Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Freeman, George Robert December 11, 1950
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Norfolk Virginian Pilot December 13, 1950

             George R. Freeman, Marine Surveyor, Succumbs at 75

George Robert Freeman, 75, marine surveyor, died Monday at 5:20 p.m. in a 
Norfolk hospital.
A resident of Norfolk for 30 years, he was successively superintendent of the 
Virginia Iron Works, business partner of Capt. John D. Leitch  and upon Captain 
Leitch's retirement in 1922, in business for himself.
A native of Liverpool, England, he served in the British Navy during World War 
I. He was with the fleet when it was blockaded in Archangel, Russia and was in 
the Battle of Jutland.
Mr. Freeman was representative of the Bureau Veritas and of Lloyds of London in 
Norfolk for some years. He retired in 1944 for reasons of health. His residence 
was 608 West Princess Anne Road.
He was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and the Sacred Heart Holy 
Name Society.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Malanie Freeman; six daughters, Mrs. G.S. 
Lowry, of St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. W.G. Scott, Mrs. James S. Mathias and Mrs. John 
Bahlman, all of Norfolk; Lt. Theodora Freeman, USAF, and Miss Anne Freeman, of 
Norfolk.
Funeral services will be held today at 10 a.m. in Sacred Heart Catholic Church. 
Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.
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George R. Freeman — Funeral services for Mr. Freeman, who died Monday, were 
conducted at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, yesterday at 10 a.m. by the Rev. 
Paul B. Heller. Present in the Sanctuary were the Rev. E. W. Johnson, the Rev. 
Francis Klemmer, and the Rev. Richard Rivard. Burial was in St. Mary’s Catholic 
Cemetery. Pallbearers were Joseph Phillips, Julian Kaufman, Patrick Gilmore, 
Robert Hasler, I. E. Feldman, LeRoy Ober, Raymond F. Carroll, Arthur Hitch and 
Lawrence Bunch.

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot  December 14, 1950

Additional Comments:
Various spelling of wife's maiden name in other sources

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