Virginia
Virginia Haley-Spiers
d. October 24, 2015
Virginia Haley-Spiers, resident of Albuquerque, passed away on October 24, 2015.
Virginia was born in Antlers, Oklahoma on October 27, 1919. She spent her childhood in Miles, Texas, where her parents were share croppers on a cotton farm.
Virginia attended Sul Ross Teacher Collage in Alpine, Texas. After graduation she married Clarence Haley. Virginia and Clarence moved to Hot Springs (TorC), NM where she taught school and Clarence managed the local movie theater. They moved to Albuquerque in 1944.
Virginia worked at Navajo Freight Line, managed the El Rio Bar on West Central and then worked at Sandia Laboratories where she was a Disbursement Auditor. After over 20 years at Sandia she left and got her Real Estate Sales license in 1969. Virginia worked hard and became one of the top Realtors in Albuquerque, receiving the "Top Lister" award several times from the Albuquerque Board of Realtors and was voted "Realtor of The Year" for Hooten-Stahl Realtors many years in a row. She loved selling Real Estate and worked until she was 85 years old.
After the death of her first husband in 1984, she married Retired Lt. Col. Don Spiers on October 18, 1997. Don and Virginia designed and built a home in Los Lunas and loved to travel to Mexico to fish at Lake Novia and entertain all of their many friends.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Clarence Haley and Don Spiers; parents, Tom and Inez Clark; brothers, Tommy Clark and James Clark; and sisters, Johnnie Klause and Jean Clark.
Virginia is survived by her children, Mike Haley and husband, Steve, James M. (Joe) Haley and wife, Kathy, Thomas Madison Haley and Life Partner Ida; daughters, Lena Houser, Martha Tuttle and husband, Bob; grandchildren, Deidre Haley, Phil Houser, Susie Houser, Tab Houser, Shawn Tuttle, and Tracy Tuttle, all of Albuquerque and Terence Haley and Heather Sheley of Grand Junction, Colorado; as well as numerous great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews.
Arrangements and services are being handled by FRENCH - Lomas. Visitation will be Thursday, October 29, 2015 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m and a Celebration of life Memorial Service will be Friday, October 30, 2015, 9:00 a.m with a reception to follow. Private interment to follow at a later time.
Virginia was born in Antlers, Oklahoma on October 27, 1919. She spent her childhood in Miles, Texas, where her parents were share croppers on a cotton farm.
Virginia attended Sul Ross Teacher Collage in Alpine, Texas. After graduation she married Clarence Haley. Virginia and Clarence moved to Hot Springs (TorC), NM where she taught school and Clarence managed the local movie theater. They moved to Albuquerque in 1944.
Virginia worked at Navajo Freight Line, managed the El Rio Bar on West Central and then worked at Sandia Laboratories where she was a Disbursement Auditor. After over 20 years at Sandia she left and got her Real Estate Sales license in 1969. Virginia worked hard and became one of the top Realtors in Albuquerque, receiving the "Top Lister" award several times from the Albuquerque Board of Realtors and was voted "Realtor of The Year" for Hooten-Stahl Realtors many years in a row. She loved selling Real Estate and worked until she was 85 years old.
After the death of her first husband in 1984, she married Retired Lt. Col. Don Spiers on October 18, 1997. Don and Virginia designed and built a home in Los Lunas and loved to travel to Mexico to fish at Lake Novia and entertain all of their many friends.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Clarence Haley and Don Spiers; parents, Tom and Inez Clark; brothers, Tommy Clark and James Clark; and sisters, Johnnie Klause and Jean Clark.
Virginia is survived by her children, Mike Haley and husband, Steve, James M. (Joe) Haley and wife, Kathy, Thomas Madison Haley and Life Partner Ida; daughters, Lena Houser, Martha Tuttle and husband, Bob; grandchildren, Deidre Haley, Phil Houser, Susie Houser, Tab Houser, Shawn Tuttle, and Tracy Tuttle, all of Albuquerque and Terence Haley and Heather Sheley of Grand Junction, Colorado; as well as numerous great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews.
Arrangements and services are being handled by FRENCH - Lomas. Visitation will be Thursday, October 29, 2015 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m and a Celebration of life Memorial Service will be Friday, October 30, 2015, 9:00 a.m with a reception to follow. Private interment to follow at a later time.
Visitation Details
Thursday, October 29th, 2015, 6:00pm - 8:00pm, FRENCH - Lomas
Service Details
Friday, October 30th, 2015, 9:00am, FRENCH - Lomas
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