Sheila McLaughlin reports:
A sense of noblesse oblige propelled Virginia Araujo through her life.
As a young mother, she founded the Mason Literary Guild and laid the groundwork to bring a public library to the then-rural community.
She volunteered as a local program chairman at the PTA, offered piano lessons, headed a non-profit teen center in Mason and even until about 10 years ago served as a mentor to children decades her junior in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Warren and Clinton Counties.
“She was a grandmother Big Sister, I guess,” said son Russell Araujo, of West Chester Township. “A big part of what drove her was a sense of wanting to give back and help others.”
Mrs. Araujo died Nov. 29 at the home of another son, where she was receiving hospice care.
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