The Virginian-Pilot
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              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, February 6, 1997            TAG: 9702060283
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                    LENGTH:   22 lines

MARK E. MCKRACHERNE

Mark Edward McKracherne, 27, of the 3900 block of Water Oak Road died Feb. 2,1997, at his residence.

A native of Long Beach, Calif., he was a member of Bass Anglers Society and was a welder for Osborne Welding.

Survivors include his mother, Linda Kay McKracherne, and father, Ralph Edward McKracherne of Virginia Beach; a sister, Dawn McKracherne-Collings of Chambersburg, Pa.; paternal grandmother, Theda Coombs of Mesa, Calif.; maternal grandparents, Frederick Peterson and Margaret Peterson, both of Toledo, Ohio; and two nephews, Sean Henry Collings and Samuel Hunter Collings.

A memorial service will be conducted at 6 p.m. today in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Lynnhaven Chapel, by the Rev. Daniel J. Cooper. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to Kings Grant Baptist Church World Hunger Fund.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY


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