* Virginia Haugh Castle; Ex-Leader of National Assistance League

Virginia Haugh Castle, 89, Orange County community service volunteer who was a past president of the National Assistance League and state winner of the league’s prestigious Ann Banning award. Mrs. Castle began her volunteer work with the Red Cross at the Santa Ana Army Air Base hospital during World War II, setting up the first recreation program for patients returning from combat. An active member of the Newport Beach Assistance League for 44 years, she was honored by the naming of its auxiliary as the Virginia Castle Auxiliary. She had also served on Gov. Edmund G. (Pat) Brown’s state Safety Commission. On Dec. 25 in Newport Beach.