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Richard Nahas

Funeral services will be held Monday at 10 am in Stratford Evans Merced Funeral Chapel for Richard Nahas, 68, who died Friday in a Merced hospital. The Rev Richard Koury of Central Presbyterian Church will officiate Burial will be in Moved District Cemetery. Born Nov 16, 1916 in Merced, Mr Nahas entered the Marine Corps in 1939. He was stationed in Peking China with the Embassy Marine Corps band and was a prisoner of war from Dec 8 1941 to 1946. He was awarded a China War Memorial Medal from the Government of the Republic of China in 1978. Survivors include two brothers Mitchell Nahas of Merced and Virgil Nahas of Reno, Nev and a sister Evelyn Gibson of Merced. Contributions to the Heart Fund would be appreciated by the family Friends may call at the funeral home today from 5 to 9 pm Sunday from noon to 9 pm and Monday before services.

Source: Merced Sun-Star; Merced, California; 05 Oct 1985.

Richard Nahas (1916)