Miriam "Mimi" Del Valle

Miriam "Mimi" Del Valle
of EndwellThe adored Miriam Mimi Del Valle, age 52, passed on Friday, October 21st, 2005, at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center due to complications from surgery. Mimi was predeceased by her stepfather, Julio Rivera; her father, German Hernandez; and her brother, German Hernandez, Jr.; and her father-in-law, Emilio Valle. She is survived by her mother, Gloria Rivera; husband of 32 years, Louie Del Valle; daughters, Taína Del Valle Asili and Ayana Del Valle; grandson, Yabisi Del Valle Asili; stepson, Louie Del Valle, Jr.; and her pet dog, Blessing. She is also survived by many close family and friends, including (among many others) mother-in-law, Rosa Valle; brother-in-law, Emilio Del Valle; brother-in-law, Victor, Cathy, Lenina and Carisa Valle; son-in-law, Ephraim Asili and family; cousins, Hector, Millie, Andy, Joey and Erik Colón; her uncle, Hector Rivera and family; godson, Victorio Reyes and family; Janet, Charlie, Sophia and Lil' Charley Garbarini-Arbuiso and family; Merryl, David and Ariela Wallach-Perez; Betty, Luis, Monica and Melissa Valenzuela; Carmen Tita Ramos, Ron Anthony and son, Larry Larito Johnson; Louis, Veleria, Justin, Yalitza, Molefi and Angeni Ramos-Thompson; Carmen Lillie, Crystal and Lillian Izquierdo; Judy Rivera and family; Wixie and Ann-Marie; the Barbosa, Cadiz and Padillas families. Mimi was born and raised in New York City. She earned a Bachelor's and Master's Degrees from Binghamton University and was most recently employed as an educational/financial aid counselor in the Educational Talent Search Program for over a decade. She enjoyed music and dancing, especially Latino/Afro-Caribbean and other cultural pursuits, as well as crafts at which she excelled. Above all, Mimi enjoyed people, especially children and young people. She was deeply loved by her children and husband. She and her mother developed a strong bond, above and beyond the regular parent to child relationship. She managed to touch so many lives with her love and her joyful personality. She generously shared her home, her food, her understanding, and her love with anyone who crossed her path. We will forever bask in the light of her smile and the kindness of her spirit. Let us cherish, and celebrate this vibrant and blessed soul as she makes her journey back Home.
Funeral Services will be held Wednesday at 8 p.m. from the Allen Memorial Home, 511-513 East Main Street, Endicott, with Deacon Edward Blaine officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. The family will receive friends at the Allen Memorial Home on Wednesday from 1 to 3 p.m. and evening 6 p.m. until service time at 8 p.m. Expressions of sympathy in her memory may be made to a non-profit organization which her family has chosen to support: Doctors Without Borders, P.O. Box 1869, Merrifield, Va. 22116-9644.