Virginia Hoskins

Mom loved Sundays and fittingly, she left this world on Sunday, October 1, 2017.

Virginia G. Hoskins died peacefully at home in Hot Springs Village, AR at the age

of 92 after a long journey with dementia. Told by a doctor at a young age she

might not live past age 16 due to the effects of scarlet fever, she was always so

grateful to have outlived that prediction!

Her early life was spent in southern Louisiana. In 1950 she and two of her sisters

joined the USAF as some of the first WAF (Women in Air Force). She traveled

extensively in Europe and had many exciting adventures gaining exclusive ‘cosmic

top-secret clearance’. She told tales of intrigue and close-calls as courier in postwar

Germany and also while working the Top-Secret vault at the US Pentagon

building. In 92 years she never divulged any secrets. In fact, we are fairly certain

she never told even a little white lie in her lifetime, for that would be dishonest.

Her interests included visiting with people from all walks of life, genealogy, DAR,

angels, reading, painting, writing, photography, traveling the world, gardening and

music. She was an adventurer! Widowed at an early age, with three very young

daughters to support, she always provided and remained an eternal optimist. She

retired from civil service KAFB Hurricane Hunter division. Virginia is survived by

daughters Janine Hoskins, Alicia Hoskins and Brenda MacKay (David), four grandchildren,

two great-grandchildren and three siblings.

Per her request, no public service is planned. In lieu of flowers, please consider

donating to a veterans support organization. With her characteristically wry humor,

when asked what she wanted for her epitaph she said, just put ‘see you later

alligator’.

She had a lifelong faith in God and expressed a strong curiosity about the

hereafter. So…Mom, now you know.

Arrangements have been entrusted to CedarVale – The Hot Springs Village Funeral Home