Officer Elizabeth Delacruz

Officer Elizabeth Y. Delacruz, of Jersey City, NJ, entered into eternal rest at The Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, NJ on Tuesday, June 22, 2021.  She was 30 years old.

The Funeral will be conducted from Holy Cross Church, 16 Church Square, Harrison NJ 07029 on Thursday, July 1, 2021.    A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 am.   The Visitation will take place at Holy Cross Church on Wednesday from 3 to 8 pm and Thursday morning after 9 am.   Her Burial will follow at The Northern New Jersey Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Sparta.  Funeral Services are under the direction of Mulligan Funeral Home, 331 Cleveland Avenue, Harrison, NJ 07029.  

If you would like to send a condolence message to her family, please visit www.mulliganfh.com. 

Elizabeth was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and moved to the US as a child.  She eventually settled in Jersey City prior to briefly living in New York.     

Liz served her country in the U.S. Military, serving in the United States Marine Corps during Campaign Operation Enduring Freedom, achieving the rank of Corporal (E-4). 

Following her military service, Liz joined the Harrison Police Department and served her community for the last 3 years.   She was a member of PBA Local No. 22, Harrison.

She attended Hudson County Community College and received an Associate Degree in Liberal Arts in 2014.   Following HCCC she attended John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY and received a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice in 2016 and then a Master’s Degree in Public Administration in 2020.   

Liz's favorite pastimes included traveling, dancing, working out and making memories with her daughter, Adelyn.

She is survived by her daughter, Adelyn Batista, her parents, Juan Delacruz and Josefina Giudice, her siblings Eliu Delacruz, Adam Ramirez, Juan, Yajaira, Chanel and Denise Delacruz and Lesly Giudice, the father of Adelyn and love of her life, Hossein Batista, her grandparents, Rafael Villar, Claudina Medina and Ambrosio DelaCruz Santos and Lorenza Hernandez, many nieces, nephews and cousins and her Brothers and Sisters in the Harrison Police Department and The United States Marine Corps.  

Liz will continue to live on in others as she bequeathed Organ and Tissue donations to The NJ Sharing Network, New Providence, NJ.   

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Liz’s GoFundMe page at  https://www.gofund.me/4d6b2d21 or in care of the funeral home in loving memory of Liz.

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