Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ala, Ismael Balde July 23, 1999
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Virginian-Pilot  July 24, 1999
Ismael Balde Ala, 66, of the 1700 block of Westerfield Road, died July 23, 1999, 
in Hampton.
He was born in Legazpi, Phillipines, and was the widower of Maria Corazon Ala.  He 
retired from the U.S. Navy after 20 years of service and also from the U.S. Postal 
Service.  He was a member of the Little Creek Amphibious Base Catholic Chapel.  He 
was the first Filipino-American to serve aboard a U.S. Navy submarine and one of 
the first to sail under the North Pole while serving aboard the nuclear submarine 
USS Nautilus.  He also served aboard the USS America, the USS Archer Fish and the 
USS Galeo.
Mr. Ala is survived by two sons, Michael Angelo Ala and Nelson Christopher Ala, 
both of Virginia Beach; two sisters, Maria Elena Leoner and Teresita Ala, both of 
Legazpi City, Phillipines; four brothers, Victorio Ala of Manila, Phillipines, 
Rosolio Ala, Jr., of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Santiago Ala and Nicholas Ala, both 
of Legazpi City, Phillipines.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday at Little Creek Amphibious 
Base Chapel by Fr. Ron Kawczynski.  Entombment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.  
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today and Sunday at Hollomon-
Brown Funeral Home, Bayside Chapel.

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