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DATE: Thursday, October 17, 1996            TAG: 9610170283
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RUBY M. NATOLI

Ruby Mae Natoli, 76, died Oct. 16, 1996.

A native of Portsmouth, she was the widow of Ollie Natoli. She was a past member of Daughters of America and a cook.

Survivors include her daughters, Patricia Smith of Salt Lake City, Utah, Maria Holbrook of Phoenix, Ariz., and Audrey Maricich of Los Angeles; sisters, Lurline D. Carey of Chesapeake, Mary Helen Pierce of Puyallup, Wash., Florence M. Jones of Ocala, Fla., Grace D. Andrews of Gretna, Va., and Marie Holmes of Suffolk; brothers, Michael J. Dowson and Peter W. Dowson Sr., both of Portsmouth; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

A graveside funeral service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Friday in Olive Branch Cemetery by the Rev. Ron Rice. Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, is in charge. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. today. Friends are invited to visit at the home of Marie Holmes.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB