Obituary of Virginia Mattson

Virginia Mattson Virginia was born in Chicago on January 25, 1922, as the only child of Otho Franklin Line and Charlotte Myrick Line. She died April 21, 2013 at the age of 91. The family moved, in their 1925 Willis Knight, to Los Angeles in the fall of 1932. Virginia graduated in February 1939, intending to go to UCLA in the fall after picking up some office skills to cover books and lab fees. But her father became ill and died. She became the family provider at “not quite 18,” as she told the interviewer at her first full time job. She was a clerk in a life insurance agency. She spent WWII chasing spare parts for shipment at Douglas Aircraft. After the war, she returned to working as an Escrow officer and supervised four offices. At the same time, she attended night school, acquiring a law degree. She was admitted to the California Bar under her married name “Virginia L. Gard” in 1956. She married Charles Donald Gard in 1952 and was divorced in 1959. She later married the love of her life, Douglas W. Mattson; Doug died in 1981. Virginia was active in the Olympia chapters of Habitat for Humanity and League of Women Voters. She is survived by a stepdaughter from her first marriage, Charla Currier, and her children, Simone Currier, and Joe (April) Currier (and their children); a stepdaughter from her second marriage, Valerie (Stanley) Dombrowski and their son, John, of Palm Desert, California; and daughter of her heart, Caren (Russell) Rose of Olympia. There will be a memorial service for Virginia at The United Churches of Olympia, (11th and Capital) on Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. Memorial donations may be given to Habitat for Humanity or Assured Home Health and Hospice, which provided Virginia the opportunity to live her last few months in her own home. Please leave memories of Virginia or condolences for her family in the Guestbook below. View Archived Guestbook Archived Keepsake Page