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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 24, 1993                   TAG: 9303240298
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG,                                LENGTH: Short

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OBIT STEBAR, OPAL RATCLIFFE

STEBAR, Opal Ratcliffe, 86, of Christiansburg, died Sunday, March 21, 1993, in the Grotta Rehabilitation Center, West Orange, N. J. She was a retired employee of Imperial Reading and is survived by one son, Russell F. Stebar, Shelby, Mich.; one daughter, Evelyn S. Helms, South Orange, N.J.; three grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Thursday, March 25, at the graveside in the Williams Cemetery, Craig County. The family will receive friends from 7 until 9 Wednesday evening at the Richardson-Horne Funeral Home.

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