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

DATE: Saturday, December 2, 1995             TAG: 9512020520
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
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GILDA BLAND

Gilda Bland

NORFOLK - Gilda ``Jill'' Bland, 62, died Nov. 30, 1995, in a local hospital.

She was born in Philadelphia and lived in Norfolk for the past 34 years.

Survivors include her husband, Charlie Bland; a daughter, Cyndi, and son-in-law, Ronald Coburn, of Norfolk; grandsons, Brandon and Shannon of Norfolk, and Drew Bland of Ohio; three sisters, Mary Itri and Helen Martorelli of Philadelphia and Dolly Williams of Fredericksburg, Md.; three brothers, Peter, Albert and Joseph Monaco of the Philadelphia area; and a stepson, Jay Bland of Ohio.

She was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary and cootie Auxiliary Post, 3160 Ocean View.

A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 4, 1995, in Forest Lawn Cemetery with Father Edward L. Richardson officiating. There will be a Christian Wake service at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Tidewater Drive Chapel, at 7 p.m. Sunday, with the family receiving friends afterward.

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