Virginia Bamonte, age 98 years, of Archbold passed away Sunday morning, November 1, 2026 at Fairlawn Haven Nursing Home in Archbold. She was born January 2, 1928 to Howard and Marie (Barnes) Leu in Wauseon, Ohio.

She is survived by her husband John; son Thomas; four granddaughters; one grandson; and one great-grandson.

She was preceded in death by her parents; daughter Susan; and sister Helen Barnes.

She was active in high school upon graduation was awarded the Danforth Foundation Award for outstanding senior girl. Following graduation from Bowling Green State University, where she was a member of the Alpha Xi Delta Sorority, she taught twenty seven years in the Bryan City Schools and Pike Delta York Junior High School. Over the ears she was interested in education and helping people. She was an active member of the Child Conservation League, WSCS, Women’s Reading Club, the educational Honorary Delta Kappa Gamma, Girl Scout Leader, the children’s reading program HOSTS, and also taught reading for the Adult Literacy Society and work in the Delta Outreach Program. Upon retirement she traveled all over the world and volunteered at the Red Bird Mission in Kentucky and the Mt. Sequoyah Mission in Arkansas and spent a month working in Nigeria. While chairing Red Cross Bloodmobiles she was awarded the district’s Outstanding Donor Group Chairman’s Award and in 2008 she was given the Red Cross Marv Mullholand Leadership Award for the Western Lake Erie District. She also served on the Red Cross Disaster Team.

Her body was donated to the University of Toledo Medical Center. She requested there be no visitation or memorial service and instead that her friends use that time to reach out to someone who is hurting.