

The family requests that donations be made at to directly benefit The Melanoma Research Foundation.Chrissy Bush has recently accepted the position of Full-time Office Manager at Sacred Heart Church. Altmeyer Funeral Home, Southside Chapel, is handling the arrangements.
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His ashes will be placed in the Columbarium at the church immediately following the Mass with full Military Honors being accorded.

He was pre-deceased by his son, Timothy Jon Labyak his mother, Dorothy Labyak and two brothers, Jon and Fred Labyak.Ī Mass of Resurrection will be held at the Church of the Ascension Catholic Church, 4853 Princess Anne Road, Virginia Beach on Monday, March 2 at 11:00 a.m. Labyak and wife, Lou, and a sister, Roberta Moody-Wright and husband, Paul Wright, all of Fort Worth, Texas. Geisler, USN of Virginia Beach, Laura Labyak of Virginia Beach, Daniel Labyak and wife, Corrie Labyak of Jacksonville, Florida five grandchildren, Katherine Geisler, Kristina Geisler, Nicholas Labyak, Camdyn Labyak, and Hogan Peter Labyak his father, retired Navy Captain Robert W. Pete was a member of the Church of the Ascension Catholic Church and served as an Eucharistic Minister.Ĭaptain Labyak is survived by his loving wife of 45 years, Gail Caroline three children, Theresa Geisler and husband Captain David A. Until his illness in late 2007, he was an avid golfer and member of Cypress Point Country Club, and also enjoyed gardening and cooking. He was a member of the Association of Miniature Artists, Miniature Art Society of Florida, the Miniature Painters, Sculptors, and Gravers Society of Washington, D.C., and the Chesapeake Bay Art Association. While doing outdoor shows locally and in the Outer Banks, he became a featured artist at galleries in Portsmouth, Virginia Beach, Nags Head and Manteo. By 2008 he had achieved a reputation as an accomplished miniature oil painter at both local and national level, competing successfully in numerous international competitions.
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He then began a third career and became an exhibiting professional artist. Upon retirement from the Navy in 1992, he taught at Great Bridge Middle School North for five years. He held a MS in Physical Oceanography and was certified to teach science at the secondary school level. He was considered a sub-specialist in anti-submarine warfare, oceanography and marine engineering. Among his awards were the Legion of Merit(3), Meritorious Service(2) and various Viet Nam campaign decorations. Major shore assignments included Navy Recruiting District New York, Executive Office of the President and Chief of Staff for Training and Tactics for Commander-in-Chief US Atlantic Fleet.

He commanded the afloat Oceanographic Unit TWO, USS Mullinnix(DD 944), USS Samuel Gompers(AD 37) and the Atlantic Fleets ASW Training Center. Virginia Beach - Retired Navy Captain Peter Labyak, 69, lost his battle with melanoma at his home on February 27, 2009.Ī 1962 graduate of the US Naval Academy, he enjoyed a distinguished 30 year naval career, in which nearly half was spent on sea duty aboard seven ships and included 10 major deployments in both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets.
