The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Sunday, May 5, 1996                    TAG: 9605050012
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   28 lines

MARY L. SHANK

Mary Luella Shank, 70, of Larchmont, died May 3, 1996, in a Norfolk hospital.

She was a native of Broughton, Ill., and the widow of James E. Shank. She was a member of Larchmont United Methodist Church, and she was a U.S. Naval veteran of World War II.

She is survived by two daughters, Susan S. Cobb of Chesapeake, Kathy S. Laser and her husband, Scott, of Virginia Beach; sister, Betty Breeze of Mount Vernon, Ind.; four grandchildren, Braden Cobb, John Cobb IV, Jared Laser, and Zachary Laser; and several nieces and nephews.

A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday by Dr. Jerry O. Campbell and the Rev. Lewis Morgan in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Tidewater Drive Chapel. The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 6 to 7 p.m. Contributions may be made to the M.S. Society or to the American Heart Association.

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