Nansemond County-Suffolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Soper, Dr. Leroy D., 1983 

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DR. LEROY DILMORE SOPER

DR. LEROY SOPER, RETIRED SURGEON

   SUFFOLK - Dr. Leroy Dilmore Soper, 91, of 1417 Planters Drive, a native of 
Catlin, N.Y., died Monday in a hospital.

   He had retired in 1949 from the Army medical corps as a colonel, having 
served in both world wars as a surgeon.  He was awarded the Bronze Star in 
France during World War II.

   Soper was a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, the American College of 
Surgeons, the American Medical Association and Hiriam Masonic Lodge 340.  He 
was a graduate of the University of Vermont.

   Survivors include his wife, Jeanette Cecil Soper; two sons Robert A. Soper 
of Edenbury, Texas, and Leroy D. Soper of Sanford, Fla.; three grandchildren; 
and four great-grandchildren.

   The graveside service will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in Holly Lawn 
Cemetery by the Rev. James  A. Newsom.  R.W. Baker and Co. Funeral Home is in 
charge.

   The family will be at the residence.  Memorial donations may be sent to the 
Nansemond-Suffolk Rescue Squad or to the Altar Guild of St. Paul’s Episcopal 
Church.


Dr. Leroy Dilmore SOPER, retired Army medical corps surgeon, 
veteran of WW-I & WW-II, 
b. Catlin, NY, d. 30 May 1983, age 91, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 
donated obit, publication unknown 

*Holly Lawn list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 


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