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Virginia Beach —Nancy Weissman Yacavone, left this life at 11:55 am, July 8, 2018. She was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1943 to the late Bernard and Virginia Weissman. She was a successful model, nurse, business owner, wife, and mother. Survivors include her husband of 39 years David Yacavone, her daughters, Nancy Christine, Rebecca Noel, [...]

Virginia Beach —Seeman Waranch, 85, passed away peacefully on July 3, 2018 in his home surrounded by his family. He was born August 11, 1932 in Norfolk, Virginia to the late Eldridge and Nellie Waranch. Seeman grew up in Richmond, Virginia and after graduating from the University of Richmond, he served in the U.S. Army [...]

Sarasota, Fla .—Leonard Schlain, age 77, passed away after suffering a long illness on Friday, June 29 at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, where he was admitted on June 24. Born in Norfolk, the son of Max and Fanny Schlain, he had been a resident of Sarasota, Florida for almost 20 years. A graduate of Old Dominion [...]

Virg inia Beach —Richard Irwin Miller, 87, passed away peacefully on June 24, 2018. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he lived most of his life in Norfolk and established deep roots in our community. Dad graduated from Maury High School in 1948, and attended the University of Virginia, 1948–1954, where he participated in the ROTC [...]

Columbus , OH—Joel M. Mazel of Columbus Ohio, age 54, passed away on July 1, 2018. He was preceded in death by his father, William Mazel. He is survived by his mother, Irene Mazel, his brothers, Mark (Hindi) Mazel and David (Jodi) Mazel; his wife, Alyson Leeman; daughter, Gila Mazel; step-children, Mitch and Caroline McGuire; [...]

Palm Sprngs , Calif— Leslie Jay Levin passed away peacefully on June 30, 2018 in Los Angeles, Calif. Jay was born on February 26, 1953 in Portsmouth, to the late Millie and Irvin Levin. He was preceded in death by his brother, Marc F. Levin. Jay was a graduate of Churchland High School and the [...]

Norfolk —James William “Jimmy” Legum 72, of the 600 block of W. Princess Anne Road, died June 30, 2018. Born in Norfolk, he was the son of the late Sol S. Legum and Sylvia Siegel Legum. Jimmy attended Norfolk Public Schools and the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind. He retired from Shoney’s Restaurant [...]

Virginia Beach —Vicki Roslyn Kalfus died July 5 in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida surrounded by family after a long battle with metastatic melanoma. Vicki was born September 23, 1943 in Childress, Texas and raised in Norfolk. She was the daughter of Jerome and Raye Cohen. She followed in her mother’s footsteps to study nursing at [...]

Virginia Beach —Sonya L. Fine passed away peacefully on June 30, 2018. Sonya was predeceased by her parents, Mildred and Edward P. Levine, her beloved husband Barry, her son Nolan, and her sister Hermoine Busko, all of blessed memory. Lifelong residents of Tidewater, Sonya and Barry later moved to Chapel Hill, N.C. for 16 years [...]

NORFOLK—Richard Jay Bass, 59, passed away on June 27, 2018. Richard was born to Marlene and the late Melvin Bass, of blessed memory, on May 19 1959 in Buffalo, New York and was a resident of Hampton Roads since 1972. He was preceded in death by his sister Deborah Bass Sadoff. He was a member [...]