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

DATE: Saturday, December 3, 1994             TAG: 9412030205
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

LEROY P. MERKLE SR.

Leroy P. Merkle, Sr., 95, of the 5000 block of Egton Court died Dec. 2, 1994, in Chesapeake.

Mr. Merkle was born in Lima, Ohio. He was a member of Church of the Ascension Catholic Church.

Survivors include his wife, Cecilia Merkle; a daughter, Elaine McGeein of Virginia Beach; a son, Leroy Paul Merkle, Jr. of Toledo, Ohio; 12 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at Church of the Ascension Catholic Church by Father James Park. Altmeyer Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

by CNB