THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

                         THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
                 Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 1, 1994                    TAG: 9406010416 
SECTION: LOCAL                     PAGE: D2    EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: VIRGINIA BEACH 
DATELINE: 940601                                 LENGTH: Short 

MARY L. DECOSI

{LEAD} Mary Louise DeCosi of the 4400 block of Paul Jones Lane, a retired supervisor, died May 30, 1994, in a Virginia Beach hospital.

Miss DeCosi was a native of Norfolk and a lifelong resident of Norfolk and Virginia Beach. She was a member of St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church in Virginia Beach and The Legion of Mary and was a graduate of St. Mary's Academy, Norfolk, class of 1933. She had retired from National Linen Service after 18 years.

{REST} Survivors include a sister, Vincent DeCosi Smith of Virginia Beach; two brothers, Al J. DeCosi and his wife, Kathryne, of Virginia Beach and Joseph Francis DeCosi and his wife, Mildred, of Southern Shores, N.C.; and two nephews, Joseph Vincent and Paul Anthony Trovato, both of Virginia Beach.

A Mass of Christian Burial service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church by the Rev. Pascal Kneip. Burial will be in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Norfolk. The family will receive friends at H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Laskin Road Chapel, Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m. The Rosary will be recited during this hour. Memorial contributions may be made to the School Building fund of St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church.

{KEYWORDS} DEATH OBITUARY

by CNB