The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, July 28, 1996                 TAG: 9607280074
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: HIGH BRIDGE, N.J.                 LENGTH:   21 lines

FRANCIS G. MARESCA

Francis George Maresca, 61, died July 24, 1996, in Hackensack, N.J.

Mr. Maresca had retired as a chief petty officer in the U.S. Navy after 20 years service and also was a computer analyst with AT&T, with 18 1/2 of years service.

Survivors include his wife, Maureen Wood of Louisville, Ky.; a son, David L. Maresca of Chesapeake; seven sisters, Mary Smith, Etta Howard, Betty Cushing, Ronnie Maino, Barbara Howells, Gloria Gardner and Ray Lussier; four grandchildren, Jeffrey and Ryan Wood, and Lyndsay and Alyson Maresca.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, July 29, 1996, in Holloman-Brown Funeral Home, Indian River Chapel, by Father James F. Mennis, Chaplain, USN. Burial is in Rosewood Memorial Park. The family will be at the funeral home at 1 p.m. Monday to greet friends. Military honors will be accorded.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB