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

DATE: Monday, July 31, 1995                  TAG: 9507310002
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

ALMA L. CRUSE

Alma L. Cruse, 64, of Virginia Beach, died Friday, July 28, 1995, at a Norfolk hospital after a long illness.

Mrs. Cruse, a homemaker, was born in Norfolk and was the widow of S.Sgt. Sidney A. Cruse, U.S.A.F. She 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.

A funeral will be at 9 a.m. today in St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church. Burial will be in Rosewood Memorial Park. Kellum Funeral Home, Bonney Road Chapel, is handling arrangements. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Americana Lung Association in her memory.

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