The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, January 4, 1997             TAG: 9701040643
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                           LENGTH:   18 lines

LEONARD J. KREAHLING SR.

Leonard J. Kreahling Sr., 78, of Walters Drive, died Jan. 3, 1997.

Mr. Kreahling, a native of Turtle Creek, Pa., had retired from the Navy after 32 years as a warrant officer.

Survivors include his wife, Mary Belote Kreahling of Norfolk; a daughter, Deborah Downing of Spring, Texas; a son, Leonard Joseph Kreahling Jr. of Norfolk; a brother, Robert Paul Kreahling and his wife, Nelda, of White Oak, Pa.; and two grandchildren, Mark and Melony Bonwell of Spring, Texas.

A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Smith & Williams Funeral Home, Norfolk Chapel.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY


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