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Virginia E. Davenport Guin, 102, Springfield, passed away Thursday, August 27, 2015 in James River Care Center.
She was born May 10, 1913 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the daughter of the late Claude and Lillie (Latimer) Davenport and grew up in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. She was united in marriage March 7, 1942 to Harry E. Guin. He preceded her in death in 1992. She was also preceded in death by a brother, C.J. Davenport.
Virginia had a special interest in music. She was a classical pianist, a graduate of Ward-Belmont in Nashville, Tennessee, with diplomas in both academics and piano. She won a scholarship to Cincinnati Conservatory of Music where she received her degree with a major in piano. While at the Conservatory, she won the Clara Bauer Memorial Scholarship award. She played in many concerts in Nashville, Cincinnati, and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her first public performance was at 10 years of age then she played on the first broadcast of radio station KVOO in Bristow, Oklahoma, where the station originated. Many years later she gave weekly classical programs on the same radio station after it moved to Tulsa. She was a member of the Tulsa Piano Study Club. She also taught piano in Tulsa for many years. She was a terrific cook and excelled at sewing and knitting. She was a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Springfield.
She is survived by a son, Ross Stanford Guin and wife Jan; a daughter, Shelley Quattrocchi and husband Michael; five grandchildren, Aimee Yowell, Michelle McCarthy and husband Darrell Osborne [Darrell (Michelle McCarthy) Osborne and their four children Meghan and Emily Osborne, Alyssa and Savannah McCarthy, of Indianapolis], Anthony Quattrocchi and wife Sherae, Emily Friend and husband Mich, Whitney Guin and fiancé David Williams; eight great-grandchildren, Lilly [https://www.facebook.com/lilly.yowell.90] and Ella Yowell [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010598441878], Alyssa and Savannah McCarthy, Addelin and Clayton Friend, and Michael and Mia Quattrocchi.
Inurnment in Rose Hill Cemetery, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Published in the News-Leader on Aug. 30, 2015

Birth	10 May 1913	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Census (family)-shared	1920	(Claude James Davenport Sr. and Lillie Elizabeth Latimer) Sapulpa, Creek County, Oklahoma
Census (family)-shared	1930	(Claude James Davenport Sr. and Lillie Elizabeth Latimer) Sapulpa, Creek County, Oklahoma
Census (family)-shared	5 Apr 1940	(Claude James Davenport Sr. and Lillie Elizabeth Latimer) Sapulpa, Creek County, Oklahoma
Marriage	7 Mar 1942	Sapulpa, Creek County, Oklahoma - Harry Eugene Guin
Death	27 Aug 2015	Springfield, Greene County, Missouri
Burial		Rose Hill Memorial Park, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Spouse	Harry Eugene Guin (1909 - 1992)
Child	Living
Child	Living

Father	Claude James Davenport Sr. (1884 - 1954)
Mother	Lillie Elizabeth Latimer (1888 - 1972)
Sibling	Claude James Davenport Jr. (1910 - 1990)

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