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DATE: Tuesday, March 7, 1995                 TAG: 9503070193
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MARIA M. MEACHER

Maria Michele ``Lillian'' Meacher, 69, of the 6100 block of Edison Ave., a retired food service manager, died March 5, 1995.

Mrs. Meacher was born in Baltimore and was the widow of Joseph E. Meacher Sr. She was a member of St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church in Virginia Beach.

Survivors include a daughter, Maria ``Lorie'' Molnar of Athens, Tenn.; a son, Joseph Edward Meacher Jr. of Virginia Beach; two sisters, Margaret G. Moffitt and Rosina G. Powell, both of Ocean View, Del.; three grandchildren, Shelly Bauer, Ray D. Barrett and Lauren Meacher; and one great-grandchild, Ashley Rae Bauer.

A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday in Smith & Williams Funeral Home, Kempsville Chapel, by Father Luke Policicchio. Burial will be in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 7 to 8 p.m. and Wednesday from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 8 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.

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