Kyle J. Cruz, 17; Stamford High School Student, Athlete

From Nicholas F. Cognetta Funeral Home and Crematory.

Kyle J. Cruz, a Stamford High School senior, passed away on Wednesday Oct. 30, 2013. He was 17.

Kyle was born in New York, NY on Dec. 28, 1995. Kyle was a senior at Stamford High School and was involved in football, track and baseball.

Kyle is survived by his loving father Damian J. Cruz and his wife Ivonne of Stamford, his loving mother Dawn Marie Pecora of Stamford; his sister Amber Cruz and brother Sabatino Cruz, both of Stamford; his maternal grandparents Roy and Mary Ellen Pataro of Kent, NY; paternal grandparents Damian Cruz and Aida of Deltona, FL and Carol Kapusta of Deerfield Beach, FL, great-grandmother Francine Sperle of L.I, NY, step-grandparents Ronald DelMazzio and Elsa and a step-great-grandfather Damaso Serpa all of Stamford; uncles Lorenzo Cruz of Puerto Rico, Richard DelMazzio and Susan of Stamford, Michael Sabatino of Port Chester, NY, aunts Marianne Purdy of Stratford, Wanda Cruz of Westport, Sandra Cruz of Puerto Rico, John and Robin Ruggiero of L.I, NY. Also his cousins Jason, Tanya and Heather Lynch including several other cousins survive.

Family and friends may call at The Nicholas F. Cognetta Funeral Home & Crematory, 104 Myrtle Ave., Stamford, from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3.  A funeral service will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 4, at The First Congregational Church, 1 Walton Pl., Stamford, with Pastor Blaine Edele officiating. Interment will follow at St. John's RC Cemetery, Darien.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Kyle's memory to Kids in Crisis, 1 Salem St., Cos Cob, CT 06807.

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