Mrs. Belinda Ruiz Zitko, age 53, of Vancleave, MS passed away on Sunday, November 2, 2014.
Belinda was a lifelong resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. She was a graduate of Biloxi High School in 1978 and the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Nursing Program. She was a Registered Nurse.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Iona Smith and a brother, Tony Ruiz.
Survivors include her husband, Michael Zitko, daughter, Michelle Rhodes, two sons, Jeremy Ruiz and Tony Zitko, father, Peppy Ruiz, father-in-law, George Zitko, three sisters, Aloma Mello, Kim Bear and Desiree Woroner, four brothers, Lavon Staten, Ricky Ruiz, Shawn Dickenson and Tino Ruiz and two grandchildren.
Visitation will be on Thursday, November 6, from 9 am ~ 11am, with an 11am chapel service, all at the Ocean Springs Chapel of Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Biloxi National Cemetery.