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                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Monday, January 2, 1995                TAG: 9501020014
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   28 lines

JOSEPH A. CIESCO

Joseph A. Ciesco, 81, of the 600 block of Pembroke Ave., died Jan. 1, 1995, in a nursing home.

Mr. Ciesco was a retired sales representative with Sears for 30 years. He was a native of Whiting, Ind., and was a Protestant. He was a member of The American Legion, Post 60; a member of Disabled Veterans Of Foreign Wars, Post 22; and was a Mason and a Shriner in Miami, Fla.

Survivors include his wife, Doris H. Ciesco; two sisters, Molly Dvorscak and Helen Wozniczka, both of Whiting, Ind.; a niece Judy Cronin of Whiting, Ind., and several other nieces and a nephew.

A chapel service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, 1995, in H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments, Norfolk, by the Rev. Paul B. Watlington Jr. Interment will be at a later date. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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