Virginia Rita Belle-Oudry

Virginia Rita Belle-Oudry, 87, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on April 21, 2025 in Mesa, Arizona. 

Virginia was born in Brooklyn, New York on June 24, 1937. She lived with her parents Frederick and Elizabeth Clayton  and her siblings Frederick, Barbara and Jeanette until she married her childhood sweetheart and best friend, Jacques in 1956.

After Jacques’s untimely death in 1988, Virginia continued to raise and guide their five children in Centereach, New York. She accomplished this in between bowling games, cruises and making hundreds of lunches for the students at Stony Brook University!

She is the Cherished Mother of Michael (deceased) Jacques Jr. (Anne Marie) Regina (Scott Lundy) Raymond (Lara) and Deirdre (John Koshel), the adored Grandmother to Jaclene, Jillian, Brittany, Grace, Ryan and Larissa, as well as the proud Great-Grandmother of Austin, George, Cecilia, Eileen, Benjamin, Charlotte, Fulton, Jack, Elise and Curran. She will be best remembered for her quick wit, sense of humor, and colorful stories.

Her infectious smile and signature laugh could light up any room. She was one of the most grateful people on the planet! Her proudest accomplishment in life, one which she boasted of on many occasions, was the great job she did raising her children who ended up being wonderful people and in turn chose wonderful spouses.