Peterborough, NH, New Hampshire - Virginia Stone (Weis) Bourne was born in 1930 in Lancaster, MA. She always considered herself a small town girl and was both glad and proud of it.

In 1950 she married Standish Bourne, who survives her. She is also survived by four children, Elizabeth Bourne and Ann Kebbell of Westminster, VT, Sandy (Standish) of Dummerston, VT, and Frederick of Litchfield, CT, and their families. Virginia had six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, and an extended family of nieces, nephews, stepgrandchildren, beloved Labradors and cats.

After bringing up her children in five or six states (as dictated by her husband's employment), Virginia settled in Castine, ME, at Moss Acre, an historic house left to her unexpectedly by her great-aunt, Molly Dewson and her partner, Polly Porter. Virginia and her husband lived there for 50 happy years, preserving its legacy along with its faulty plumbing, outdated wiring, leaking roof, chipped paint, and so forth. There was endless weeding and planting of old gardens, tackling bittersweet, and mowing lawns with her walk-behind mower. In the winter she shoveled snow and lugged stove wood, vacuuming and cleaning through all seasons. Virginia was devoted to the Unitarian-Universalist Church of Castine, serving in many capacities. She recruited ministers to fill the pulpit in the years when Castine had only a quarter-time minister from Ellsworth. For more than 20 summers, she hosted annual church picnics at Moss Acre. Throughout the years, Virginia enjoyed countless gatherings of children, spouses, grandchildren, and family friends of all generations, not to mention tree planters and the L.L.Bean kayakers. In the winter there was skiing on the carriage roads of Acadia and the paths she helped build at Moss Acre. Let's not forget her miles on a bicycle, whether into town with her tennis racquet, her one expedition over the Deer Isle Bridge, or her many birthday balloon dances for various citizens. She and Stan spent 75 years messing about in boats, hiking in the White Mountains, and canoeing on Maine ponds, passing a love of adventure to their children.

She died April 16, 2026, just shy of her 96th birthday. Virginia was a busy lady, with a bright smile for everyone.