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Virginia Evrard, devoted her life to church, has died

Virginia Evrard was a Protestant up until the age of 14. Then she converted to Roman Catholicism - and ended up devoting her life to the church.

She became a well-known and beloved figure at St. Ignatius of Antioch Martyr Church in Long Beach. For 30 years, from 1937 to 1967, she served as secretary to the parish's founding priest, the Rev. John A. Cass.

When Cass retired, Evrard moved...

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