Manuel E. Collazo-Concha

FAYETTEVILLE - Retired Sgt. 1st Class Manuel Eugenio Collazo-Concha, 59, of Fayetteville, passed away, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, in Duke University Medical Center. He was retired from the U.S. Army with more than 20 years of service and was a dedicated cardiothoracic intensive care nurse at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. A funeral service will be held at 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 5, 2013 at Rogers and Breece Funeral Home chapel in Fayetteville, with the rendering of full military honors. He was preceded in death by his parents, Adolberto Collazo Biazcochea and Isaura Concha Brache. He is survived by siblings, Laura E. Collazo-Aponte, Milagros C. Collazo, Maria T. Collazo and Francisco J. Collazo; nieces and nephews, Laura Aponte-Hughes and husband, Justin Hughes, Isamia Ayala and husband, Benjamin Figueroa; Hector O. Aponte, Omayra Jimenez and husband, Carlos Corraliza, Luis Jimenez, Carlos J. Ayala, Franchely Collazo, Carlos E. Ayala, Damily Collazo, Yanira Jimenez and Natanael Collazo; great-nieces and great-nephews, Ariana Torres, Alana S. Figueroa and Hector O. Aponte Jr. The family will receive friends Monday, Aug. 5, 2013, from 4 p.m. to 4:50 p.m., before the service at the funeral home. The family will also receive friends immediately following the service. Arrangements made by Rogers and Breece Funeral Home of Fayetteville.