{"id":1033082,"date":"2026-08-30T14:25:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T14:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1033082\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T14:25:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T14:25:48","slug":"virginia-lee-brinkhus-june-23-1945-aug-28-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1033082\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Lee Brinkhus &#8211; June 23, 1945 &#8211; Aug. 28, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Lee Brinkhus, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away peacefully on Aug. 28, 2026, at the age of 81. She was born on June 23, 1945, in Ely, Minnesota, to William and Caroline Large. Funeral: 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026 at the Independence Chapel in Greenwood Mausoleum, 3210 White Settlement Rd., Fort Worth. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026 in Memorial Suite A at Greenwood Funeral Home at 3344 White Settlement Rd., Fort Worth. Entombment: Greenwood Mausoleum. Virginia was a woman who devoted her life to the people she loved most-her family. She was a devoted wife to her husband, Dennis, with whom she shared 50 years of marriage. Together, they built a life and a family filled with love and cherished memories. Virginia was a dedicated mother and grandmother whose greatest joy came from being there for her children and grandchildren. Her family was at the heart of everything she did, and she treasured the time she spent loving them, supporting them, and making memories together. She is survived by her husband of 50 years, Dennis Jay Brinkhus; her children, Jason Jay Brinkhus and his wife, Lori Brinkhus; Jennifer Lee Valdez and her husband Valentin Valdez Jr.; and Brandon Scott Brinkhus; and her grandchildren, Valyn Lee Valdez, Jayden Scott Valdez, Addisyn Paige Valdez, Abigail Jewel Brinkhus, and Greyson Boyd Brinkhus. Virginia will be deeply missed by her family and all those who knew and loved her. Her love, devotion, and the memories she created with her family will remain in their hearts forever. She was, above all else, a loving wife, mother, and grandmother-and her family was her greatest legacy. GREENWOOD FUNERAL HOME Greenwood Cremation Society 3344 White Settlement Road, Fort Worth 76107, 817-336-0584<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>View more details from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenwoodfuneralhomes.com\/obituary\/virginia-brinkhus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">funeral home site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fort Worth Report is <a href=\"https:\/\/fortworthreport.org\/2024\/08\/25\/fort-worth-report-achieves-global-trust-certification-heres-what-it-means-for-our-community\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">certified by the Journalism Trust Initiative<\/a> for adhering to standards for ethical journalism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Virginia Lee Brinkhus, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away peacefully on Aug. 28, 2026, at the age&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1033083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,7371,7372,9455,9960,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-1033082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-america","tag-fort-worth","tag-fortworth","tag-obituary","tag-syndication","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117184923295072485","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1033082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1033083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1033082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1033082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1033082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}