The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, July 30, 1995                  TAG: 9507300005
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

ALMA L. CRUSE

Alma L. Cruse, 64, a homemaker, died July 28, 1995, at a Norfolk hospital after a long illness.

Mrs. Cruse was born in Norfolk. She was the widow of S. Sgt. Robert L. Cruse, U.S.A.F. and was a member of St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church.

Survivors include a daughter, Joan M. Altesleben of Mesa, Ariz.; a son, Robert L. Cruse of Virginia Beach; a sister, Josephine M. Wilson of Chesapeake; a brother, Robert E. Clark of Williamsburg; and two grandsons, Carl Husted of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Brian Husted of Mesa, Ariz.

A funeral will be held at 9 a.m. Monday at St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church. Burial will be in Rosewood Memorial Park. Visitation at Kellum Funeral Home, Bonney Road Chapel, will be from 7 to 9 p.m. today. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the American Lung Association to her memory.

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