DATE: Tuesday, August 19, 1997              TAG: 9708190210

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B8   EDITION: FINAL 

DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                    LENGTH:   28 lines

ELVIRA B. CARMICHAEL

Elvira Banghart Carmichael of Virginia Beach, retired from the U.S. Postal Service after 22 years, died Aug. 16, 1997, in her residence.

A native of New Jersey, Mrs. Carmichael was born Feb. 12, 1933, to the late Harold Banghart and Vera Annunziatato Banghart. Out of a family with 10 children, she was the fourth child. She was the widow of Robert H. Carmichael and was preceded in death by two sisters and a brother.

She is survived her daughter, Gail Ann Ragland of Tulsa, Okla.; her son, Robert Donald Carmichael of Virginia Beach; and her grandson, Michael Tracy of Tulsa. She also is survived by three brothers, Harold Banghart of Connecticut, Bruce Banghart of Virginia Beach, John Banghart of Oregon; three sisters, Constance Petrillo of Orlando, Fla., Gloria Callinan of Virginia Beach, Harriett Mele of New York; a great uncle, John Annunziatato and his wife, Jean, of Florida; a best friend, Norman Orgal of Virginia Beach, plus a host of many other family members and friends.

A Mass of the Resurrection will be conducted at 11 a.m. today at St. Nicholas Catholic Church by Father James Noto. Burial will be at Princess Anne Memorial Park. The family asks that memorial donations may be made to the Hospice Program. H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Laskin Road Chapel, is handling arrangements. KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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