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

DATE: Monday, July 4, 1994                   TAG: 9407040016
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NEWPORT NEWS                       LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

JOHN F. ELINSKI JR.

John F. Elinski Jr., 65, died Sunday, July 3, 1994.

Mr. Elinski was the retired collection department manager for Nations Bank.

Survivors include his wife, Joyce Elinski; a daughter, Kim E. Parkey of Charlotte, N.C.; a son, Scott Elinski of Hampton; his parents, John and Sophia Elinski of West Point; his uncle, Frank Elinski of West Point; a stepdaughter, Donna K. Sherwood; a stepson, David Faircloth; two grandchildren; and five stepgrandchildren.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, West Point. Burial will be in St. Theresa's Catholic Cemetery, West Point. A Christian vigil will be at 7 p.m. tonight at the Vincent Funeral Home, West Point. Family will receive friends at the home of his parents, John and Sophia Elinski, 210 Dupont St., West Point.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB