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

DATE: Thursday, May 18, 1995                 TAG: 9505180646
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NEWPORT NEWS                       LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

TILLIE S. DIAMONDSTEIN

Tillie S. Diamondstein died Wednesday, May 17, 1995, in James River Convalescent Center.

A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., she had been a Peninsula resident since March 1942. She was a member of Rodef Sholom Temple.

Survivors include her daughter, Sophie Levinson of Boynton Beach, Fla.; her son, Myron Diamondstein of Virginia Beach; her sister, Betty Rose of Brooklyn; her brother, Arnold Scharfman of New York; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the Hebrew Cemetery by Rabbi Efraim Warshaw. Peninsula Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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