In Memory Of

Virginia "Ginny" Dunne Stark, age 94, passed away Friday, May 8, 2020 in Traverse City.

She was the first born of ten siblings in Detroit on Sept. 19, 1925 to the late Walter J. and Nola M. (Walsh) Dunne.

She was married to William J. Edwards for 22 years of which that marriage produced eight children. She was later married to Harry S. Stark for 30 years. Ginny and Harry moved from Birmingham to Traverse City in 1989 to enjoy their 'working' retirement, following their close friends, the late Ted and Ellen Monahan.

Ginny had many talents and embraced life; she taught sail boating, created oil paintings, enjoyed tennis, swimming, traveling, and carving beautiful life-like artistic duck decoys.

Ginny and her lady friends were mainstays on weekly 'Tuesdays at Firefly'. Her positive spirit, quick smile, easy laugh, and dry Irish wit will be greatly missed.

She is survived by her eight children, Thomas (Audrey) Edwards, of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Kathryn Edwards, of Strasburg, Colorado, Barbara Edwards, of Cayucos, California, Charles Edwards, of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Monica (Larry) Hatfield, of White Lake, William Edwards, of Rochester Hills, Patricia Edwards, of Traverse City, and Eileen (Gerd) Welke, of Claremont, California; 15 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; siblings, Marion Nagle, of Bloomfield, Walter Dunne, of Canton, Tad (Dorothy) Dunne, of Royal Oak, Michael (Gerri) Dunne, of Johns Creek, Georgia, and Marguerite (Robert) Jassoy, of La Jolla, California; Ginny is also survived by many dear friends, including Eileen Milner, Carol Hoffman, Liz Saylor, Norb & Ginny Bergmann, to name a special few.

Ginny was preceded in death by her first husband, William J. Edwards; her brothers, Robert Dunne, and Paul Dunne; her sisters, Eleanor Carver and Kathleen Ponziani; and her late husband, Harry S. Stark.