingo.
Ginny was the wife of 67 years to Richard Carricato, who passed in 2017, and is survived by a brother in law, Charles Bedient of Hobe Sound; a sister in law Dorothy Carr of Stuart; niece, Connie Hammett of Hobe Sound; a nephew, Scott Bennewitz of Cincinnati, OH; great nieces, Carolyn Tomasulo of Stuart and Kate Bennewitz of Chicago, IL; great nephew, Alex Bennewitz of Cincinnati, OH; great great niece, Samantha Forman of Stuart; great great nephews Finnegan Dempsey of Chicago, IL and Liam Bennewitz of Cincinnati, OH.
She was predeceased by her sister, Eleanor Bedient, nephew Charles E. Bedient, and her sister and brother in law, Katherine and Christian Bennewitz, all of Hobe Sound.
Entombment in Fernhill Memorial Gardens will be private. Friends and relatives are invited to attend a celebration of Ginny's life on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, with visitation at 10am followed by a time of sharing at 11am, in the Aycock - Young and Prill Chapel, 6801 S. Federal Highway, Stuart.
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