Adelina Morales

Adelina Morales passed peacefully in Miami, FL on September 5, 2025.

She is survived by her son, Enrique Morales II, his wife Luz Mary Martinez, her grandson Jonathan Morales, his wife Leslie Morales, and her great grandchildren, Maverick and Makena Morales. She was preceded in death by her loving husbands, Enrique Morales Sr. and Jose Cardenas.

Adelina was born on July 7, 1929 in Santiago, Cuba. She attended college near home and began a career as an educator. She met and married her first husband, Enrique Morales, in 1954 and gave birth to her only son, Enrique Morales II in 1955.

Following the radical impacts of the Cuban Revolution, Adelina and her young family bravely fled to the United States in 1962, leaving everything they owned behind. They settled in New York City, where she worked in various fields to help provide for her family. She retired from Merrill Lynch in 1982. She later relocated to Union City, New Jersey where she remained until moving to Florida in 2025 to be near family.

Her husband, Enrique sadly passed in 1984 at the early age of 57 due to cancer. Adelina later met, and remarried Jose Cardenas, a local music instructor. Together, they later opened and ran a music and dance school, sharing the arts with hundreds of children over the years until Jose passed away in 2013.

Adelina was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. She enjoyed sewing, baseball, music, parties, and dancing. She was also a woman of faith, routinely attending church near her home. She lived a full life filled with love, friendship, and family.

A funeral service will be held at 11:00AM September 26, 2025 at Flower Hill Cemetery. Flowers and condolences may be sent to 5433 Kennedy Blvd, North Bergen, NJ 07047. Donations can also be made to Molina Assisted Living Facility, 9830 SW 12 Terrace, Miami, FL 33174.