Virginia Rose (Braun) Prussman passed away April 9, 2021 at Regent Park Nursing Home in Holyoke at the age of 97.

Virigina was born on April 15, 1923 to Robert Simon Braun and Rose Hannah (Hess) Braun in Minneapolis, Minn., the eldest of four daughters. She grew up in Robbinsdale, Minn., moving to Minneapolis when she was 13 years old. She graduated from Marshall High School in Minneapolis in 1941.

Virginia had secretarial training in high school, but no experience, so she traded her office skills for a radio course at the Beck School of Radio, just to obtain some experience. She pass...