- Date Of Birth: February 15, 1922
- Date Of Death: January 2, 2010
- State: Connecticut
Virginia C. Durgy, 87, died on January 2, 2010 in Middletown, CT. Born in 1922 in New Britain, CT to Willys Evan and Mae (Burkle) Comstock, Virginia was a 10th generation descendant of William Comstock, English founder of the Comstock family in Watertown, MA and later Wethersfield, CT and a descendant of Jacob Frederick, Black Forest and Linda (Dietrich) Burkle, Saxony, Germany who met enroute to New York 1871.
She attended schools in Mamauquin, East Haven, CT and graduated from Grace New Haven School of Nursing. As a registered nurse, she began her career at Grace as an OR Supervisor and also at the VeteranAA¿A½s Hospital, Rocky Hill, CT then managed the ER and OR at Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, CT. After raising her family, she served as an Industrial nurse at International Silver, Meriden and Haddam Neck Nuclear Power facility in CT. She maintained her nursing license all her life. A¯A¿A½GiniA¯A¿A½ was a talented charcoal artist, enjoyed fly-fishing, clamming, birding, knitting, gardening and took pride in watching her grandsons grow. Gini married George E. Durgy in 1947. They settled in Middlefield, CT where they raised a family. During their 41 years together, they enjoyed RV travel in search of great fishing spots in Florida, Hawaii, The American West, Canada and their last best spot at Coralville in Iowa. Although George predeceased her in 1988, she continued their love of travel and took many Audubon and wildlife trips to Iceland, Bermuda, Alaska, the Intercoastal waterway from St. Augustine to Acadia.
