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DATE: Tuesday, December 5, 1995              TAG: 9512050228
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MARY FLEET LYNCH

Mary Fleet Lynch

PORTSMOUTH - Mary Fleet Graves Lynch, 72, of the 4200 block of Hatton Point Lane, died Dec. 2, 1995, in a Norfolk hospital.

Mrs. Lynch, a native of Portsmouth, was retired from the Chesapeake Public School System. She was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church and its Episcopal Church Women. Other memberships include Portsmouth Emblem Club 252; Auxiliary of Portsmouth General Hospital; Miriam Chapter 94, Order of the Eastern Star; Woman's Club of Portsmouth; Xi Beta Beta of Beta Sigma Phi; and the Board of Directors of the Obici House.

Survivors include her husband, Richard W. ``Henry'' Lynch; three daughters, Peggy Lynch Ricketts of Waynesboro, Va., ViAnn Lynch Farmer of Miller's Tavern, Va., Fleet Lynch Roberts of Midlothian, Va.; a brother, Charles W. Graves Jr. of Newport News, Va.; and five grandchildren, Carter Ricketts, Lawson Ricketts, Katie Farmer, Joe Farmer and Courtney Roberts.

A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Trinity Episcopal Church by the Rev. Dr. Geoffrey M. Hahneman. Burial will be in Olive Branch Cemetery. Friends may join the family today from 7 to 9 p.m. at Baker-Foster Funeral Home, Bennett's Creek Chapel. Memorial donations may be made to a charity of choice.

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