ZEBULON - Ralph Roco “Cricket” DeFino Jr., 64, died Tuesday, May 4, 2010. Funeral service was held Friday, May 7, at Strickland Funeral Home in Wendell. Burial followed in Hephzibah Baptist Church cemetery.

A native of Colchester, Vt., he was son to the late Ralph and Irene Kirby DeFino Sr. He worked at Novozymes of North America for more than 15 years prior to his illness and served in the U. S. Navy.

Surviving: wife, Mary Cynthia Gay Defino of the home; brother, David; three sisters-in-law and one brother-in-law.

Arrangements handled by Strickland Funeral Home, Wendell.

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