Victoria Z. Kingsbury

Boonville - Victoria Z. Kingsbury, 88, a former longtime resident of East Road in the village, passed away on Thursday, May 20, 2010 at Sunset Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Boonville, where she had resided since 2006. Vicki was born on January 27, 1922, in London, England to Arthur Henry and Alice Hannah (Skinner) Zealey. On July 6, 1943, Vicki was united in marriage with W. Cameron Kingsbury in London. At the time of their marriage Mr. Kingsbury was in the U.S. Army, stationed in London. Vicki, Cameron, and their daughter Carol, have the distinction of being featured in Life Magazine and the English Magazine Illustrated in February 1946, in a story that followed war brides on their adventures moving from England to their new homes in the United States. Mrs. Kingsbury was a member of the First Baptist Church of Boonville for 64 years, becoming a member on Easter 1946. She served as a deaconess, Sunday school teacher, and a treasurer of the Alpha Delta Class. Vicki was also a 50-year member of the Salma Chapter Order of the Eastern Star, Boonville. One of her favorite hobbies was painting in many different mediums for her family and friends, and she greatly enjoyed raising flowers. She is survived by a daughter, Carol Ann Sherwood and her husband, Ronald of Boonville; a son, Lynn Cameron Kingsbury and his wife, Sandy of Greenfield, IN; four grandsons and their wives, Todd and Karen Sherwood, Richard and Erin Sherwood, Chad and Joanne Sherwood, and Scott and Jessica Kingsbury; a granddaughter, Candice Einspahr; nine great-grandchildren, Bradley (Kaitlyn) Sherwood, Mathias Sherwood, twins Rachel and Olivia Sherwood, Cordell Sherwood, Owen Sherwood, Luke Sherwood, Lorelai Einspahr, and Janie Kingsbury; a great-great-granddaughter, Lillianna Sherwood; a brother-in-law and his wife, Keith and Bea Kingsbury of Warminster, PA; and many nieces and nephews in England and Australia. Mrs. Kingsbury was predeceased by her husband, Cameron, a retired executive of the Boonville Branch of Oneida National Bank & Trust Co., who died on April 12, 2009. Her family extends sincere thanks and appreciation to the staff of C-Wing at Sunset for the kind and compassionate care they gave to Vicki while she lived at the nursing home. Her funeral services will be Monday at 11:00 a.m. at the Trainor Funeral Home, Inc., 143 Schuyler Street, Boonville, where Joe Feller, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Boonville, will officiate. Interment will be in Boonville Cemetery. Calling hours are Sunday 4-7 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Sunset Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Resident Activities Fund, 232 Academy St., Boonville, NY 13309, or the American Diabetes Association, UTICA NY Office, Lomond Office Park, 110 Lomond Ct., Utica, NY 13502. Please use the "Sign Guestbook" link below to leave an online message of sympathy or a memory of Vicki.