Virginia A (Herrera) Wiglesworth

Virginia Anita Herrera Gutierrez Aguirre Wiglesworth, age 83, passed away on May 8th, 2026 in Hermiston, Oregon. Cremation has taken place. Rosary services will be held at 10am Friday, May 22nd, 2026 with a Mass of Christian burial following at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Sidney, NE. 

Virginia Herrera, daughter of Ralph Herrera Sr. and Candelaria (Marez) Herrera, was born in Lingle, Wyoming on May 21, 1942. The family moved to Sidney, Nebraska when she was just a girl. Her love of music and dancing was something she carried throughout her life. She would often enter dance competitions early in her adult life as well as go dancing with friends and family whenever she could. Even in her final days, you would find her dancing in the bed and enjoying the songs being played. 

She was united in marriage to Henry Gutierrez, Sr. on September 7, 1962 in Bridgeport, Nebraska and they had two children together - Henry and Doreen. They spent a lot of time at family get-togethers where she and her sisters could be found making fresh tortillas and spanish food. She worked as a cook for St. Patrick’s Catholic Church for many years. After Henry Sr. passed away on March 5, 1981, she continued to focus on her family and married Victor Aguirre in July of 1983. They moved to many places in California and eventually settled in Hermiston Oregon with their daughter, Annette. There she worked in the potato factory as a line operator until she retired. After her divorce from Victor, she eventually met Eugene Wiglesworth at a grocery store where they were both shopping for quick meals. They fell in love and were married on December 4, 2013. 

Survivors include her children: Doreen (Jason) Scow and Henry (Penny) Gutierrez of Sidney, Nebraska and Annette Aguirre of Hermiston, Oregon; 2 brothers: Mac (Nancy) Herrera of Greeley, Colorado, and Jerry (Julie) Herrera of Sidney, Nebraska; 2 sisters: Liz (Ces) Ramirez and Della Hernandez all of Greeley, Colorado; Victor Aguirre, father of Annette, of Hermiston, Oregon; 6 Grandchildren - Jacob Schaub of Palmdale, California, Joshua Schaub of Sidney, Nebraska, Christopher (Alaina) Gutierrez of Sidney, Nebraska, David (Tori) Gutierrez of Richfield, Minnesota, Eric (Alexa) Gutierrez of Longmont, Colorado, and LaNaya (Derek) Hill of Haslet, Texas; 11 Great Grandchildren - William Sullivan, Logan Sullivan, LaNaya Gutierrez, Isabella Gutierrez, Alex Gutierrez, Noah Gutierrez all of Sidney, Nebraska, Yuliana Gutierrez and Mac Gutierrez of Richfield, Minnesota, Delilah Gutierrez and Charlie Gutierrez of Longmont, Colorado, and Emersyn Hill of Haslet, Texas. 

She is preceded in death by her husbands, Henry Gutierrez Sr. of Sidney, Nebraska and Eugene Wiglesworth of Hermiston, Oregon; 3 brothers - John and his wife Paula of Hermiston, Oregon, Percy and his wife Maria of Sidney, Nebraska, and Ralph and his wife LaDonna Johnson of Sidney, Nebraska; 2 sisters - Mary and her husband John Virgil of Hermiston, Oregon, and Jose and her husband Glen Adolf of Sterling, Colorado 

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Burns Mortuary of Hermiston, Oregon is in care of arrangements.  

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