~ IN MEMORY ~
Virginia M. Hougham, wife of DL Capt. Roger Hougham
July 4, 1935 – April 4, 2020
Word has reached us with news of the passing of Virginia ‘Ginger’
Hougham, age 84, wife of Delta Golden Wings member retired Delta pilot Captain
Roger F. Hougham. Virginia is survived
by her husband Roger and their daughters plus many other close family members.
To view the obituary and offer condolences online, please
visit
For those wishing to send a personal note, condolences may
be sent to the family at
7691 N 675 East Rd., Mc
Lean, IL 61754.
Thank you,
~ Carol for the PCN
Obituary………… Virginia “Ginger” McCoy Hougham
MCLEAN, Illinois – Virginia “Ginger” M. Hougham, 84, passed
away at 8:50 p.m. on Saturday (April 4, 2020) at home. A celebration of life
will be held at a later date to be announced.
Ginger was born on July 4, 1935, at St. Mary’s Hospital in
Orange, New Jersey, to Vincent de Paul McCoy and Phyllis Vivian (Brown) McCoy.
She was a proud member of the 1953 graduating class of Morristown High School
in Morristown, New Jersey, and attended Bowling Green State University at
Bowling Green, Ohio. She also attended Delta Air Lines flight stewardess
training and graduated in May of 1957 in Atlanta, Georgia. In the mid-1980s,
she returned to school under the University of Kentucky's (Lexington, Kentucky)
Donovan Fellowship Program earning a Bachelors Degree in Psychology. Over the
years, she has worked as a flight attendant, homemaker, horse farm manager, and
was always an active volunteer at her local church.
Ginger was preceded in death by her mother and father, her
step-father (Francis Hopkins), her half-sister (Sherri Hopkins Hart (William)),
her uncle (Clinton E. Brown), and one cousin (Gary Brown).
She and her husband of 61 years, Roger F. Hougham (Delta
pilot, retired), were married on April 18, 1959. They had two daughters, Stacy
E. Hougham and Andrea L.H. Hughes (Austin, deceased). She is also survived by
her sister, Jean M. Gorrell (Robert, deceased); her niece, Lori Sanders
(husband Robert, children Kelsey Morgan (Jim), Robby Sanders and their
families); her nephew Michael Gorrell (wife Wilma, children Mike Gorrell
(Kristi), Kimberly Burkhart (Jake) and their families); her nephew Glenn
Gorrell (wife Robin, daughters Jessica Slaymaker (Dan), Laura Malone (Jacob),
Lindsey Rumpff (Eric) and their families); and her nephew Liam Hart (wife
Kitty, daughters Flora Jean and Nesta). On her husband's side of the family,
she is survived by her sister-in-law Helen Hamm (children Bruce Hamm (wife
Joanna Mack, daughter Eliza Hamm), Chris Hamm (wife Xiao Xue, children Lyle and
Audrey), and Stuart Hamm (daughter Charlotte)); and her nephew Rich Hougham
(wife Melanie, daughters Tami Francis (Leon), Kim Edson and their families).
In lieu of flowers, the family encourages donations to the
Community Cancer Center in Bloomington, Illinois.
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