Virginia N. Thornton

MIDDLETON- Virginia S. (Newhall) Thornton, 91, passed away on July 14, 2021. She was the wife of the late Dr. Clarence “Larry” Thornton. Born in Boston on August 31, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Herbert and Louise (Sheridan) Newhall. She was raised and educated in Saugus and graduated from Saugus High School. She graduated from the Beverly Hospital School of Nursing, where she also taught for several years. Virginia also received a bachelor's degree in nursing from Boston University. She and her husband went to Oklahoma for his residency where she taught nursing at Oklahoma Baptist University. They returned to the Boston area where she had a long career as a registered nurse, working with the VNA and teaching the expectant parent classes at the former Hunt Hospital. She also had been the school nurse at Saint Mary of the Annunciation School in Danvers for many years. She enjoyed traveling and camping all over the world, skiing, sailing and playing with her grandchildren. She is survived by her three daughters, Patricia Thornton of Chandler, AZ, Bonnie Wagner and her husband, Brian of Granger, IN and Susan "Wynnie" Thornton of Middleton, her two grandsons Christopher and Jonathan Wagner, a niece, Holly (Thornton) Beyerl, and two nephews, Douglas and Thomas Thornton and several cousins. She was predeceased by her nephew, James Thornton. Her Funeral Service will be held at 10AM on Wednesday, July 21, 2021 in Middleton Congregational Church, 66 Maple St, Middleton. Burial will follow in Riverside Cemetery, Saugus. Visitation will be held from 4-6PM on Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at C.R. Lyons & Sons, Funeral Directors, 28 Elm St., Danvers. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Virginia’s name to either the Carroll School, c/o the Development Office, 45 Waltham Rd, Wayland, MA, 01778 or to the Millsap and Proctor Nursing Scholarship ℅ Oklahoma Baptist University 500 West University Street Shawnee, Oklahoma 74804.