Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Mattes, Raymond John, Jr. December 10, 2022
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H. D. Oliver Funeral Apartments  December, 2022
Raymond John Mattes, Jr., 89, passed away on December 10, 2022. Born in Norfolk, 
the only child of parents Raymond John Mattes and Rose Niegro, he spent early 
formative years in La Plata, Maryland, returning to Norfolk, where he attended 
Sacred Heart School and graduating from Norfolk Catholic High School. After high 
school, Raymond joined the US Air Force and was active in the Air Force Reserves 
for 7 years following his 4 years of active duty. He went on to graduate from 
William and Mary in Education and was a teacher for 32 years for the Norfolk 
Public School system and served two years with the University of Virginia 
Department of Desegregation.

Preceded in death by his parents, his loving wife of 53 years Jocasta (Jo) Mattes 
and his daughter Jan Kanzig (husband Terry). He is survived by his sons Raymond 
Mattes, III (wife Sandy), Algernon ‘Al’ Keith and Raymond ‘Randy’ Lyall (wife 
Maria) and daughters Julie Hume (husband Bill) and Elizabeth ‘Libby’ Voetsch 
(husband Steve). He is also survived by grandchildren Jennifer ‘Jennie’ Hutchinson 
(husband Todd), William ‘Billy’ Hume, Brooke Foris (husband Eric), RJ Mattes IV 
(wife Bryce) and Ryan Mattes and Julia Newman (husband Will), and great-
grandchildren Risdon and Sanders Mattes, Zoe and Devin Foris, William and Goldie 
Hume, Jocasta (Joey) Mattes and Elizabeth Newman.

The family wishes to express their sincere and personal thanks to Westminster 
Hospice and to Hearts at Home Eldercare, specifically, D. Blair Baughman (husband 
Chad), Liz and Teonna for their dedicated commitment and attention to our father’s 
care and his final days.

A Memorial Service will be held at H. D. Oliver Funeral Apartments, 1501 Colonial 
Avenue, Norfolk, on Sunday December 18, 2022, at 2:00 pm. The family will receive 
friends at a visitation an hour before the service.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Immaculate Conception 
Mission in Virginia Beach, VA.

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