Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Zoby, Andrew A. November 11, 1939
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Norfolk Virginian Pilot November 12, 1939 partial

                     Norfolk Man, Hurled From Auto, Drowns

     Andrew Zoby, 36, Believed Stunned After Truck Ran Into Shallow Creek

Andrew Zoby, 36, plumbing contractor, of 1038 West Forty-second Street, drowned 
shortly before noon when the light delivery truck he was driving left the Great 
Bridge Road and plunged into a shallow creek about a mile from London Bridge, 
Princess Anne County. 
The body was found underneath the front wheels of the truck in two feet of 
water, its position indicating that Zoby had been thrown from or had attempted 
to escape from the cab of the machine. He is believed to have been stunned by a 
blow on the head when the car ran off the road.
Mr. Zoby was a son of the late George and Mrs. Mary Barkait Zoby and a lifelong 
resident of Norfolk. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mildred White Zoby; one 
daughter, Mary Angelyn Zoby; two sisters, Mrs. Joseph M. Decker and Mrs. Samuel 
Hoffler; two brothers, Thomas and Joseph Zoby, both of Norfolk  and a number of 
nieces and nephews.
He was a member of the Woodmen of the World, the Loyal Order of Moose and the 
Fraternal Order of Eagles.
Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at the H.D. 
Oliver Funeral Apartments. The Rev. Leo J. Ryan, S.T.D., pastor of Blessed 
Sacrament Catholic Church will officiate.
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ANDREW ZOBY - Funeral services for Mr. Zoby, whose death occurred Saturday 
afternoon, were held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning at the chapel of the H. D. 
Oliver Funeral Apartments, 1501 Colonial Avenue, with the Rev. Leo J. Ryan, S. 
T. D., pastor of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, officiating.  There was a 
very large attendance and a profusion of floral offerings.  The casket was 
covered with a cross composed of Easter lilies, roses and carnations on a base 
of maidenhair fern.  Delegations were in attendance from the various 
organizations of which he was a member.  Interment was in St. Mary's Cemetery.  
Honorary pallbearers were Dr. A. V. Crosby, E. J. Labretone, T. T. Johnson, S. 
E. McGee, W. L. Blount, J. T. Proctor, P. E. Abiouness, R. F. Trant, W. N. 
Mason, George G. Lee, Benjamin E. Gildersleeve, J. Carlton Hudson, F. U. 
Masengill, W. H. Thomas, W. P. Ford, Chesley A. Ford, Carl Tranberger, T. E. 
Leesnitzer, Edward Broegler, H. Rawls and P. Rasmussen.  Active pallbearers were 
T. Vincent Chorey, Johnny Blair, Mirian Meeds, Buster Stevens, Ernest Ayers, 
Charlie Drummond, John M. Stokley, George N. Badran, Vincent Maxwell and R. 
Midgett.

Norfolk Virginian Pilot November 15, 1939


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