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DATE: Saturday, May 4, 1996                  TAG: 9605040336
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FRANCES A. LAMASTRA

Frances Anne Lamastra passed into eternal life May 2, 1996, after a courageous battle with cancer.

She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, and friend to many, and to most she was ``Mom.'' She owned and operated Nick's Restaurant until her illness. She was born in Highland Springs, Va., the daughter of the late Robert and Bessie Sadler Sr. She was predeceased by her husband, Nicholas M. Lamastra Jr.

She is survived by her children: two daughters, Frances Marie (Mickey) Lamastra and Cheryl L. Frazier and her husband, David S. Frazier; a son, Nicholas M. Lamastra III; four grandchildren, Abby, Jess, Shawn, and Nicholas; and a brother, Robert R. Sadler Jr. and his wife, Mary Rose Sadler, of Farmville, Va.

Mrs. Lamastra was a member of the Talbot Park Baptist Church, and the Esther Bible Class of the church.

The funeral will be held at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Tidewater Drive Chapel, on Sunday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Keith Martin officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 7 to 8 p.m. The family will assemble at the residence following the services.

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