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DATE: Friday, September 29, 1995             TAG: 9509290415
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RAMON J. FOGATA

Ramon J. Fogata, 42, of the 3100 block of Fairview St., died Sept. 27, 1995.

He was the retired owner of Victory Automative Repairs and was a native of Manila, the Philippines. Mr. Fogata was a member of Saint Matthews Catholic Church, Virginia Beach. He was preceded in death by his mother, Amparo Jarillas Fogata.

He is survived by his father, Luis A. Fogata of Chesapeake; two sisters, Gloria J. Fogata of East Rugherford, N.J., and Maria Lourdes Fogata of Philadelphia; and three brothers, Adrian J. Fogata of Chicago, Jose J. Fogata of Chesapeake, and Luis J. Fogata Jr. of Wayne, N.J.

A funeral service will be conducted 2 p.m. Saturday by Father Timothy Drake in Smith and Williams Funeral Home, Kempsville Chapel, Virginia Beach. The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 7 to 9 p.m. A Memorial Mass of the Resurrection will be held Monday, Oct. 9, 1995, at 9 a.m. at Saint Matthews Catholic Church, 3314 Sandra Lane, Virginia Beach.

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