Kim Kaminis

KAMINIS, KIM Kim, 65, predeceased by his beloved father, Clinton and his beloved mother Patricia, passed away at his home December 10, 2013, surrounded by his devoted wife Silvia, daughter Cristina, sister Karen, brother Arthur, niece Chanel, sister-in-law Mabel, life long friend Greg, and nurse Marie. He is also survived by cousins in Florida, South Carolina, California, and his dear Aunt Marilyn Brankovich in L.A. Kim grew up in Mexico City and lived in Florida since 1983. He combined his love of travel and his business career as an exporter of building products to the Caribbean and Central America. Inspired by National Geographic magazine, he spent 18 months traveling South-East Asia alone at the age of 27 and was particularly fascinated by India. He also camped all over Mexico while he lived there until the age of 35.Kim loved to read, particularly history and normally had 2 or 3 books going at once. He played tennis since the age of 12 and loved to relax firing up the bracero and have a barbecue in his backyard. A nice sense of humor and affable manner, Kim had many friends. Kim will be buried in Tarpon Springs, FL at 1:30 PM Wednesday, December 18 at Cycadia Cemetery. Pallbearers are his brother Arthur, brother in law Bill Bottorf, cousin Bill Platt, cousin Kevin Platt and friends: Greg Leddy, Robert Valdez, Elias Burgos, George Stamas, and Thompson Davis. A wake will be held at Caballero Rivero Woodlawn Funeral Home, on Saturday Dec 14 from 3:00-7:00 PM, 11655 SW 117th Ave, Miami. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to cancer research or your local library.