PORT ALLEGANY — Virginia “Ginger” Andreano, 82, of Port Allegany passed away Monday (Jan. 12, 2026) at Olean (N.Y.) General Hospital.

She was born Aug. 20, 1943, in Port Allegany, the daughter of Harry and Leola Baker Rittburg. On April 11, 1970, in Port Allegany, she married Frederick G. Andreano, who died July 20, 2023.

Ginger was a graduate of Port Allegany High School, Class of 1961, and worked at Pittsburgh-Corning in Port Allegany, and later at Ball-Incon, where she retired as a packer. She was a member of Port Allegany Alliance Church.

She is survived by two daughters, Rhonda Bressan of Port Allegany and Mandi (Kevin) Urich of Elizabethville; two sons, Ronald (Dana) Andreano of Valleyford, Wash., and Randall (Nancy) Andreano of Port Allegany; and nine grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a sister, Ann (Lovell) Stuckey.

A celebration of Ginger’s life will be held at 11 a.m. April 11, 2026, at Port Allegany Alliance Church, 414 E. Mill St., with the Rev. Michael Culver officiating. Burial will be in Grimes Cemetery.

Memorials, if desired, may be made to Veterans Memorial Inc. of Port Allegany.

Arrangements are under direction of Hartle-Tarbox Funeral Homes Inc. Online condolences may be made at hartle-tarboxfuneralhomes.com.