The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, October 20, 1994             TAG: 9410200329
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

JOSEPH W. CRUZ

Joseph William Cruz, 66, of the 2300 block of Elaine Ave., a retired electrician and elevator mechanic, died Oct. 18, 1994, in his residence.

Mr. Cruz was born in Detroit and was a Catholic. He was a member of IBEW Local (NU)3, Flushing, N.Y.

Survivors include two daughters, Josephine Lillian Alvarado of Flushing, N.Y., and Rosemarie Santiago of Bronx, N.Y.; a brother, Louis A. Cruz of Norfolk; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

The family will be at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Tidewater Drive Chapel, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday. The body will be sent to Walter B. Cooke Funeral Home, Bronx, N.Y., for services and burial.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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