THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, August 22, 1995 TAG: 9508220264
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B4 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH LENGTH: Short : 40 lines
William Francis Augustine O'Grady, 75, of the 400 block of Washington St., died Aug. 21, 1995, in Portsmouth General Hospital.
He was a native of Northampton, Mass., and retired in 1985 from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. He was a member of the Annunciation Church in Florence, Mass., and was a friend of Monumental United Methodist Church, Portsmouth. He was also a member of the American Legion Post (NU)41 in Washington, D.C., and was a graduate of 1940 Class of Holy Cross. He was a Navy Air Corps Lt. j.g. in World War II.
He is survived by his wife, Maris Frances O'Grady; two daughters, Susan G. Carbiener and her husband Gerald A. Carbiener of Oakland, Calif., and Catherine G. Tasselli and her husband J. Thomas Tasselli of Roanoke; two sons, John Joseph O'Grady of Corpus Christi, Texas, and Heinz H. Gudera of Sao Paulo, Brazil; three sisters, Anne Larareo of Florence, Mass., Margaret Leon of Fort Lee, N.J., and Marcella Labato of Florence, Mass.; two brothers-in-law, Francis H. Shepard of Northampton, Mass., and Paul Labato of Florence, Mass.; three grandchildren, J. Anthony Tasselli, Christina D. Tasselli and Eric B. Gudera; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by two sisters, Kathleen Shepard and Mary Holhut.
The family will recieve friends at the Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, this evening from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Services will be held in The Annunciation Church, Florence, Mass., with John F. O'Connell Funeral Home, Northampton, in charge. Burial will be in the O'Grady Family Plot in St. Mary's Cemetery in Northampton. Memorial donations may be made to the College of Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass. 01610 or to Monumental United Methodist Church, Portsmouth. ILLUSTRATION: Personal photo
KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB