Armelio Del Monte

DEL MONTE, ARMELIO (better known as "Chichi") died peacefully on August 6, 2007 after a short illness. He was born on October 4, 1919 in El Cristo in the province of Oriente, Cuba. Although Electrical Engineering was his profession, his passion for the sugar industry led him to be the youngest administrator of a sugar mill in Cuba in el Central Ramona in Las Villas and Portugalete in Havana until his departure from Cuba in 1960. His expertise in the sugar industry continued after his exile in the United States, and he worked in sugar mills in Pahokee and Clewiston, Florida. Later he consulted and worked in the expansion of major sugar mills in the Phillipines and the Dominican Republic. He opened his own electrical contracting company and in the past 19 years worked as electrical supervisor at Barry University utilizing his electrical engineering skills to improve electrical systems at the University and make them more efficient and cost- effective. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend who will be missed by all who knew him. He is survived by his daughters, Cary MacNamara and Gloria Czerniec; son- in-law Timothy H. Czerniec; grand children Dr. Ernesto MacNamara, Dr. Mary Ann Kurinovich, Alex and Elena MacNamara, Gloria and Alex Trujillo; brother Eugenio del Monte; sister, Isaura Valenzuela, numerous nieces and nephews, and great-granddogs, Bella, Ninabelle, and Anabella. Visitation will be at Vior Funeral Home on Wednesday, August 8, 2007, 291 N.W. 37th Avenue, Miami, Florida from 4:00 p.m. - 12 midnight. A Mass of the Resurrection will be held on Thursday, August 9, 2007 at St. Raymond Catholic Church, 3475 S.W. 17 Street, Miami, Florida at 11:00 a.m. followed by interment at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in his memory to Catholic Hospice. To visit this Guest Book Online, go to www.MiamiHerald.com/obituaries.