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

DATE: Thursday, July 6, 1995                 TAG: 9507060320
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   19 lines

GENE FOERTSCH

Gene Foertsch, age 53, died July 4, 1995, at Maryview Hospital.

Survivors include a sister, Dorothy Hodge of Portsmouth; a brother, George Foertsch of New York; a daughter, Lorrie Wiggins of Troy, N.Y.; four grandchildren and one step-grandchild, all of Troy; and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral arrangements are pending. Snellings Funeral Home is in charge.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB