Virginia Ruth Albright, 91, of Hoyt, died Sunday, December 6, 2015 at Vintage Park Assisted Living in Holton.
 
She was born January 14, 1924 on a farm near Meriden, the daughter of William and Amelia Fritton Hartman.
 
Virginia was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Mayetta, the Altar Society at the church, Hoyt Senior Citizens and the Nortonville Quilting Guild.  She was an award winning quilter whose quilts were highly sought after.  She had won many awards including the Ben Franklin Quilting Award, and had made numerous quilts over the years for charities and as cherished gifts.  Virginia was a farm wife and a homemaker.
 
She married Gerald "Jerry" Lavern Albright on May 19, 1941.  He died April 20, 2000.
 
Virginia was also preceded in death by a son, Darrel Albright, a brother, Victor Hartman, and two sisters, Naomi Getscher and Loretta Dix.
 
Survivors include three sons, Gerald "Corky" Albright (Jeri), Delia, William Albright, Topeka, and Steve Albright (Debbie), Mayetta; two daughters, Debbie Simecka (Chuck) Topeka, and Mary Jo Albright-Peterson (Mike), Ottawa; a sister, Helen Eakes, Topeka; fourteen grandchildren and twenty-four great grandchildren.
 
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 12th at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Mayetta.  Burial will follow in the Hoyt Cemetery.  Virginia will lie in state after 9:00 a.m. Friday at the Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hoyt, where a Rosary will be prayed at 6:30 p.m., followed by visitation.  Memorials are suggested to the Northeast Kansas Heritage Complex, and may be sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 280, Hoyt, 66440.  On-line condolences may be made at chapeloaksfuneralhome.com