The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Wednesday, January 31, 1996            TAG: 9601310354
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RUTH K. STURGIS

Ruth Kopplin Sturgis, 74, died Jan. 29, 1996. A funeral will be at 2 p.m. today in Doughty Funeral Home, Exmore.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB