Vicente Santa Cruz - of Bayonne, formerly of Guatemala, passed away peacefully on Tuesday November 14th 2023, he was 67 years old.  Vicente worked as a welder for the Longshoreman's Union in Newark for many years before his retirement.  He was the beloved brother to Adrian Santa Cruz, Hilda Roman, Oralia Rivera (Rafael) & Larissa Arias and loving uncle to Rafael Rivera, Zully Irma DeNardis, Zully Adela Roman, Douglas Santa Cruz (Kendell), Luis Santa Cruz (Candy) and Pamela Killabrew (Dwayne).  Vicente was pre-deceased by his parents Transito Antonio Santa Cruz Velasquez & Zully Irma Corado, his brother Louis Santa Cruz and nephew Luis Rivera and surviving him is a host of other loving family members and dear friends.  Visitation and a prayer service will be held on Monday November 20th from 10am - 12:30pm at Migliaccio Funeral Home, 851 Kennedy Blvd. (at 33rd St.) in Bayonne with interment to follow at Holy Name Cemetery in Jersey City, NJ.