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DATE: Tuesday, February 28, 1995             TAG: 9502280220
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

IDA M. KOON

Ida Mae Koon, 92, formerly of Barclay Ave., Portsmouth, died Feb. 27, 1995, in Suffolk.

She was a native of Peake, S.C., and a member of Holy Communion Lutheran Church in Portsmouth.

Survivors include her husband, John Brooks Koon; four daughters, Bettie Allen of Farmville, N.C., Dorothy Robertson of Fallbrook, Calif., Alva Bowers and Lorraine McGinn, both of Chesapeake; 11 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

A graveside service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens by Dr. Dennis D. Buchholz. The family will receive friends at Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today. Memorial donations may be made to Holy Communion Lutheran Church.

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