Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ambrose, Edmond G March 6, 1978
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The Virginian Pilot Tuesday  March 7, 1978
Edmond Ambrose, 71, Farm Co. Owner, Infantry Commander

CHESAPEAKE - Edmond G. Ambrose, 71, owner-operator of Ambrose Farm & 
Industrial Co. of Virginia and North Carolina and former state commander of 
the 29th Division Association, died Monday in a Norfolk hospital.
A lifelong resident of South Norfolk, he was a retired Army lieutenant 
colonel and World War II veteran.  From 1961-63 he was post commander of the 
176th Infantry.
He was a member of the 29th Division Association and a life member of the 
29th's 1st Virginia Regiment.  
He was a member of Portsmouth Moose Lodge 898 and Chesapeake Avenue United 
Methodist Church, South Norfolk.
Other survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Anne A. Jernigan, Mrs. Molly A. 
Perry, Mrs. Ruthie A. Sherman, and Mrs. Gayle F. Guard of Chesapeake, Mrs. 
Susan A. Stafford of Virginia Beach, and Miss Adair Ambrose of Norfolk; five 
sons, Edmond Ambrose of Sailview, Calif., William Ambrose of Virginia Beach, 
Joseph G. Ambrose of Oregon, W. Ward Neibuhr of Oakland, Calif., and M. 
Copel Ferebee of Chesapeake; four sisters, Mrs. Annie Laura Dysart of 
Roanoke, Mrs. Mary A. Martinette of Virginia Beach, Mrs. Frances A. Kunze of 
Newport News, and Mrs. Ruth A. Hanasik of Norfolk; a brother, Birch V. 
Ambrose of Norfolk; and 18 grandchildren.
A funeral will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. in Chesapeake Avenue United 
Methodist Church by the Rev. James Grimmer.  Burial will be in Magnolia 
Cemetery with Francis A. Gay Funeral Home, South Norfolk Chapter, in charge.


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