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                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, February 18, 1996              TAG: 9602180266
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MARY B. EWALD

Mary Bain Ewald, 95, of the 600 block of Kingsborough Square, died Feb. 17, 1996, in a local nursing home.

She was a native of Portsmouth and the widow of William A. Ewald.

She is survived by two daughters, Margaret Sampson of Andover, Va., and Gwen Swofford of Chesapeake; two sons, William A. Ewald Jr. of Knotts Island, N.C., and Robert J. Ewald of Suffolk; 15 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; and 8 great-great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by a son, Earl A. Ewald.

A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday by the Rev. Robert Hastings in Colonial Grove Memorial Park. Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Great Bridge Chapel, in charge.

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