Victoria - Virginia Lee Sullivan beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, passed away peacefully at her home, to be with her loving Lord on Wednesday, May 07, 2026, at the age of 91. Virginia's family and friends will gather for a visitation Friday, May 22, 2026 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at Grace Funeral Home, 2401 Houston Hwy in Victoria. A funeral service celebrating Virginia's life and her faith will be at 11:00am Saturday, May 23, 2026, at Fellowship Bible Church 3401 N Ben Jordan St in Victoria. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery. Virginia was born Oct.19, 1934 in Port Arthur, TX. to Cyril James Thorn and Nellie Jaqueline Sydnes. She married the love of her life Thomas Franklin Sullivan on Sept.13, 1951 in Woodville, TX. Because of Tommy's job, first in the oil field as a driller they moved to various towns thru out Texas. They settled in Victoria in 1958 when Tommy went to work as a pipefitter for the Union Carbide Plant in Sea Drift, TX. Virginia worked as a bookkeeper for Tex Sign, later she was a dental hygienist working for Dr Finley. In 1969 they moved to Holiday Beach on Copano Bay close to Rockport, TX. Virginia worked at the shipyard in Rockport until Tommy joined the pipefitters union and they traveled all over the U.S. while Tommy was building power plants. While in Arizona, Virginia was a teacher at a Baptist elementary school.

After several years there she opened a gift shop in St. Johns, Arizona. Tommy and Virginia moved back to Victoria, TX. in 2001 after 28 years in Arizona. Virginia was the director of volunteers at DeTar Hospital and worked in the gift shop as a buyer until about 2020. Virginia joined Beta Sigma Phi in Nov. 1978 in Litchfield Park, AZ. and she became a chartered member of torch bearer Omicron Chapter in 2017. Virginia traveled to the Holy Land, Jerusalem twice to walk where Jesus walked and to visit the Holy Land to feel the history of Jesus.

Virginia was preceded in death by her parents, Cyril James Thorn and Nellie Jaqueline Sydnes; her stepfather, Douglas Barrow, his wife, Sara Rose Barrow; her husband, Thomas Franklin Sullivan; her brother, Herald Gene Barrow, and her granddaughter, Hanna Beth Richardson.

Virginia is survived by her children, Frankie E. Sullivan and Jacqueline Sullivan, her husband, Paul Fidler; granddaughter, Kate McWaters and her husband, Thomas McWaters; great grandchildren, Lillian, Baylee, Wyatt, Emma, and Ava; along with numerous other loving family members and friends.

Instead of flowers memorial donations in Virginia's honor are requested to be donated to Fellowship Bible Church.

Arrangements and services under the personal care of Grace Funeral Home.