Virginia "Ginger" Adams, 70, of Carbondale, PA, died Sunday, June 25, 2017 at Celtic Hospice, Wilkes Barre, PA, after a lengthy illness. Born April 1, 1947 in Carbondale, daughter of the late James and Antoinette Gigliotti Adams, she was a graduate of Benjamin Franklin High School and St. Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing, both of Carbondale. Ginger was a retired registered nurse having been employed at Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington, DC, St. Joseph's Hospital, Carbondale and Mid Valley Hospital, Peckville, PA. She was a member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Carbondale and was the secretary of the Benjamin Franklin Apartment Association. She is survived by her sister-in-law: Mary Carol Adams of Carbondale, PA; nephew and nieces:, James A. Adams and wife Francine, Jovanna Perri and husband Carm and Mariana Brennan and husband Joseph; great nephews and great nieces: A.J. Adams, Joseph and Riley Brennan, Aria, Rosemary and Gianna Perri and Austin Davis. She was also preceded in death by a brother: Anthony Adams. Friends called Sunday, July 2, 2017 from 4-6 p.m. at Carmine J. & Louis C. Parise Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., 89 Farview Street, Carbondale. A Catholic blessing service was held at 6:00 p.m. Interment, Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery, Greenfield Township, PA. Visitation at Funeral Home 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Sunday, July 2, 2017 Carmine J. & Louis C. Parise Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc. 89 Farview Street Carbondale, Pennsylvania, United States 18407 Funeral Service 6:00 pm Sunday, July 2, 2017 Carmine J. & Louis C. Parise Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc. 89 Farview Street Carbondale, Pennsylvania, United States 18407 Final Resting Place Our Mother Of Sorrows Cemetery 400 State Route 106 Greenfield Township, Pennsylvania, United States 18407