February 14, 2021
Virginia Dare Van Sciver, 88, of Harbeson passed away peacefully Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. Virginia was born in Rising Sun, Md., in 1932, daughter of the late Donald C. and Constance “Connie” Jones Graybeal, wife of the late Donald Van Sciver to whom she was married for 60 years, and mother of the late Jean Marie Van Sciver.
Virginia graduated from Rising Sun High School in 1949 and attended Salisbury State Teachers College. She met Don in 1951, then a seaman at Bainbridge Naval Base, and they married that year. She joined Don when he was transferred to the Key West Naval Base. After Don’s service the couple moved back to Salisbury, Md., then Pittsburgh, Pa., Richmond, Va., and Bayonne, N.J., as Don pursued his education and career. Virginia bore a child in each of those four cities, caring for her husband and young family. In Bayonne she was able to return to education, becoming a beloved private grammar school teacher.