
                         THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
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DATE: THURSDAY, June 16, 1994                    TAG: 9406160398 
SECTION: LOCAL                     PAGE: B2    EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: PORTSMOUTH 
DATELINE: 940616                                 LENGTH: Short

BYRON R. RUSS

{LEAD} Byron ``Barney'' R. Russ, 82, died at home June 15, 1994.

Mr. Russ, an avid bowler, retired after 30 years from the Norfolk Naval Shipyard.

{REST} He is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Bertha; four children: three daughters, Rose Marie Atkinson of Charleston, S.C., Patricia Morgan of Portsmouth, Marilyn Fry of Richmond, and one son, Byron Russ Jr., also of Richmond; two sisters; two brothers; 16 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.

A Christian wake service and viewing will be at 7 p.m. today in Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel. A funeral Mass will be conducted by the Rev. James C. Griffin of the Church of St. Therese in Chesapeake at 11 a.m. on Friday.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the National Parkinson's Foundation.

{KEYWORDS} DEATH OBITUARY

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