Virginia Mary (Corio) Wilkinson, 90, Longtime Princeton Resident

Virginia Mary (Corio) Wilkinson died on Friday, Dec. 2 at Acorn Glen assist-living in Princeton. She was 90 years old.

She was born on March 8, in Jersey City. She grew up in East Orange before moving with her family to Princeton Junction in 1937. She graduated from Princeton High School in 1938.

During World War II, she worked at the RCA Laboratories where she met her husband-to-be. She was married to Wm. C. Wilkinson, Jr., on Feb. 9, 1946. They lived briefly in Trenton, then Penns Neck, and in 1955 they moved to the family’s new home in Princeton. 

She was an active member of the St. Paul’s Parish Altar and Rosary Society for many years, and a member of the Catholic Daughters. She was a volunteer at the Princeton Medical Center and she was a Grand-Pal at the Littlebrook School.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years. Survivors include her sister and brother-in-law, Mercy A. and Glenn Bruestle of West Windsor; four children, William C. Wilkinson III of Bethesda, Md., Penelope A. Wilkinson of Charleston, S.C., Henry T. Wilkinson of Monticello, Ill., and Matthew A. Wilkinson of Ringoes; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at St. Paul’s Church in Princeton Wednesday Dec. 7 with Visitation at 8:45 a.m. and a funeral mass at 9:30 a.m. with burial to follow.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Altar and Rosary Society of St. Paul’s. Arrangements by The Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton.