Napoleon S. Padilla

We feel we are better people for having known Napoleon. He always had very interestings topics to speak to you about and one always felt he had taught you something.
He was the head of a wonderful family whom we consider not just friends but also family.
Napoleon will be missed very much by us. We will always remember him in our thought and in our prayers.

I have known Napoleon for over 15 years. He is the grandfather of my best friend. Looking back now that he is gone, I realize that in a way he was another grandfather to me. At least it felt that way when I was around him. Throughout the years, it was always an honor to listen to his wisdom, comments and teachings. Napo was a very learned individual, and he would always speak his mind on things. He always had a comment or explanation about something, especially when it came to music from the...

I have known Napoleon since I was a freshman in high school. He always had words of wisdom and humble stories of his past in the agricultural industries, especially Dominican tobacco, which many of us appreciate greatly. I was able to visit with him a couple of months before his passing and he was in good spirits.

I met Napoleon in Santo Domingo about two to three years ago. I was the Representative of the Inter-American Development Bank there and he was working for the Government of the Dom. Rep. My wife and I also accompanied him on flight to Miami once and we felt a strong friendship with him.

On behalf of our family we wish to express our sadness at his passing. He was a man who was full of ideas, full of energy and a good friend to all. He was very characteristic of a generation of...