The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, February 21, 1995             TAG: 9502210221
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   31 lines

RICHARD J. TETLAK SR.

Richard Joseph Tetlak Sr., 67, of the 700 block of Queen Elizabeth Drive, died Feb. 19, 1995, in Virginia Beach.

Mr. Tetlak was born in Reading, Pa., and was a retired chief radioman for the U.S. Navy after 22 years of service. He was a member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church, Virginia Beach, and was a Navy veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam.

Survivors include his wife, Loretta Johnson Tetlak; two daughters, Ann L. Tetlak and Mary L. Williams, both of Virginia Beach; three sons, Richard Jospeh Tetlak Jr., John F. Tetlak and Michael P. Tetlak, all of Virginia Beach; one sister, Virginia Turrisi of Reading, Pa.; one brother, Paul Tetlak of Reading, Pa.; four grandchildren; and one step-granddaughter.

The funeral will be conducted Thursday, Feb. 23, 1995, at 1 p.m. by Father James M. Noto in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Lynnhaven Chapel. Burial will be private. The family will be at the funeral home Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Diabetes Association.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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