Virginia Rizzardi

Virginia Rizzardi, a former human resources administrator who later used her skills as a vice president and board member of the East Hampton Ladies Village Improvement Society, died on Oct. 24 at home in Springs of lung cancer. She was 77. 

Mrs. Rizzardi, who was called Ginny, volunteered with the Clamshell Foundation, Meals on Wheels, and the Springs Citizens Advisory Committee. She served as a docent for the LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton, was a eucharistic minister for the Diocese of Rockville Centre and Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in East Hampton, and worked as an election monitor.

She “truly lived life to the fullest through simple pleasures: spending time with friends and family, volunteering, and traveling,” her family wrote. “She had the ability to build wonderful friendships in a deep and meaningful way, while being a woman of great faith.”

She was born on May 24, 1941, in Brooklyn to Harold Brown and the former Louise Dando. She grew up there. After her marriage to Robert Rizzardi, on Sept. 30, 1961, she moved to Bethpage, where the couple raised their daughters, Roberta Grogan of Seaford and Kim Dyer of Glen Cove, both of whom survive. When they were in high school, Mrs. Rizzardi went back to school herself to earn a B.A. from Dowling College in Oakdale. She worked as a human resources administrator for Grumman Data Systems and a credentialist for Avanti Health Care. 

After 35 years in Bethpage, with summers and frequent visits to a family house in Springs, the Rizzardis moved there full time in 1996. In addition to her daughters, her husband and four grandchildren survive. 

A Mass of Christian burial was said at Most Holy Trinity  Church on Monday, with the Rev. Ryan Creamer officiating. She was buried at the church cemetery on Cedar Street in East Hampton. 

Her family has suggested memorial contributions to East Hampton Meals on Wheels, 33 Newtown Lane, Suite 205, East Hampton 11937.