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DATE: Monday, April 22, 1996                 TAG: 9604220019
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JAMES J. SCHURKO SR.

Chief Petty Officer James Joseph Schurko Sr., USN (Ret.), 54, of the 1400 block of Glendale Ave., died April 14, 1996, in a Portsmouth hospital.

Born in Yonkers, N.Y., he retired from the Navy after 20 years and was a member of Fleet Reserve Association. He was Catholic.

Survivors include a son, James Joseph Schurko Jr. of New York City.

Burial will be at sea by the U.S. Navy at a later date. The family will receive friends at Snellings Funeral Home, George Washington Highway Chapel, from 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB