Virginia (Ginny) L. (Oram) Wood

ILION – Virginia L. (Oram) Wood, of Ilion, passed into the hands of the Lord on Friday, April 26, 2024, in Ilion, NY.

Ginny was born on March 20, 1937, in Ilion, the daughter of the late Carl E. and Anna M. (Frank) Oram.  Ginny was educated in Ilion public schools. She started working at an early age due to her love of clothes.  Beginning in the kitchen at the Ilion Hospital when she was young, then local factories and grocery stores for much of her life while raising her children.  She also worked as a Home Health Care Aide and worked for her father in his taxi business.  She retired to take care of her mother when she needed her most.  She was married at one time to Jesse R. Wood and had their three beloved children.

When Ginny was a teenager her family moved to Richfield Springs, on Canadarago Lake where she always referred to as home.  She loved to roller skate and dance. She also loved to sing in her younger years and would frequently join in with the local bands for a song or two at New Charles and some of the other local establishments.

Ginny had strong beliefs when it came to her Lord and Savior and hung onto those beliefs throughout her life. Her family were the blessings that were the light of her life. Saddened and heartbroken, she leaves behind a family that will forever have an emptiness in their hearts but who know that she is now holding her son and mother who she missed so dearly, along with all her loved ones who passed before.

Surviving are her two daughters, Donna M. Wood of Mohawk and Connie L. Shepherd and son-in-law Lynn of Ilion; her adored grandchildren, Storm Wood and his fiancé, Sabrina of West Winfield, Ivan Wood and his mother Melissa, both of South Kortright and Madison Shepherd of Ilion, along with her children’s brother, Joseph Martin.  She also leaves her brother-in-law Keith Zabry. Ginny also leaves her great grandchildren, Caden, Ryker and Echoe, many nieces and nephews, great-nieces and nephews and great-great nieces and nephews and her best friend from childhood, Nella Mae Harter and her friend Gina Viti of Ilion. She will be missed by all who knew her. Ginny was predeceased by her father and mother, Carl E. and Anna M. (Frank) Oram; her siblings Walter Oram, Carl Oram, Carol Foley, Shirley Zabry, Darlene Okusko and her beloved son, Jesse Wood.

The family would like to extend their appreciation to the staff at The Grand in Ilion.  In keeping with mom’s wishes there will be no calling hours or funeral service.  Cremation arrangements have been entrusted to the Vincent Enea Funeral Service (next to Hannaford Markets), 527 E. Albany St. Herkimer, NY. Her family plans to have Ginny’s burial and celebration of life at a later date. Family and friends will be notified at that time.

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