Virginia Kahn
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN
Virginia Essie Jones Kahn, a longtime former resident of Belvedere, died June 21, 2010, of natural causes at Aegis in Corte Madera, with her family at her side. She was 103.
Born and raised in Salt Lake City, Mrs. Kahn was the daughter of Elmer D. Jones and Abigail Crager. Her great-great-grandfather, George Krieger, fought in the American Revolutionary War in 1779. Her grandfather, Samuel Crager, fought in the Civil War from 1861 to 1864.
She met her husband, Lloyd Kahn, in San Francisco, in 1934. They raised their six children in San Francisco and, in the summer, at the Russian River and the Sierra. She was a Girl Scout leader when her daughter was young and was active in her Christian Science church. Her family considered her “the captain of our ship.”
She and her husband built a home on the water on West Shore Road in Belvedere in the late 1960s and moved there from San Francisco. They sold that home in the mid 1970s and moved to an apartment on the lagoon in Belvedere and lived there for about 30 years.
She saw everything through a positive lens, said her son. Several years ago, when she was losing the ability to walk and had other physical limitations of aging, she would say to her sons, “I’ve never felt better in my life.”
For the last four years, she had lived at Aegis, an assisted living center.
“She kept things lively right up to the end, with wit, humor, and insight,” said her son.
Her husband Lloyd died in 1993. Mrs. Kahn is survived by three children, Lloyd Kahn, Jr., of Bolinas, Robert C. Kahn of Belvedere; Martha Castles of Marysvale, Utah; 10 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews and their families. Three of her children predeceased her and her three siblings predeceased her.
At her request, there was no service.