Virginia Marie Holden-Gamble, 91, of Van Wert, died at 4:15 p.m., Friday at the Van Wert Manor Nursing Home. She was born on February 20, 1923, in Toledo, Ohio, the daughter of Ray Howard Kelsey and Gladys Marie (Gill) Kelsey Billieu. Her parents preceded her in death in addition to her husband, Paul F. Holden; her step father, Orley Billieu; an infant daughter, Sandra Sue; one son Barry R. Holden; a granddaughter, Kimberly K. (Holden) Gibson Farmer; one brother, Ray Howard Kelsey, Jr.; one sister, Marilyn Kathleen (Billieu) Darras; and a sister-in-law, Bernice Kelsey. Family members include her son Larry J. (Linda) Holden of Convoy; one grandson, Steven J. (Shelly) Holden of Convoy; five great grandchildren, Derek (Erin) Holden of Van Wert, Ashley and Matt Holden of Convoy, Tyler (Elizabeth) Gibson of Convoy, and Jordan Gibson of Ohio City; and her sister, Pauline M. (Richard) Ellinger of Ohio City. Virginia was a homemaker, care giver for the elderly and a writer of Christian poetry. She was a former member of the Wassenberg Art Center and YWCA. She had attended Ohio City-Liberty High School. Private family services and burial will be held in Woodlawn Cemetery, Ohio City. Preferred memorials are to the Wassenberg Art Center.