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

DATE: Tuesday, November 12, 1996            TAG: 9611120186
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B8   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                    LENGTH:   19 lines

GERTRUDE R. SMITH

Gertrude Regina Smith, 78, died Nov. 11, 1996, in a Norfolk hospital.

A retired administrator at Englewood Hospital in Englewood, N.J., with 25 years service, Mrs. Smith was New Jersey native. She was the widow of Daniel W. Smith.

Survivors include a daughter, Cmdr. Jo-Ellen Smith Greene, USN (retired) and her husband, Cmdr. Michael Greene, USN, of Virginia Beach; brothers, Charles Gulakowski and Thaddeus Gulakowski, both of Ridgefield, N.J.

The body will be sent to Blackley Funeral Home, Ridgefield, for services and burial. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Foundation. Information provided by Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Great Neck Chapel.

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