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

DATE: Tuesday, February 28, 1995             TAG: 9502280205
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   27 lines

HARDY L. CASPER

Hardy Leary Casper, 80, died Feb. 25, 1995, in a Virginia Beach hospital.

He was born in Gates County, N.C. and retired in 1982 as a superintendent from Ames & Webb Paving Contractors of Norfolk after 40 years. He was a member of Cool Springs Baptist Church in Eure, N.C., and an Army veteran of World War II.

Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Laursteen Umphlette Casper; a daughter, LaVerne Barkley and a son, Leary Wayne Casper, both of Virginia Beach; and five grandchildren.

A graveside service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Rosewood Memorial Park by the Rev. Robert E. Hobson Jr. The family will be at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Lynnhaven Chapel, from 7 to 8 p.m. today. The family requests that friends join them at the funeral home at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday for the procession to the cemetery for graveside services at 3 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.

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