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DATE: THURSDAY, October 7, 1993                   TAG: 9310070370
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WILLIAMSBURG                                LENGTH: Short

OBIT DEARING, ALETHA M.

DEARING, Aletha M., 83, of Williamsburg, passed away Tuesday, October 5, 1993, in Williamsburg Community Hospital. A native of Roanoke, she had been a Williamsburg resident since 1956. She was a charter member of the Roanoke Chapter #1022, Women of the Moose, past Senior Regent of the Roanoke Moose Lodge #1022, and past member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Williamsburg Volunteer Fire Department. She was a member of the Williamsburg United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, the late Elbert W. (Pop) Dearing, a retired sign painter of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Survivors include three daughters and one son-in-law, Beverly and James Manning of Roanoke, Shirley Evans of Hampton, Betty Weaver of Williamsburg; two sons and daughters-in-law, Robin and JoAnn Dearing of Salem, Versal and Wanda Dearing of Roanoke; one sister, Lizzie Poff of Roanoke; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; five stepgreat-grandchildren. The family will receive friends at Umphlett Funeral Home, Newport News, Friday, October 8, 1993, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Graveside services will be conducted noon Saturday, October 9, 1993, Mountain View Cemetery, Vinton, with the Rev. Howard Peters officiating. 


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