Virginia Seay (August 8, 1922 - November 23, 2015) was born in Palo Alto, California, daughter of Welford and Claire Soule Seay. In June 1944 she was united in marriage to James Ploeser, who preceded her in death in 1957.

Ginny attended Polytechnic grade school in San Marino and then South Pasadena High School. She graduated from Vassar College in 1944 with a degree in Music Composition, studying under internationally known composer and music scholar Ernst Krenek, who became her friend and mentor. Under Krenek's guidance, she earned a master's degree from Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota where one of her compositions was performed by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. In 1945 she won a national award for her composition, "San Clemente Low Tide," which was broadcast on national radio.

When Ginny's husband received a Fulbright fellowship to teach abroad in 1949, the family moved to the New Zealand city of Dunedin and remained for five years. In 1954, the family took the long way home, making stops in Australia, Djakarta, Ceylon, and Cairo, and landing in Italy, where they bought a car and toured Europe. Returning to the US by ship, they crossed the country by car to Los Angeles. The family eventually settled in Saratoga, California.

From 1957 to 2013 (aged 91!), Ginny taught in the Catholic School system for the Dioceses of San Francisco and San Jose, decreasing her hours in her later years. She taught first at Sacred Heart School in Saratoga and later at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Redwood City. Her favorite subjects to teach were music, history, and math. Beloved by students, teachers, and parents alike, she was especially effective with the more misunderstood adolescents, with whom she connected, and who respected her in turn.

During the summers Ginny would take her family and others on road trips across the US and even through Europe, tent camping most nights. Virginia is survived by children Monica (JB) Moore of Redwood City, Stephen (Mary) Ploeser of Madison, Wisconsin, and five grandchildren. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her daughter Christine Reese.