Virginia H. Barto

Virginia H. Barto, age 88, 211 Port Noble Drive, Bloomsburg, died at 3:45 a. m. Sunday, December 11, 2016 at The Gardens At Orangeville, where she resided for three weeks. She was in failing health for several years.

Born in Muncy on May 2, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Bernard George and Nora Virginia (Hall) Herlt. She resided in Bloomsburg since 1988 and prior to that lived in Holmdel, New Jersey for 31 years.

Virginia was a graduate of Williamsport High School in 1946. She received her B.A. degree from Lycoming College in 1950 and her MSLS degree from Drexel University in Philadelphia.

She was a librarian, starting her career in the Brooklyn, New York Public Library and next worked in the John W. Long Library at Lycoming College. She then was the librarian in the Roselle Park, New Jersey,  School District and last in the Holmdel Township, New Jersey,  School District where she was employed from 1965 until retiring in 1988.

Virginia volunteered at the Bloomsburg Public Library and also at the Bloomsburg Food Cupboard.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold E. Barto, on February 6, 2007 and two brothers: Bernard George Herlt, Jr., on March 14, 2008 and Harry Richard Herlt on October 5, 1998.

Surviving are a son, Jeffrey Keith Herlt, and his wife Mary Ellen, Suwanee, Ga.; a daughter, Elizabeth Hope, wife of Keith Gary Stauder, Orangeville; and  four grandchildren; Colton James Barto; Kimberly Hope Stauder; Katherine Elizabeth Barto; and Jennifer Anne Barto. She was the last of her immediate family.

Private services will be held at the convenience of the family. Interment will be made in the Picture Rocks Cemetery, Lycoming County. There will be no viewing.

Memorials may be sent to the Bloomsburg Public Library, 225 Market St., Bloomsburg or the Bloomsburg Food Cupboard, c/o St. Columba Church, P. O. Box 829, Bloomsburg, Pa