DATE: Sunday, October 5, 1997               TAG: 9710050016

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CHARLES J. ALLAIN

Retired U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Charles Joseph Allain, 68, of the 2700 block of Murray Ave., died Oct. 3, 1997, in a local hospital.

A native of Andover, Mass., Lt. Cmdr. Allain had retired from the Navy after 25 years of service and from J.C. Penneys as a manager. He was a member of Little Creek Amphibious Base Chapel in Virginia Beach.

Lt. Cmdr Allain was a member of the V.F.W., Disabled American Veterans 20, Retired Officers Association, 3rd and 4th Degree Member of The Knights of Columbus 367.

Survivors include his wife, Helen Mary Allain; a daughter, Roberta Ann Wood of Norfolk; a son, Charles J. Allain Jr. of Norfolk; three sisters, Dolores Chasse of East Falmouth, Mass., and Doris Plantamura and Marie Smith, both of Methuen, Mass.; four brothers, Bernard Allain of Brockton, Mass., Thomas Allain of Lawrence, Mass., Donald Allain of New Hampshire and Joseph Roger Allain of Salem, N.H.; and four grandchildren, Matthew Allain, Katie Allain, Melissa Wood and Kimberly Wood.

A memorial service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 6, 1997, at Little Creek Amphibous Base Chapel. Interment will follow in Hampton National Cemetery with military honors.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Knights of Columbus Council 367, 5201 Kennebeck Ave., Norfolk, Va. 23509, or the American Cancer Society, 2730 Ellsmere Ave., Norfolk, Va. 23513. H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments, Norfolk Chapel, is handling arrangments. KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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