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Virg Stoltz is Grand Marshal
For a woman who doesn't eat
strawberries, the fruits have been a
huge part of Virg Stoltz' life.
Stoltz has been honored as the
Grand Marshal of the 2017
Belleville National Strawberry
Festival after serving formore than
20 years as the Strawboss at Trinity
Episcopal Church where she was
in charge of all the Strawberry
Festival activities.
Stoltz began her strawberry
journey 40 years ago managing one
of the first strawberry businesses
in the area, planting, picking,
supervising a crew and selling the
berries.
Stoltz was elected as the
Strawberry Festival Board of
Directors treasurer and was the
Trinity Episcopal Church repre-
sentative on the board. During her
20-tenure as treasurer of the entire
festival, her efforts were credited
for solving the financial debt of the
event.
Stoltz served as the Strawboss at
Trinity church until her retirement
last year after having volunteered
her leadership services for more
than two decades.
“All good things come to an end,
but it was some wonderful years,”
Stoltz said. “It was all worth it as
half of Trinity's proceeds are used
for Outreach projects.” Stoltz has
been active in many other commu-
nity activities for almost 50 years.
She is the mother of three
grown children, Virgil, Virgette,
and Vaughn and the grandmother
of Brittany Queener. Her children
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