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DATE: Tuesday, August 2, 1994                TAG: 9408020260
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DATELINE: COURTLAND                          LENGTH: Short :   28 lines

MAGDALENE S. BATTA

Magdalene Laslow Sipiczky Batta, 85, of Andrewson Drive, died Saturday, July 30, 1994, in Southampton Memorial Hospital.

Mrs. Batta was a native of New York. She was retired from Jones-Hayes Company in Franklin and was a member of Courtland United Methodist Church.

Survivors include one daughter, Mary S. Johnson of Mechanicsville, Va.; three sons, Andrew E. Sipiczky of Courtland, Robert P. Sipiczky of Arcadia, Fla., and Daniel Batta Jr. of Severna Park, Md.; a sister, Elizabeth L. Lang of Norfolk; a brother, William Laslow of Tampa, Fla.; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her first husband, Andrew Sipiczky.

A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Riverside Cemetery with the Rev. John Wimer officiating. The family will receive friends at Wright Funeral Home, Franklin, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today and suggests memorial donations be made to the American Diabetes Association, 101 W. Plume St., Norfolk, Va. 23510, or a favorite charity.

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