| IN MEMORY OF ALL OUR LOVED ONES WHO HAVE PASSED ON |
| This page is dedicated to my Uncles, my Dad and all those whom we have loved...and lost. It is my belief that when they left this world, they were shown the way into another, more beautiful place, and in return are helping to show us the way to one day meet again. This is not a site to mourn, but rather to remember, reflect, and rejoice in the wonders that once were, and still are, in our hearts and minds for all time. |
| The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul. He leadeth me in the path of Righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of Death, I shall fear no evil, for thou art with me, thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies. Thou annointest my head with oil. My cup runneth over. Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. ~Pslam 23 |
| Manuel O. Perez - December 21st, Twenty four years in heaven. We love and miss you Dad, Grandpa, Uncle and Brother. Luis Gonzalez - November 20th, Father, husband, Uncle and Grandpa. Always in or hearts. Manuel Perez Juarbe - March 24th, over forty years with our Lord and father. Grandpa and Dad. Still in our hearts. Edwin Orlando Perez - April 20th, Seventeen years in heaven. You are dearly missed Uncle, Husband, Father, Grandpa and Brother. Federico Normando Perez- Jan 2002, Seven years in heaven. We love and miss you Tio Peye Elena Rodriguez Carraquiello- Thirteen years in heaven. My Grandma. Benjamin Bruno Castro - My Grandpa, Eleven years with our lord. You will never be forgotten. Carmen Rosario Sanchez Figueroa - Thrity years in heaven. My Abuelita Cesar Antonio Bruno- Seven years in heaven. My uncle. We love and miss you. Fredrick Sanchez- Aug 2004. Left us way to young. Rest in peace |
| In Loving Memory |
| While the passing of a loved one can be a heart-wrenching ordeal, it is natural to mourn, to grieve, and to terribly miss that being. To work through this, and to assist in the dealing of it, talk. When the time comes and you feel ready talk. Talk to them, to a family member or friend, to your church or even a support group. Never feel embarrassed of your pain or sorrow...or even anger. It's all natural. God does things for his reason, and he is the only one who will ever know why. But to get those emotions out by crying, talking, writing ~ whatever works for you ~ will help in ways never imaginable. Yes, a part of that pain will always be with you, for it is a part of your own soul that has also passed, but you will get through the roughest days...simply by never forgetting, but always remembering. I know that this is what has always worked for me. |
| The following is a message from my niece Ashley Christine Perez, who's grandfather passed away a few years ago. When I think of grandfathers what comes to mind are two of the most wonderful men to have lived in our world. I recently lost the only grandfather I had ever known. I never met grandpa Perez (he passed away before I was born) but I am happy to be filled with memories of both of them. Some of the memories told to me by my father, uncle and other family and some known by me because of personel experience. If there is anything I've learned from the passing of my grandpa Ciso, it is to never have any regrets of the things that have happened in the past between you and that person because when that person looks down on you from heaven, they are not thinking about the last time they saw you, or the last thing the two of you discussed. They are simply wacthing you continue life and to grow and the only thing you need to do is make them proud because that is the one thing they always wanted for you along with your happiness!!! So learn, live and love, because that's what your supposed to do. LOVE, ASHLEY CHRISTINE PEREZ |
| Tributes |
| My Grandfather was a wonderful man of few words and a heart of gold. He was diagnosed with ALS in 1989. The progression of the disease took him trough a course of life that required using a cane, then a walker, followed by a wheelchair, and then eventually bed ridden. My grandmother committed herself in the famous words "FOR BETTER OR WORSE" and she went far beyond what words could ever stand for. She dediacted herself by supporting, caring, and loving him through the trying disease until his last breath. Now my grandfather is at rest, in a place where the sky is never gray and the angels are flying around him. Abuleo you are always in our hearts and in our prayers. Your sprit and memory lives on forever SABRINA MARINARO |
| These words are from a website that my cousin Sabrina made about the disease ALS and dedicated to her grandfather, my Uncle Luis |
| The following is a portion of the eulogy given by Matthew Betz at his Abuela's funeral It makes me feel comfortable that I am joined by so many people who share the same love and respect for this women as I do. I will miss my grandmother very much, her stories, her hilarious sayings and puns (which I know just about every single one) and her uttermost love and care for her family. this is a women that helped my parents out by allowing me to live with her while I attended college at Penn State. During that time she helped out with the purchase of books, lunch money for the long dry spells of winter, the loaning of her car when mine was in for maintenance and a check for $100 each time I went with my friends to Penn States main campus. I got to know her past, being born in New York City, growing up in Donora, Pennsylvania with her sister Gloria and father Manuel. and most favorite, how she and Grandfather Edwin met. She taught me a lot about her and my Grandfathers side of the family, and tried on countless occasions expalning our very extensive family tree, more of a vine than a tree with all the twist and turns and new cousins that appeared each time the stories were told. She taught me one very important lesson about life, and that is if you can find one good friend in the world, that is pretty much all you need. Don't get me wrong, having plenty of close friends is wonderful and in some cases its needed, but it is the one friend that is with you through thick and thin which stands out amongst all,... this is the person you trust everything with, including your life. I know that living with my grandmother lengthened her time with us, and gave her some sort of salvation and will to keep plugging along, I know this because she told me one night coming home from my aunt's house from sunday dinner. At that very moment I knew how much my Grandmother loved me and how much I loved her...... So family, friends in closing I would just like to say that as we remember this women that lies here before us toinght, let us also celebrate, celebrate that she is no longer in pain, celebrate that she is reunited with her husband Edwin and most imporatntly celebrate her life and how much she touched ours. |
