SOUTH PARIS – Virginia Irene Litchfield, 86, of South Paris died Monday, May 28, at Market Square Health Care Center.

She was born in Sudbury, Mass., on May 15, 1921, the daughter of Charles and Edith L. Hunt Miller. She graduated from Waltham High School and Waltham City Hospital Nursing School. She was a registered nurse, first at York Hospital, then for Dr. Akerberg and Dr. Hazelton, retiring from Market Square Health Care Center. She loved to read, crochet and do crossword puzzles. She married Clifton Litchfield.

She is survived by a son, Douglas H. Litchfield, and his wife, Donna, of Harrisonburg, Va.; a daughter, Ann Litchfield, and her significant other, Charles Donachie, of Greenwood; three granddaughters, Thea Campbell, and her husband, Scott, of Harrisonburg, Va., Mila Litchfield of Harrisonburg, Va. and Carin Donachie of Greenwood; a great-granddaughter, Sadie Campbell of Harrisonburg, Va.; and a niece, Jennifer Gilkie, and her husband, Derik Lucci, of Brooklyn, N.Y. and their daughter, Anna Lucci.

She was predeceased by her husband Clifton on Nov. 11, 1986; and a sister, Judith W. Gilkie.