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DATE: Tuesday, August 2, 1994                TAG: 9408020253
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MARGARET J. BURNS

Margaret Jordan Burns, 80, of the 4100 block of Santa Maria Drive, died Aug. 1, 1994, in a Portsmouth hospital.

Mrs. Burns was a native of Norfolk County and was the widow of John Raymond Burns Sr. She was retired from General Electric.

Survivors include a son, John R. Burns Jr. of Chesapeake; a sister, Phyllis Ladd of Littleton, N.C.; a brother, Joseph S. Jordan of Suffolk; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, by the Rev. David Phillips. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Chesapeake Rescue Squad.

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