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DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 29, 1994                    TAG: 9406290326 
SECTION: LOCAL                     PAGE: B2    EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: CHESAPEAKE 
DATELINE: 940629                                 LENGTH: Short

JEROME R. BRETZ

{LEAD} Jerome R. Bretz, 68, of the 2400 block of Armor Lane, died June 28, 1994, in Chesapeake.

Mr. Bretz was born in Aitkin, Minn. He retired on July 1, 1973, from the U.S. Navy as a master chief petty officer after 30 years of service and was currently vice president of Hercules Fence Inc., Norfolk. He was a veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam.

{REST} Survivors include his wife, Sumalee K. Bretz; one son, R. Dale Bretz of Newport News; his mother, Mary Chaney of Florida; three sisters, Lillian McCullough of Florida, Audrey Bellak of Illinois and Kathleen Lindroth of California; two granddaughters, Angelia Bretz and Casey Bretz, both of Newport News; three nieces, Roxanne Bretz of Illinois, Kathy Bretz and Krista Bretz, both of Louisiana; and three nephews, Lee Bretz of Minnesota, Joe Bretz of Louisiana and Verasak Singhaseni of Newport News.

A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Indian River Chapel, by Father Merritt P. Jones. Burial will be in Rosewood Memorial Park. The family will be at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Full military honors will be accorded at the grave.

{KEYWORDS} DEATH OBITUARY

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