DeGRUY - Elmo Alvarez DeGruy, Sr. on Sunday, June 7, 1998 at 3:02 a.m. Beloved husband of Claire Woods DeGruy. Son of the late Laurence J. DeGruy, Sr. and Margurite Llopis DeGruy. Father of Elmo A. DeGruy, Jr. of Chino, CA., Kenneth J. DeGruy and Myrna DeGruy Bocage of Boston, MA. Father-in-law of Ronald J. Bocage. Brother of Earl DeGruy of Cleburne, TX, Raymond F. DeGruy, Aline DeGruy Francis, Shirley DeGruy Galler and the late Laurence J. DeGruy, Jr. Brother-in-law of Alma W. Cohen, Lionel Woods, Albert Francis, Fabian and Adrienne Blache, Arthur Lizana, Ralph and Mildred Woods, Verdun and Vertna Woods, Millard and Kathleen Woods, Shirley Deloney DeGruy, Geraldine DeGruy and Thelma Petite Woods and the late Malcolm Woods, Sidney Saulet and Ernestine Woods Saulet, Veronica W. Lizana, Alfreda Taylor Woods and Verdun Cohen. Grandfather of Gina Louise DeGruy, Ralph DeGruy, Catherine DeGruy Hernandez, Ramona DeGruy Doren, and Roxanne DeGruy Sanchez. Great grandfather of Rebecca, Mark and Nicole Hernandez and Autumn-Dawn Sanchez. Also survived by a host of other relatives and friends. Relatives and friends of the family, also parishioners of Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Josephite Fathers and The Sisters of the Holy Family, members of the National Maritime Union are invited to attend the Funeral Service and Mass of Christian Burial on Saturday, June 13, 1998 at 11:00 a.m. from Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 2022 St. Bernard Ave. Interment St. Louis No. 3 Cemetery. New Orleans Public Library Times Picayune Newspaper June 12, 1998, pB4, c6 Helen Kendrick