December 4, 1998
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Joseph F. Unanue, vice president of operations for Goya Foods, one of the largest Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States, died of complications from a bone marrow transplant. He was 41.
Unanue, who maintained residences in New Jersey and Puerto Rico, died Saturday at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, where he was being treated for bone cancer, Goya said Tuesday.
His father, Joseph A. Unanue, is president and chief executive officer of Goya Foods, based in Secaucus, N.J.
Joseph F. Unanue had been Goya's vice president of operations since 1995. He previously was general manager of Goya de Puerto Rico.
Born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, Unanue graduated from Duke University and earned a master's degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina. He was a professor of business administration at the University of Puerto Rico.
Unanue, who was divorced, is survived by daughters Isabel, Sofia and Juliana; his parents, Joseph and Carmen Ana Unanue; sisters Mari Norris, Maryann Quinones, Mimi Guggenheim and Maribel McVicar; and a brother, Frank.
Burial was set for Friday at Porta Coeli Cemetery in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
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