SARATOGA SPRINGS — Virginia Sheridan Litwa, a lifelong resident of Amsterdam, NY, quietly passed into eternity on December 11, 2015 at Wesley Nursing Home in Saratoga Springs. She was born in Amsterdam to Elizabeth Wallin Sheridan and Emery E. Sheridan in 1921.
She was a graduate of Wilbur H. Lynch High School, class of 1939 and married Stanley Litwa in 1946. She is survived by a daughter, Dawn Grisham of New Port Richey, FL and a son, Dr. Wallin Litwa of Malta and Clearwater, FL, grandchildren Mark Litwa of New York City, Christine Litwa of Alexandria, VA, Matthew Litwa of Charlottesville, VA, Michelle Quarantotto of Lynchburg, VA, step-grandchildren Jennifer Carman-Clark of Elmira, NY, Gregory Carman of Utica, NY and eight great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her brothers Emery and Wallin Sheridan and a sister, Betty Sheridan.
For many years she worked at Tesiero’s Pharmacy as a clerk and Park Hill Nursing Home as a nurse’s aide. She was a communicant at St. Mary’s Church in Amsterdam and was a loving and dedicated wife, mother and grandmother to her husband, children and grandchildren and will be greatly missed.
Donations may be given to the Alzheimer’s Association. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, December 27 at 2 p.m. at the Tunison Funeral Home, 105 Lake Ave. in Saratoga Springs. Online condolences may be left at TunisonFuneralHome.com.
