Mrs Virginia Linville Stuelpnagel

Virginia (Dinny) Linville Stuelpnagel, loving wife and mother, volunteer and homemaker, died on February 4th at Gilchrist Hospice of complications from a fall. She was 89. The daughter of Donald Linville, a salesman and Virginia Corkran Linville, Dinny was born and raised in Baltimore. She graduated from Notre Dame Prep and enrolled at Goucher where she played on the field hockey team. Her father took a job in Chicago, and she transferred to Northwestern University, where she graduated with a degree in English. The family returned to Baltimore and Dinny began working in the library at Johns Hopkins University. While there she met and fell in love with John Stuelpnagel, a Ph.D. candidate in math. The couple married in 1959 at St. David’s Church in Roland Park. While her husband pursued his career, Dinny focused on raising their three children in a house on Tilbury Way in Homeland. When her children were in school, she worked part-time as a physical education instructor at the Calvert School. After leaving Calvert she was an active volunteer, first with the medical library at Sheppard Pratt and then with the National Aquarium in Baltimore, where she was a docent for over 30 years. Dinny loved the beach and enjoyed vacationing with family in North Carolina’s Outer Banks and Delaware’s Bethany Beach. She and her husband traveled to Europe, the Caribbean, and the Galapagos Islands. She adored dogs and over the years had 3 beloved Golden Retrievers. An excellent athlete, she played tennis and golf into her 80s. She was a member of L’Hirondelle Club and the Country Club of Maryland. She enjoyed walking and was active until the week before her death. She was an avid reader and in her later years she enjoyed playing bridge with friends. She was a lifelong member of St. David’s, where she served as a Lay Eucharistic Minister, lector, Vestry and Day School Board member, along with serving on numerous committees over the years. Dinny was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, who died in 2016, and her brother Donald Linville Jr. of Alexandria, Virginia. She is survived by her children Vicky (Keith) Murray of Ruxton, Daniel Stuelpnagel of Virginia Beach, and Jenny (Joe) Hovermill of Roland Park, her four grandchildren, Daisy, Corky, and Ollie Hovermill and Samantha Murray, and her nephew Donald W. Linville, of Ponte Vedra, Florida. A memorial service will be held on March 3 at 11:00 at St. David’s. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. David's Episcopal Church, 4700 Roland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21210 or the Maryland SPCA, 3300 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD 21211.

Mrs Virginia Linville Stuelpnagel

November 30, 1933 - February 4, 2023