JOSEPH "LITTLE JOE" GOZA

Joseph Edward "Little Joe" Goza, 69, of Saginaw, Mich., died Friday, Dec. 6, 1996, at St. Luke's Hospital in Saginaw.

He was born Sept. 5, 1927, in Cape Girardeau, son of James A. and Audrey M. Pence Goza. He and Marie Finke had been married.

Goza lived in California from the early 1960s until his return to Cape Girardeau in the early 1980s. While in Cape Girardeau, he owned and operated Joe's Auto Detailing. He had been an automotive mechanic throughout his life. He had been living in Michigan about three years.

Survivors include a special friend, Mary Fitzgerald of Saginaw, Mich.; a son, Michael Goza of Bismarck, Mo.; two daughters, Cheryl Goza and Deborah Baltzell, both of Cape Girardeau; a brother, Fred Goza of Wauconda, Ill.; a grandson, Chad Goza; and a step-grandson, Chris Terry.

Visitation will be Monday from 5:30-8 p.m. at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m at the funeral chapel. The Rev. Scott Harner will officiate. Burial will follow at Lorimier Cemetery.