Virginia Moreland passed away Wednesday, November 1, 2017 in Lawton. A private funeral is being arranged through Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Born in Philadelphia, Pa., on June 20, 1925, to Henry and Emily Wright, the family relocated to Margate, New Jersey. She graduated from Atlantic City High School in the Class of 1943. She then attended and graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia where she was the Eastern Intercollegiate Diving Champion. Her degree was in Physical Education. Ginny taught in Massachusetts for one year and then in her alma mater in Atlantic City. In December of 1949 she married Andrew Moreland in Margate, N.J. They were married for 66 wonderful years before he preceded her in death on September 11, 2016.

In 1965 the family relocated to Toms River, N.J. and remained there until 1980 when they retired to Rockwall, Texas. The family moved to Denison, Texas in 1999, and then Lawton, Oklahoma in 2016. Ginny was an extremely positive person, a loving mother and a wonderful athlete. In 2003, she was named to the Hall of Fame at Atlantic City High School.

She is survived by two daughters: Dr. Cindy Sheppard, her husband Dr. Ernest Sheppard of Lawton, and their three children: Dr. Scott Sheppard of Lawton, Brooke Sheppard Spenser and husband Mike, of Oklahoma City, and Wade Sheppard, of Conroe, Texas; and Jill Berg and her husband Pete, and their two daughters: Lana and Jaime, of Montana.

Memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society (PO Box 42020, Oklahoma City, OK 73123 or Cancer.org) in her name would be greatly appreciated by the family.