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

DATE: Wednesday, March 1, 1995               TAG: 9503010411
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

SYLVIA A. JACOBSON

Sylvia A. Jacobson, 88, formerly of Rockbridge Road, Portsmouth, died Feb. 24, 1995, in New York.

She was a native of Philadelphia, Pa., a former member of Gomley Chesed Synagogue, a volunteer at Maryview Hospital for 34 years and the widow of Myer H. Jacobson.

Survivors include a daughter, Carolyn J. Karol and husband, Robert, of New York; a sister, Roslyn Shapiro and husband, Edward, of Bethesda, Md.; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

A graveside service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Thursday in Olive Branch Cemetery by Rabbi Philip S. Krohn. Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, is handling arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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