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

DATE: Monday, July 29, 1996                 TAG: 9607290010
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B4   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 retired as chief petty officer from the U.S. Navy after 20 years of service. He was a Navy veteran of Vietnam. Also, he was a computer analyst with AT&T, with 18 1/2 years of service.

Survivors include his daughter, Maureen Wood of Louisville, Ky.; a son, David L. Maresca of Chesapeake, Va.; 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. today, July 29, 1996, in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Indian River Chapel, by Father James F. Mennis, chaplain, USN. Burial will be in Rosewood Memorial Park. The family will be at the funeral home at 1 p.m. today to greet friends. Military honors will be accorded.

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