Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jarvis, Charles William Sr.  August 17, 1938
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Norfolk Ledger Dispatch August 18, 1938

                       C. W. JARVIS, BUILDER, DEAD
              Was Widely Known In Tidewater Construction Circles
                     FUNERAL SERVICES SATURDAY MORNING

Charles W. Jarvis, 61, widely known building contractor's superintendent of 
Norfolk, died at his residence 2717 Ballentine Boulevard, last night at 11:30 
p.m. He had lived in Norfolk for the last 42 years.
Mr. Jarvis was employed by the R.R. Richardson Co. at the time of his death. 
Prior to going with that firm in 1934 he was connected with the Johnson 
Construction Co.
He was a native of Ocean City, Md. He was superintendent during the construction 
of such buildings as the Norva Theatre, Nansemond Hotel, the Elliott Hotel and 
Professional Building in Suffolk, the University of Virginia class rooms and 
other structures in this state.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Birdie Walker Jarvis, he is survived by one daughter, 
Mrs. Frank Ryan, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; three sons, C.W. Jarvis Jr. and John W. 
Jarvis, both of Norfolk and Raymond Jarvis, of Asheville, N.C. and one grandson. 
The body will be taken from the residence to St. Mary's Catholic Church for 
funeral services Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.
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Charles W. Jarvis - The body of Mr. Jarvis, whose death occurred Wednesday 
night, was taken from the residence, 2717 Ballentine Boulevard, to St. Mary's 
Catholic Church for funeral services this morning at 10 o'clock. Interment was 
in St. Mary's Cemetery.
The Rev. F.V. Bambrick officiated with Charles and John Jarvis, sons of the 
deceased, serving as altar boys. The Rev. Thomas Walsh and the Rev. Francis 
Blakely were present in the sanctuary. There was a large attendance and many 
floral offerings. The casket was covered with a pall of Easter lilies, white 
asters and ferns. Several selections were rendered during the service by the 
choir of St. Mary's Academy, with Miss Anna Gargano, accompanist. In his address 
at the conclusion of the mass Father Bambrick paid tribute to the Christian life 
and character of Mr. Jarvis. Services at the grave were conducted by Father 
Bambrick, Father Walsh and Father Blakely. The pallbearers were R. Redwood 
Richardson, Robert B. Walls, William S. Bowden, Jr., John Godfrew, Olaf Hanson, 
William J. Walsh, Thomas P. Thompson, M.M. Wills and Edgar J. Gerloff.

Norfolk Ledger Dispatch August 20, 1938


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