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DATE: Thursday, February 22, 1996            TAG: 9602220273
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

HELEN V. GRETES

Helen Vasilas Gretes, 82, died Feb. 20, 1996, in Norfolk.

She was a native of New York and the widow of Clarence John Gretes. She was a member of Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral and the Hellenic Womans Club.

She is survived by her sister, Anastasia Baldwin of Reisterstown, Md., and many nieces and nephews.

A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday by Father Constantine Rogakos in Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. A prayer service will be held today at 7 p.m. in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Tidewater Drive Chapel, where the family will remain to greet friends until 9 p.m.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB