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DATE: Saturday, December 16, 1995            TAG: 9512160205
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ROBERT S. PAGE JR.

Robert S. Page Jr.

NORFOLK - Robert Shakleford Page Jr., 69, of the 700 block of Shirley Ave., died Dec. 13, 1995.

Mr. Page was born in Norfolk on Sept. 7, 1926, the son of the late Robert S. Page Sr. and Pattie Moring Page. He graduated from Augusta Military Academy in 1944. He was an Army Veteran of World War II. He attended the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, majoring in English and journalism. He worked for a short time for the Norfolk newspapers and later in New York before returning to Norfolk and settling into his life career with the Department of Defense. He retired from the Naval Supply Center in 1982 after 30 years of service. He was a member of Christ and St. Luke's Church.

He is survived by his life companion of 45 years, Carl E. Sykes Jr.; a sister, Aline Page Echols of Norfolk; nieces, Jane Johnston Echols Meador of Courtland, Va., Beverly Moring Echols Keilty of Portsmouth; and a nephew, Robert Page Echols of Norfolk; and a dear and devoted friend, Minnie Sivels; nine great-nieces and nephews, and several cousins.

A chapel service will be conducted at 11 a.m. today at H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Norfolk, by the Rev. Charles A. Joy. Memorial donations may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 101 W. Plume Street, Norfolk, Va.

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