Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lawler, Edward Fenton, Jr. August 21, 2004
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Virginian-Pilot  August 24, 2004
Edward Fenton Lawler, 91, formerly of the 600 block of Shirley Ave., died 
peacefully in the company of his family on Saturday Aug. 21, 2004. He was 
predeceased by his brothers, Palmer and Joseph Lawler and sisters, Mary Fenton 
Lawler and Frances Scullion.

Mr. Lawler is survived by his loving wife of 59 years, Mary Kurmlavage Lawler, and 
his four children and their families, Mary Lewis and husband Raymond of Sparta, 
N.J., Linda Lawler Shahan and her husband Richard Dollar of Norfolk, Edward Fenton 
Lawler and his wife Margaret Barry Lawler of Southern Shores, N.C., and daughter 
Susan Kurmlavage Lawler of Norfolk. Mr. Lawler had 10 grandchildren, Christopher, 
Patrick and Francis Lewis, Eric, Cyrus and his wife Alison, Adam and Alice Shahan, 
Rachael Cooper and Weston and Barry Lawler. He is also survived by his special 
"fourth daughter" Carol Fickenscher Russell and her husband Mark from Annandale, 
Va.

Mr. Lawler was born in Norfolk on May 7, 1913 to Cora Marea and Edward Fenton 
Lawler. He graduated from Maury High School in 1932 and graduated from William and 
Mary College. He was a lifelong member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church where he 
was a Eucharistic minister for many years.

Mr. Lawler served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He served as assistant 
navigator and turret officer aboard the USS Chester (CA-27) and participated in 
operations in the Pacific Theatre including the Gilbert Islands, Marshall Islands, 
Leyte Gulf, and the invasion of Iwo Jima. He was recalled to active duty for the 
Korean Conflict and served in Pearl Harbor at that time.

Mr. Lawler was past president of Cavalier Shipping Company and a member of the 
Norfolk Yacht and Country Club, the Ryan Club and was past president of the 
Propeller Club.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Sacred Heart Catholic 
Church in Norfolk. Burial will be at St. Marys Cemetery in Norfolk. A Christian 
Wake will be held at the Norfolk Chapel of H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments today at 
6 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Mr. Lawler's name may be made to the 
Sacred Heart Church Capital Improvement Fund.

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