Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. Courtaway, Virginia, of O'Fallon, Missouri, died on Thursday, February 12, 2009, at the age of 85. Dearest wife of the late Edward J. Courtaway; dear daughter of the late Edward and the late Elsa Meyer; loving mother of Tom Courtaway and Pat (Michael) Trask; cherished grandmother of Eric Courtaway and Melissa Trask; treasured great-grandmother of Libby Courtaway; dear sister of Grace Harmon. She is preceded in death by her granddaughter, Katie Trask. She and her late husband, Edward, owned CTH Building & Realty Company where she was a Secretary for 25 years. Virginia was a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church in St. Charles.