in Norfolk. A native of Norfolk, he attended Maury High School, the

Norfolk Division of William and Mary, The College of William and Mary at

Williamsburg and the University of Virginia Law School. He was admitted

to the practice of law in February 1950. In July 1941, he voluntarily enlisted

for active duty in the Naval Reserve as a yeoman, first class. He was

subsequently promoted to ensign by direct commission in March 1944 while

serving on the USS Ancon (AGC4) in England, preparing for the Normandy

invasion. During World War II, he served 36 months overseas in all three

major theaters of operation. He served with Beach Jumper Unit 1 in North

Africa, in the Sicilian and Salerno invasions in the Mediterranean Sea and

on the USS Ancon (AGC4), flagship of the 11th Amphibious Force.

Immediately after the Normandy invasion, he was ordered to the Pacific

Theater for duty on the USS Charles F. Ausburne (DD570), flagship of

Destroyer Squadron 23, for participation in the Leyte and Lingayen

invasions. In 1948 after law school, he returned to active duty as a career

naval intelligence officer, serving in that capacity for the next 17 years. His

final tour of duty was district intelligence officer, Fifth Naval District, the

command in which he began his naval career in 1941. He retired in 1965

with the rank of commander. All of his life he expressed a great love for

and a debt to the U.S. Navy. He felt a deep sense of gratitude for the

opportunities the Navy provided him throughout his life. He was especially

proud to have served his country as a career naval officer. From 1965 to

1988 he practiced law in the Tidewater area. He has a distinguished law

career, specializing in the field of criminal defense. He is survived by his

beloved wife of 60 years, Sara of Norfolk and three children, Helene

Haluska and her husband James of Chesapeake, Richard Willis and his wife

Jeanne of Santa Clara, Calif., and Catherine Dodson and her husband

Robert of Virginia Beach. He is also survived by six grandchildren, Brian

Haluska and his wife Beth of Charlottesville, Kevin Haluska and his wife

Therese of Atlanta, Tori Willis of Santa Clara, Tyler Willis of Tempe, Ariz.,

Robert Dodson of Falls Church, Va., and Karen Dodson, of Virginia Beach;

and one great-grandchild, Drew Haluska of Atlanta. The family will receive

visitors at H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Norfolk chapel, from 1 to 3 p.m.

Saturday, July 16. The family requests that expressions of sympathy be

forwarded to the Virginia Symphony.