Juan Dios Valero's Obituary
Juan de Dios Valero was called home to heaven on Sunday, June 26, 2022.
Born in Las Minas, Cuba to Theodore Valero and Maxima Barzola on March 8th, 1931. He is preceded in death by his siblings, Gely Valero, Orlendi Valero, Nelida Perez Valero, Dalia Menendez Valero, Gisela Aquiar Valero, and Matilde Ramos Valero. He has on remaining sibling, Julia Diaz.
He emigrated with his wife and children from Cuba to the USA in 1966 to secure a life of freedom and opportunity for his family.
He was a hardworking man who worked for Goya for 25 years.
Juan was a man who cared deeply for his family. He was a devoted and loving husband to his wife, Isabel Valero for 66 years. He was a wonderful and dedicated father to his daughters, Maria Isabel Reyes and Ida Maria Valero. Juan was a loving and proud grandfather to Alina Maria Reyes and Alan Bryce Reyes and adored his great granddaughter, Anjali Eve Rodriguez.
Juan will forever be remembered in the hearts of those he leaves behind for his compassion, kindness and humor. He always filled a room with his laughter.
When I am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for me;
Plant thou no roses at my head,
Nor shady cypress tree:
Be the green grass above me
With showers and dewdrops wet;
And if thou wilt, remember,
And if thou wilt, forget.
I shall not see the shadows,
I shall not feel the rain;
I shall not hear the nightingale
Sing on, as if in pain:
And dreaming through the twilight
That doth not rise nor set,
Haply I may remember,
And haply may forget.
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