The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Thursday, December 22, 1994            TAG: 9412220447
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B8   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

BEN GORELICK

Ben Gorelick, 80, of Virginia Beach, a retired supermarket manager with various stores in the Tidewater area for 25 years, died Dec. 18, 1994, in a Virginia Beach hospital.

Mr. Gorelick was born in Chicago, Ill. He was an Army veteran of World War II.

Mr. Gorelick is survived by his devoted wife of 52 years, Ruby L. Gorelick; a daughter, Pamela Jo Tyler and her husband, Stephen of Waldorf, Md.; two sons, Michael B. Gorelick and his wife, Barbara of Vacaville, Calif. and Joel S. Gorelick and his wife, Sylvia of Newport News; and four grandsons.

A graveside service was conducted Wednesday, Dec. 21, in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. Memorial donations may be made to Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters. H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Laskin Road Chapel, handled arrangements.

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