Birth date: Mar 7, 1963 Death date: Feb 4, 2025
VIRGINIA "GINGER" THOET MIHELCIC, 61 of Ashburn, Virginia passed on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, at home in Ashburn, Virginia. Born Thursday, March 7, 1963, in Middletown, Connecticut, she was the daughter of William Thoet and Virg Read Obituary
I am just seeing this. I am floored. Ginger was my karaoke buddy. She would bring her son and daughter. We would have a great time. I am so sad to hear of her passing.
Like my sister, Jenny, I met Ginny in 7th grade, and it was one of those instantaneous meetings of kindred spirits. We met in Ms Dunmore's Home Ec and had to measure each other for a sewing class, and within minutes we had taken the measure of each other and become fast friends in the way only girls in 7th grade can do. We spoke the same language and loved the same things, and somehow we knew that instantly.
I have so many wonderful memories of Ginny and Billy, and her family. Their house seemed a place where all of the rigid rules that don't matter had been lifted. I remember coming over one weekend and finding a goat or lamb in the bathtub, and no one seemed to think it was extraordinary, so I went with it. There was the time a new litter of coon hounds had gotten into a bag of plaster of Paris and then splashed in their waterbowl and we all chased the pups around shouting and laughing trying to free them from the hardening clay. One divine weekend, Ginny's mom had gotten a French fry maker, and to her dismay, we had gone through a ten-pound bag of potatoes, frying one batch after another as we listened to Janis Ian's "At Seventeen," an age we longed to be. Later, we snuck out back and, longing to be "bad girls" if only for an hour, we rolled up moss (this is not a code word; it was literal moss) and smoked it. Billy caught us and vowed to tell, and all I could think was, "Tell what? We smoked lichen."
As Jenny noted, there was something so effortlessly cool about Ginny. She glided through middle school and high school, confident in her immense gifts — ones of intellect, humor, grace, and song —that made everyone around her at ease. I have forgotten nearly every lesson in every class, but I have never forgotten a moment of those days of golden friendship.
I don't pretend to know the vagaries of fate that caused such a wonderful friendship to slip away. In my mind, there was always time for us to reconnect one day soon. I'm sadder than I can ever express that I lost that chance. Ginny, I loved you more than I can ever express. Thank you for your friendship.
I wish everyone who knew and loved her, especially her children and husband, the warmest condolences. May her memory be a blessing; it is to me.
I met Ginny in 7th grade and we quickly became best friends. I have so many memories - playing horses in her attic room, writing a safari novel, fighting over whether coon hounds or labradors were the best dogs, listening to Janis Ian over and over again, reading "Captains and the Kings" walking up to the convenience store after school to get now n later's, sharing clothes, being on the track team and high school musicals together. And of course, being in Quasi Inc.
Ginny was better than me at everything and I was in awe of her coolness - it all seemed so effortless. I have always regretted that we lost touch after high school and I am shocked and saddened that she has left this earth too soon. My deepest condolences to her family and friends.
Jenny Farquhar
Mr Mihelcic and family, I am so sorry for your loss. I pray that you find comfort, peace and strength in the cherished memories Mrs. Mihelcic has left behind.
Sending my deepest condolences and prayers,
Lakenya
Mrs. Mihelcic was the sweetest person you could meet and was passionate about her family. My condolences Mr. Mihelcic to you and your family during this time of bereavement. Praying for you all. Tyrell Fitzgerald
Ginger was a very lovely lady with a beautiful heart. We enjoyed visiting with her at Mihelcic events. We send our love & prayers to David & Family. May the peace of Jesus be with you all
Remembering Ginger. Met her at Dave’s pinning ceremony when he joined DISA as an SES. Sam was in a baby carrier…only a few months old. Always beautiful, irreverent, and fun. You will be sorely missed! Hugs to your family.
So shocked and sad. Ginger and I lived on the same hall freshman year of college and became best friends. So fun and wild, but also serious and determined. I'll miss you, Didda!
Ginger became a beloved member of the Mihelcic family when she married my cousin Dave. Such wonderful memories of visiting with her at my Uncle Hank and Aunt Darlene's home in Illinois. All our thoughts and prayers go out to Dave, her children and grandchildren and the rest of her family. She will be greatly missed. Love and prayers from your cousin Anna and Greg and all our family.
