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

DATE: Tuesday, January 7, 1997              TAG: 9701070196
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: HOWARD COUNTY, MD.                LENGTH:   18 lines

LEWIS E. SEARS

Lewis Edward Sears, 77, died Jan. 4, 1997.

A native of Emporia, Va., he retired in 1981 as a technical illustrator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation with 30 years service. He was a Navy veteran.

Survivors include his wife, Margaret Umphlett Sears of Ellicott City, Md., and many nieces and nephews.

A funeral will be conducted at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Umphlett Funeral Home, Newport News, by the Rev. Louis Clelland. Burial will be in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens, Chesapeake, at 11 a.m. Thursday. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY


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