The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, September 19, 1996          TAG: 9609190304
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B10  EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                    LENGTH:   21 lines

HOWARD T. TROXLER

Howard Thomas Troxler, 71, of the 3700 block of Silina Drive, died Sept. 18, 1996, in a Virginia Beach hospital.

Mr. Troxler was a retired master chief in the U.S. Navy and was also a retired civil service employee at NAS Oceana. He was a native of Spray, N.C., and was a member of the USS Coral Sea Veterans Association and the American Legion.

Survivors include his wife, Betty Marceline Troxler; a daughter, Teresa Lynn Gray of Suffolk; three sisters and a brother, all of Eden, N.C.; and four grandchildren.

A funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday at the Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Lynnhaven Chapel. Burial will be at the Colonial Grove Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today. Memorials can be made to the Plaza Rescue Squad.

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