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DATE: Sunday, June 18, 1995                  TAG: 9506180005
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

DAVID L. STEELE

David Linwood Steele, 54, of the 5600 block of N. Greenfield Drive, died June 11, 1995, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

He was a native of Portsmouth, a welder (Shop 26) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard and a member of the NRA and Moose Lodge (NU)898.

Survivors include his wife, Janice Kay Steele; two daughters, Kimberly R. Gazaway and Debbie Betterton of Portsmouth; a son, Elwyn Sweet of Portsmouth; a sister, Barbara Marrin of Portsmouth; and a grandson, Joseph Gazaway.

A funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Loving Funeral Home, Churchland Chapel. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will be at the funeral home from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB