Virginia Lee Elfrink age 85 of Palm Harbor, Florida, passed away on Saturday June 21, 2014. She died peacefully of a natural death following a long illness.
The funeral services will be held at All Saints’ Chapel at Boys Home - 414 Boys Home Road Covington, Virginia on Monday July 7th at 10:00 AM. The Reverend Bob Gilman of Emmanuel Episcopal Church of Covington will preside. She will be laid to rest beside her beloved husband at Alleghany Memorial Park in Covington.
Virginia Lee (known as Lee) was born April 1, 1929 in the city of Clifton Forge, VA as the only child of Edward Reinhold Rogers Jr and Mary Lewis Rinehart. Her father was the son of Edward Reinhold Rogers Sr. – co-founder of Boys Home. She was married to Loui Donald Elfrink of Covington, Virginia. She leaves behind four children, a son- Loui Donald Elfrink Jr, a son - David Lee Elfrink, a daughter Suzanne Bernhardt and a son Gregory Reinhold Elfrink as well as several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
During her lifetime she traveled the world from the United States to Japan as a military wife and mother. Virginia Lee obtained an Associate of Arts Degree at Yuba College in Marysville, California in 1968. As a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, she graduated from the University of South Florida in 1978 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education and settled on a career as school teacher at Elfers Elementary School in Elfers, FL and Quail Hollow Elementary School in Zephryhiils, FL. She was named Teacher of the Year at Quail Hollow Elementary in 1982, and was a member of the Florida Association of Science Teachers. She was an avid reader, knitter, crocheter and creator of Japanese dolls. She will be in our hearts forever.

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