Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Shannon, Joseph Martin October 31, 1984
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Virginian-Pilot  November 2, 1984
NORFOLK — Joseph Martin Shannon, 75, of 7231 Newport Ave., Apartment 4, died 
Wednesday in a hospital.

Mr. Shannon, a native of Charleston, S.C., had retired from Norfolk Naval Shipyard 
as a civil engineer after 42 years. He attended Virginia Tech and the University 
of Virginia.

He was a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church and Knights of Columbus. He 
was a member of the board of directors of the International Seaman’s House, where 
he also worked as a volunteer. He also was a volunteer with Meals on Wheels.

Survivors include his wife, Blanche Saunders Shannon; a daughter, Susan S. Layton 
of Norfolk; a son, Joseph Terry Shannon of Portsmouth; a sister, Agnes Congleton 
of Norfolk; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

A Mass of the Resurrection will be offered at 11 a.m. Monday in Blessed Sacrament 
Catholic Church by the Revs. Thomas Nee, J. Michael Breslin and James Dorson. 
Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery.

A Christian wake service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in H. D. Oliver Funeral 
Apartments, Norfolk. The family will receive friends at the funeral home after the 
wake service.

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