The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
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DATE: Tuesday, December 12, 1995             TAG: 9512120240
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RICHARD R. HENDREN SR.

United States Navy Lt. (Ret.) Richard Robert Hendren Sr., 68, of the 5000 block of Andover Road, died Dec. 10, 1995, in Sentara Leigh Hospital.

Richard was born April 1, 1928, in Bremerton, Wash. He was a U.S. Navy Lt. Supply Officer and retired in 1967 after 22 years of service. He was a veteran the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He also was retired from Green Gifford Car Center where he worked for 10 years. He was a member of the Naval Fleet Reserve and the Retired Officers Club.

Survivors include his wife, Claudia E. Hendren; three daughters, Vicki Sue Blett, Wanda Lou Bowden, Sonya Gail Hendren, all of Virginia Beach; two brothers, Wayne Hendren of Spokane, Wash.; one sister, Peggy Hudson of Oregon; four grandchildren, Chris, John, Katie, Richard; and two great-grandchildren, Sara and Taylor.

A chapel service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday in H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Laskin Road Chapel, by the Rev. Andrew MacBeth. The family will receive friends Wednesday in the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. Burial will be at Eastern Shore Chapel Cemetery with full Military Honors. Memorial donations may be made to the Diabetes Institute Foundation, P.O. Box 1980, Norfolk, Va. 23501, or the Kempsville Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 347, Virginia Beach, Va. 23462.

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