DATE: Wednesday, June 18, 1997              TAG: 9706180495

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B9   EDITION: FINAL 

DATELINE: SALEM                             LENGTH:   26 lines

ROY J. WASHER

Roy J. Washer, 76, a resident of the Virginia Veterans Care Center died Saturday, June 14, 1997.

Formerly of Gloucester Point, Va., he was preceded in death by his wife, Jane Dennis Washer; parents, Louis and Edna Washer; and a brother, Louis Washer Jr.

Mr. Washer graduated from the University of Richmond in 1942 and enlisted in the Navy. He participated in the invasions of North Africa and Italy. He was also a veteran of the Korean Conflict. He retired from the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, Gloucester Point.

Surviving are his son, Thomas Eugene Washer and wife, Kathleen, of Palmer, Alaska; brother, Norman C. Washer of Roanoke; three grandsons; a nephew and a niece.

A memorial service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday June 29, 1997, in Bethany United Methodist Church, Gloucester Point, by the Rev. H. Braxton Allport. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the Abingdon Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 247, Gloucester Point, Va. 23062. Simpson-Tharp Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Roanoke, is in charge. KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

Send Suggestions or Comments to webmaster@scholar.lib.vt.edu