Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Mattes, Jocasta Chenault March 9, 2018
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Virginian-Pilot  Martch 11, 2018
Jocasta Chenault Mattes, 88, passed away on Thursday, March 9, 2018 in a local 
hospital. Born in Richmond, Va., she was the daughter of the late Mary Simpson 
Chenault and Rev. Dr. Fred R. Chenault. She grew up as a "PK" ("preacher's kid"), 
who lived in many areas of the south where her father served as a pastor. One such 
assignment was at Park Place United Methodist Church in Norfolk.
Jo graduated from Converse College in Spartansburg, SC and served as a model 
English teacher with the Norfolk Public School System. Grammar and creative 
writing were her specialties.
Aside from her parents, she was predeceased by her loving daughter, Janet M. 
Kanzig and two sisters, Emily Gray Garber and Mary Jane Taylor. She leaves her 
husband of 53 years, Raymond John Mattes, Jr.; a son, Raymond A. Lyall and wife, 
Maria, of Norfolk; a daughter, Julie Sailor Hume, and husband, Bill, of Kill Devil 
Hills, NC, a son, Raymond John Mattes III and wife, Sandy, of Virginia Beach, a 
daughter, Elizabeth "Libby" Sailor Voetsch and husband, retired Adm. Stephen 
Voetsch, U.S.N., of Norfolk, a son, Algernon Keith, Capt. USCG Retired, of 
Virginia Beach. There are six grandchildren and five great grandchildren, and her 
"special adopted sister", Mary Barnett. All will mourn her loss.
A memorial service will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 14th in the 
Norfolk Chapel of H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts. Rev. Scott Rimer, pastor at Larchmont 
United Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery at 
a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the 
charity of the donor's choice. Online condolences may be offered to the family 
through www.hdoliver.com.

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