The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Wednesday, December 14, 1994           TAG: 9412140384
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   27 lines

LEO D. RUSS SR.

Leo Daniel Russ Sr., 71, of the 1100 block of Olive Road, retired owner and operator of Leo's Body Shop, died Dec. 12, 1994, in Sentara Leigh Hospital, Norfolk.

Mr. Russ was born in Ashland, Va. He was a Pentecostal.

Survivors include his wife, Patricia Collier Russ of Virginia Beach; a daughter, Sheri L. Russ Williams of Norfolk; a son, Leo Daniel Russ Jr. of Norfolk and a stepson, Frederick H. ``Lucky'' Allen Jr. of Norfolk; mother-in-law, Gertrude Horton of Virginia Beach; two brothers, Harry C. Russ Jr. of Norfolk and brother-in-law, Tony Wright of Virginia Beach; several nieces, nephews and cousins.

The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in Smith & Williams Funeral Home, Kempsville Chapel. Burial will be in Colonial Grove Memorial Park. You may visit the family at the funeral home tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. and at other times you may visit the family at 1212 Acredale Road, Virginia Beach.

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