Virginia E. Bojalad, 47, of DuBois died Wednesday, April 4 2018 at her home.
Born Aug. 16, 1970 in Lock Haven, she was the daughter of Lynne (Bowman) Basista of Kittanning and James Wagner (Susie) of Port St. Lucy, Fla. Both parents survive.
On Aug. 4 2012, she married Gary J. Bojalad. He survives.
She was a 1988 graduate of the Kittanning High School. She was also a graduate of Slippery Rock University with a degree in kinesiology.
She was a homemaker. She previously worked as a kinesiotherapist for the Veterans Administration in Evansville, Ind., and Ashville, N.C.
She received a certificate as a pharmacy technician from the Brockway Center for Arts and Technology.
She attended St. Catherine of Siena Roman Catholic Church. She was a volunteer at the Free Medical Clinic in DuBois.
She was also an avid animal lover who frequently donated her time and money to various animal charities.
She is survived by her sister, Bonnie Wagner of Yorktown, Va.; a brother Michael Basista and his wife, Shelia of Allison Park; her step-father, Thomas Basista of Leechburg; numerous nieces and nephews; and her beloved pets, Charlie and Fang.
She was preceded in death by her maternal and paternal grandparents and her aunt.
Friends will be received from 2 p.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday at the Baronick Funeral Home & Crematorium Inc.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the St. Catherine of Siena Roman Catholic Church with Msgr Richard Siefer as celebrant.
Burial will be in St. Catherine Cemetery.
Memorials may be placed with the Gateway Humane Society, 1211 Airport Rd., P.O. Box 678, Falls Creek, PA 15840 and or the Tiger Creek Wild Life Refuge, 17552 Farm to Market 14, Tyler, TX 75706.
Online condolences may be sent to www.baronickfuneralhome.com.