COVID NJ: Virginia Crilly sang in choirs, made easy work of crosswords
This story is part of Loved and Lost, a statewide media collaboration working to celebrate the life of every New Jersey resident who died of COVID-19. To learn more and submit a loved one's name to be profiled, visit lovedandlostnj.com. Virginia Crilly could do it all. An English major who graduated magna cum laude from the now-defunct Notre Dame College on Staten Island, she regularly made tatters of the New York Times' revered crossword puzzles. But Crilly's collegiate minors in French and philosophy shined just as often, said her daughter, Donna Crilly of Ramsey. Those who made the...