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

DATE: Tuesday, March 28, 1995                TAG: 9503280204
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

RICHARD D. GALIETTI

Richard David Galietti, 28, of the 1200 block of Minden Road, a pipefitter, died March 26, 1995 in Norfolk.

Mr. Galietti was born in Norfolk and was employed with Local Plumbers & Pipefitters Union (NU)110.

Survivors include his parents, Janice Murphy Joplin and Gary D. Joplin and one sister, Jody Iacovetto, all of Virginia Beach; his maternal grandparents, Norma and Lewis Westmoreland of Chesapeake; his paternal grandmother, Kathleen Joplin of Greenville, Ill.; and his father, Richard Byrd of Tidewater.

A funeral service will be held on Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Graham Funeral Home, South Norfolk Chapel, by the Rev. David Libengood. Burial will be in Charity United Methodist Church Cemetery, Virginia Beach. The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 7 to 8 p.m. and at the residence at all other times.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB