Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Dobias, Michael T. July 6, 2008
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Virginian-Pilot  July 8, 2008
NORFOLK - Michael T. Dobias, a resident of Norfolk, passed away peacefully in his 
home July 6, 2008, after a lengthy illness from the complications of diabetes. 
Michael Dobias was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Feb. 5, 1921, to the late Michael T. 
Dobias, Sr. and Anna Kopecs Dobias. He worked briefly as a coal miner before 
joining the U.S. Marine Corps. While stationed at the Marine barracks in 
Portsmouth, he met his wife of 65 years, Maryetta DeSilva Dobias, on a blind date. 
After their marriage, he served a year aboard the battleship Guam in the Pacific 
Theatre of World War II. He was honorably discharged as a sergeant from the Marine 
Corps in 1945. He continued his military service in the Naval Air Reserve and 
furthered his education through the International Business School of Scranton, 
Pa., while pursuing a machinist apprenticeship at the Norfolk Naval Air Station. 
He became a production controller in the machine shop and retired in 1976, after 
30 years of civil service. During his retirement, Mike Dobias developed his 
creative abilities in woodworking, building unique furniture for family and 
friends. He also upholstered furniture and mastered picture framing to support his 
artist wife in a successful portraiture career. As business manager-partner they 
traveled the Mid-Atlantic states and exhibited in art shows for 25 years. Mike 
Dobias was a longtime member of Blessed Sacrament Church. He was a member of 
Mending Hearts Club and visited patients with impending open-heart surgery to give 
them comfort. He was preceded in death by his older brother, Joseph, and younger 
brother, John, (and nephew John Jr.) of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Survivors include his 
wife, Maryetta DeSilva Dobias; two daughters, Marianne T. Dobias, of Annapolis, 
Md., and Kathleen D. Bayliss, of Norfolk; one son, Michael T. Dobias, Jr. and 
wife, Mary Williams Dobias, of Norfolk; four grandchildren, Holly Bayliss, and 
fiance, Jeff Kalkin, of San Diego, Calif., Robbie Bayliss, Zachary and Emma Dobias 
of Norfolk; two sisters-in-law, Peggy Dobias and Lurene Dobias, of Wilkes-Barre; 
two nephews, Joseph Dobias, Jr., and Paul Dobias; and two nieces, Mary Ann Lohman 
and Barbara Ann Dobias. A funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in Blessed 
Sacrament Catholic Church, in Norfolk, by Father Tom Powers. Burial will be at St. 
Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Norfolk. Family and friends will honor his life at a 
visitation Wednesday from 7 until 8 p.m. at the Norfolk Chapel of H.D. Oliver 
Funeral Apartments. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the charity of 
one's choice or Blessed Sacrament Building Fund.

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