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Patricia Anne Brown
Aug 23, 2014
Patricia Anne Brown was born in Ancon Canal Zone, Republic of Panama on July 11, 1942 to Nathaniel and Charlotte Weeks. She migrated to the United States in March of 1962. Her professional career as a nurse began 40 years ago. Her nursing education began in Oklahoma where she earned an Associate Degree in Nursing from Bacone College. She then...
Richard Earl Hudson
Aug 22, 2014
Richard Earl Hudson, 69, died Friday, August 22, 2014. He was a native and lifelong Hampton Roads resident. He retired from the Hampton Fire Department and worked for numerous government contractors at NASA. A member of Langley Baptist Church, he served as an usher and was a member of the Mature Adult Sunday School Class. Survivors include his wife of...
Sandra Sue Ratta
Aug 22, 2014
Sandra Sue Ratta, (nee Huey), formerly of Wadsworth, OH, departed this earth on August 22, 2014. She was born in Akron, OH on July 26, 1946 to Calvin and Leola Huey. Preceded in death by her parents, her siblings, Paul and Eileen, and her daughter, Brenda; survivors include her son, Kevin (Tammy), daughters, Bernice and Dana; seven grandchildren; her niece,...
Faye Gregg Bishop
Aug 21, 2014
Faye Gregg Bishop, 81, died Thursday, August 21, 2014. A native of Wilmington, NC, she was a longtime Newport News resident. She retired as a nurse from Riverside Convalescent Center in Hampton in 2005 after 32 years of service. She loved her family very much and considered her life very complete. Preceded in death by her parents, Elwood and James...
Andrew John Czechowski
Aug 20, 2014
CW4 Andrew John Czechowski, U. S. Army Ret., 59, passed away Wednesday, August 20, 2014. Born in Milwaukee, WI, he has been a resident of Chesapeake for 21 years. Andrew Retired from the U.S. Army in 2002 after 31 years, which included service during the Vietnam and Persian Gulf Wars. He earned a Masters in Musical Arts and served as...
Abner Ray Keever
Aug 20, 2014
Abner Ray Keever, 79, died Wednesday, August 20, 2014. Born in Lincolnton, NC he had been a Hampton resident for most of his life. Abner had served in the Army and worked in the shipyard as a sheetmetal worker. He was a Christian and loved the Lord. Abner is survived by his wife, Patsy Keever; daughters, Patricia Goodhart and husband...
Robert Raymond Dessoffy, Sr.
Aug 18, 2014
Robert Raymond Dessoffy, Sr., 78, passed away Monday, August 18, 2014. Born in Cleveland, Bob was born of parents who once occupied the Hungarian throne, the Dessewffy noble family. He served four years in the U. S. Army and then began a long and distinguished career with Exxon Mobile Company, retiring in 1997 as a regional district manager for the...
Thomas Vincent Moore
Aug 14, 2014
Thomas V. Moore, Jr. lost his battle with cancer and passed away on Thursday, August 14, 2014. He was born in Hampton and resided in Pasquotank Co, North Carolina. Thomas is survived by two sons, Steve Moore and Jon Moore; grandchildren; his mother Ruth and step-father, Edker Saunders; his four siblings and their spouses, Kathleen (KG) and Dennis Leggette, Vivian...
Sherwood David Hulon
Aug 12, 2014
Sherwood David Hulon, 84, passed away Tuesday, August 12, 2014. Born in Latta, South Carolina, he served in the Army where he spent 2 ½ years as a POW during the Korean War. Sherwood is survived by his wife of 60 years, Addie Hulon; daughter, Cheryl Noggle; son, Steven Hulon and his wife, Angelique Hulon; three grandsons, Jonathan Hulon, Christopher...
Scott Bryant
Aug 12, 2014
Scott Bryant, 52, died Tuesday, August 12, 2014. A native of Buena Vista, VA, he had been a Hampton resident for the last 35 years where he graduated from Pembroke High School. He was preceded in death by his mother and step-father, Sheila and Tom Undercoffer and his father, Thomas Bryant. Services at Rockbridge Memorial Gardens in Lexington will be...
Jane B Taylor
Aug 11, 2014
Jane B. Taylor, 82, died Monday, August 11, 2014. Born in Staunton she had been a Hampton resident since 1952. Jane retired from civil service as executive support officer to the commanding general of TAC at LAFB after 40 years of service. She was an active member of Central United Methodist Church and Alpha Chi Master Chapter of Beta Sigma...
Gerald Joseph Romonoski
Aug 11, 2014
Gerald Joseph "Jerry" Romonoski, 81, entered into eternal peace on August 11, 2014, surrounded by his loving family. The youngest of 11 children, he was born Dec. 2, 1932 in Pennsylvania to Frances and Catherine Romonoski. Jerry was a loving and deeply devoted husband, father, and grandfather; and a friend to everyone who knew him. He is survived by his...
Barbara Jean Wilson
Aug 10, 2014
Barbara Jean Wilson, 82, died Sunday, August 10, 2014. A native of Ontario, OR, she had been a Hampton resident since 1962. She dedicated her life to Jehovah in 1968. As an Army wife, she lived many places including the Panama Canal Zone, Japan, Idaho, New York, and Washington State. She enjoyed painting, arts and crafts, cooking and sewing. Survivors...
John David Bordeaux
Aug 9, 2014
John "Bo" Bordeaux, passed away unexpectedly in Chesapeake on August 9, 2014. Bo was preceded in death by his mother Carolyn "Mema " Hornsby. He is survived by his father, David Bordeaux; children, Jennifer, Jessica, Melissa, Ashley and John, Jr.; sisters, Leesa Evert and her husband Ed and Tracie Beeler and her husband Ronnie; brother, Keith Bordeaux and his wife...
Francis Joseph Glawson, Jr.
Aug 5, 2014
Francis "Frank" Joseph Glawson, Jr, 72, passed away peacefully at his home in Buckroe on August 4, 2014. Frank was born in New London, CT on December 11, 1941 and was a retired airline pilot from Piedmont/US Air Airlines. He was an avid sailor, loved the opera and Mt. Gay Rum and was a member of Council 511 of the...
Dale Thomas Foster
Aug 4, 2014
Dale Thomas Foster, 64, died Monday, August 4, 2014. A native of Hampton and lifelong resident of the Peninsula, Dale graduated from Kecoughtan High School. He worked many years as an auto mechanic and then as a lawn mower technician at Sears until retiring in 1997. Dale is survived by his wife, Kathleen Foster; children, Christina Marie Foster, Cheryl Brooke...
William Reginald Sanders
Aug 4, 2014
William Reginald Sanders, 57, went to be with the Lord, Monday, August 4, 2014. He was preceded in death by his father, William H. Sanders. Surviving are his daughter, Brittney Samuels (Germaine); parents, Mary D. and Robert Hunt; sisters and brothers, Jewel S. Jackson (Don), Gerald Sanders (Pete), James Sanders (Amanda) and Jenny Brooks; grandchildren, Madyson Outlaw and Mikalah Samuels;...
John Edward Doyle
Aug 4, 2014
John Edward Doyle, born in Holton, Kansas, died in Hampton, Virginia on August 4, 2014 at the age of 94. John is now with his beloved son, Donald Lee Doyle, together in the arms of their Lord. He is survived by his wife, Emily S. Doyle, their children, John A. Doyle and his wife, Rosemarie, of Portsmouth, Virginia, Josephine C....
Nannie Marie Walton Henderson
Aug 2, 2014
Nannie Marie Walton Henderson, 75, died Saturday, August 2, 2014. Born in Newport News, she had lived in Hampton for the last 75 years where she worked at Mrs. Walton's Sandwiches, retiring in 2003. She graduated from Hampton High School in 1957 and was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Preceded in death by her husband, Robert Lee Henderson, a...
Lyman Victor Johnston
Aug 1, 2014
Lyman V. "Vic" Johnston, 60, died Friday, August 1, 2014. Born in Indiana he served in the US Air Force for twenty years, retiring at Langley Air Force Base in 1994. Vic then worked as Chief Of Community Relations at Langley for 19 years. Vic was a member of the Langley Civic Leaders Association, Antique Wireless Association, Mid Atlantic Antique...

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