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              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, February 9, 1996               TAG: 9602090391
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B8   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   28 lines

SENJA M. SPRATLEY

Senja Mieskolainen Spratley, 72, of the 200 block of Derby Road, died Feb. 6, 1996, in her residence.

She was a native of Fitchburg, Mass., and the widow of Leon N. Spratley. She was a member of Holy Angels Catholic Church, Finnish Club of America.

She is survived by a daughter, Linda S. Gardner and her husband, Joseph, of Gladstone, Va.; niece, Linda Hutchinson of Turnersville, N.J.; nephew, Albert Mieskolainen of Williamstown, N.J.; three grandchildren, Joe, Chris and Lori; and two great-grandchildren.

A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday in Holy Angels Catholic Church by Father James Dorson. Burial will be in Olive Branch Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, today from 7 to 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Holy Angels Catholic Church.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

by CNB