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Juan De La Hoz Torres Obituary
Juan Antonio De La Hoz Torres, a resident of the Town of East Fishkill, entered into rest Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at his home. He was 76.
Son of the late Demetrio De La Hoz and Evangelina Torres Mondelo, he was born January 20, 1932 in Guantanamo, Cuba. He married Ada Soto on November 25, 1961 in Guantanamo, Cuba. Together with his wife and family, they came to this country on May 11, 1973. Mrs. De La Hoz Torres survives at home in Hopewell Junction.
Juan was a pharmacist in Cuba and worked at Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, Connecticut. He was a member of Igelsia El Sembrador in Wappingers Falls and the Masons in New York City. He was a talented orator; at special occasions he enjoyed giving speeches and sharing poems. Juan was known as "The Good Man" and "Everybody's Father."
In addition to his wife he is survived by his children, Demetrio De La Hoz and his wife, Lola of West Haven, Connecticut, Eddy De La Hoz and his wife, Cindy of Fishkill and Mayrena De La Hoz and her husband, Saul Cano of Hopewell Junction; his brother, Rolando De La Hoz Torres and his wife, Xiomara of Port Chester, New York; his sister, Anna Maria De La Hoz Torres of Cuba; his grandchildren, Eddy, Renzo, Carolina, Marcos, Emely, Grace, Saul and Trianna; and several nieces and nephews including his nephew, Rolandito De La Hoz. He was predeceased by two brothers, Alfredo and Hector De La Hoz Torres.
Family will receive friends on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 from 6 to 9 p.m. and Thursday, December 18 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Straub, Catalano & Halvey Funeral Home, 55 East Main Street, Wappingers Falls.
A funeral service will be held at 10 am on Friday, December 19 at Igelsia El Sembrador (First Presbyterian Church), 2568 South Avenue, Wappingers Falls. Interment will follow in Fishkill Rural Cemetery, Route 9, Fishkill.
Memorial donations on Juan's behalf may be made to Igelsia El Sembrador, 2568 South Avenue, Wappingers Falls, New York 12590 for bibles and to help the needy.
To send the family a personal condolence or for directions to the funeral home, please visit our website at www.StraubCatalanoHalvey.com.
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