Antonio CARRODEGUAS

CARRODEGUAS, Antonio 86, entered heaven on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012 at Tampa General Hospital, Tampa. Mr. Antonio Carrodeguas was a native of Habana, Cuba and resident of Tampa since 1961. He was a graduate of the University of Habana and the University of South Florida. Mr. Carrodeguas was a practicing CPA in Tampa for over 40 years having worked at Bigham & Carter, CPAs, and as an audit supervisor for Ernst & Young. In 1976 he began his own CPA practice and since 1984 he had been a principal in the firm Carrodeguas & Carrodeguas, PA, Certified Public Accountants. During the 1970's he also taught accounting at Hillsborough Community College - Ybor Campus. He was a long-time member and Knight of the Krewe of the Knights of Sant'Yago, the Knights of Columbus, the AICPA and the FICPA. Antonio was an active community leader, having served in the past as founder and Treasurer of the Cuban Civic Club, Treasurer of the Ybor City Chamber of Commerce, Treasurer of the downtown Tampa Sertoma Club, Treasurer and founder of A.L.A.T. - Asociación Latino Americana de Tampa and a former Toastmaster. He was appointed by former Mayor Bill Poe to the first Hispanic Heritage committee in the Tampa Area and was a key part of the original Hispanic Heritage celebrations in the area. Mr. Carrodeguas also worked ardently for numerous years organizing the annual Mass and celebration of the Feast of NuestraSeñora de la CaridaddelCobre which was attended by thousands of local Cuban Americans. He often served as a volunteer for the Ybor City Chamber of Commerce Fiesta Day's Celebration and the Ybor City Night Parade, as well as, the Krewe of San'tYago Knight Parade, and St. Lawrence Catholic Parish Carnival. He also served as a lector at St. Lawrence Catholic Church. Currently, he was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in South Tampa. Mr. Carrodeguas was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Raquel "Cuca" Carrodeguas; parents, Manuel Carrodeguas and Dolores Lopez; sisters, Carmen Carrodeguas-Garcia and Alba Carrodeguas-Mendez; sisters-in-law, Yolanda Arrazcaeta, Martha Pazos, Maria Teresa Menendez, and Gladys Portela; brothers-in-law, Ramon "Mongo" Arrazcaeta, Jose Maestu, Carlos "Toto" Pazos, Nelson Portela, Gonzalo Mendez and Jose Garcia; and nephew, Richard Pazos. Survivors include his daughter, Raquel J. Carrodeguas de Timberlake and husband, Tom Timberlake; sister-in-law, HersiliaMaestu; grandson, Tommy Carrodeguas Timberlake and his wife, Maile Morales Timberlake; adopted granddaughter, EneysiOliva; godson, Alejandro Cruz; nieces and nephews, Sonia Garcia, Lourdes Vasquez, Jose Maestu, Jr., Raul Garcia and wife, Rosa Maria, Gonzalo Mendez and wife, Gemma, Carlos A. Pazos and wife, Carol, Gladys Portela, Raymond Arrazcaeta and wife, Marife, Fernando Arrazcaeta and wife, Yvette, Nelson Arrazcaeta, Olga Portela-Casanova and husband, Javier and Martha PortelaAndreu along with numerous great nieces and nephews. Honorary pallbearers: Juan A del Cueto, Raudel Martinez, Fernando Perez, DVM, Ernesto Triay, Ortelio Rodriguez, Alfonso Ortiz, Alberto Sanchez. Pallbearers: Maidel Morales, Jose G Maestu, Jr, Nelson Arrazcaeta, Fernando Arrazcaeta, Gonzalo Mendez, Tom Timberlake, Tommy Timberlake, Jeffrey Gasser, Gladys Portela. New Priest for Mass (in Spanish): Father Douglas Hyppolite, SJ.