Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Meath, Vincent August 3, 2008
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Virginian-Pilot  August 4, 2008
NORFOLK - Vincent Leo Meath, a resident at The Hermitage, died peacefully Aug. 
3, 2008. He was 94. He was surrounded by his family. Mr. Meath was a longtime 
resident of Norfolk, where he was born and raised. He lived for most of his life 
in the Ocean View area on the Chesapeake Bay. He moved to an apartment at The 
Hermitage, 1600 Westwood Ave., in September 2003. Mr. Meath was a career civil 
servant, working primarily in the areas of post-World War II/Naval Aviation 
Weapons Systems. Before his retirement in 1972, he served as the director of 
Fleet Readiness for the Bureau of Naval Weapons, Department of the Navy. Mr. 
Meath was a lifelong member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Norfolk. He was a 
Third Degree life member of the Father Robert Kealey Council of the Knights of 
Columbus. He was preceded in death by his wife of 54 years, Lorena Fay Wasson 
Meath, formerly of Moorehead, Miss.; his brother, Harold F. Meath, formerly of 
Norfolk; his sisters, Francis Meath Crombe, formerly of Pebble Beach, Calif., 
and Mildred A. Meath, formerly of Norfolk; and his son, Kenneth Doran Meath, 
formerly of Richmond. He is survived by his sons, James Vincent Meath and 
William Dean Meath, both of Richmond. He was blessed in his life to have five 
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; as well as two caring and loving 
daughters-in-law, Nancy Mikula Meath and Chandra Beane Meath. The family will 
receive friends at Bliley's-Central, 3801 Augusta Ave., from 6 to 8 p.m. today. 
A private Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated for the family at the 
Bliley chapel. Mr. Meath will be interred in a private service at St. Mary’s 
Cemetery in Norfolk. The family would like to express their deepest appreciation 
for the loving and professional care that the staff at The Hermitage gave Mr. 
Meath during the last five years of his life. The dedication and care given by 
all made his life meaningful, rewarding and secure.

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