THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, March 24, 1995 TAG: 9503240402
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B8 EDITION: FINAL
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SMC LeRoy P. ``Steve'' Stevens, USN (Ret.), 69, of the 4500 block of John Jay Lane, died March 22, 1995, in a local hospital.
Born in Dunkirk, N.Y., he retired from the Navy after 30 years and also retired from Hogan Diesel of Virginia Inc. He was a member of St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church; Tidewater Lost Chord; and was a member at large of the American Legion. He was a veteran of World War II and Korea.
Survivors include his wife, Charlotte M. Stevens; a son, David Stevens of Jamestown, N.Y.; a sister, Ruth S. Addington of Dunkirk, N.Y.; a brother, Victor E. Stevens of St. Petersburg, Fla.; and two grandsons.
A funeral will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church by Father John Peck, OSB. Burial will be in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. A Christian wake service will be held at 7 p.m. today in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Bayside Chapel, where the family will receive friends following the service. Military honors will be accorded at the grave.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to Virginia Beach Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 945, Virginia Beach, Va. 23451, or the American Cancer Society, 2730 Ellsmere Ave., Norfolk, Va.
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