The Virginian-Pilot
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              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, January 4, 1996              TAG: 9601040256
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: JACKSONVILLE, FLA.                 LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

JOSEPH T. STOMMEL

Joseph ``Joey'' Thomas Stommel, 34, a native and former resident of Norfolk, died Dec. 25, 1995.

Joey's memberships include the Catholic Church and the Handicapped Sportsman's Association of Northeast Florida.

He is survived by his parents, Harvey James Stommel and Rose Marie Nicholson Stommel; three brothers, Jeff Stommel, John Stommel, and Robert Stommel; three sisters, Sherry Raker, Patricia Blythe and Michelle Short; and several nieces and nephews.

Memorial services were held at 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 29, 1995, in St. Catherine's Catholic Church, Orange Park, Fla., with Monsignor Vincent Haut officiating. Arrangements by Jacksonville Memory Gardens Funeral Home, 111 Blanding Blvd., Orange Park, Fla.

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