We mourn the passing of Manuel Arturo Hernandez, loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend.
Arturo, as he was known to his family and friends, was 75. He was born and raised in Ecuador.
He will be remembered most for his joyous, generous spirit, his love of laughter and excitement, and his strong entrepreneurial streak.
Arturo's passion for learning and his curiosity about the world around him resulted in many adventures. As a youth, he left home to study with the Franciscan Brothers and considered a religious life. He learned Morse code and served in his country's air force. While in the air force he was selected to travel to Panama to be educated by the U.S. Air Force as an aircraft mechanic.
In his mid-20s, he relocated to New York. He arrived in the United States as the country was entering the war in Vietnam, the Civil Rights Act had just been passed and Beatlemania ruled the radio airwaves. He worked in auto repair and specialized in foreign models.
He loved traveling and once drove a Volkswagen with his sister from New York to Central America. While in New York, he earned his private pilot's license and flew on the weekends over Long Island. His favorite comedians included Carol Burnett and the Smothers Brothers. He was also a fan of British comedy.
In his 30s, he relocated to South Florida where he started a successful auto repair business and raised his four children. During his life, he faced many challenges with grace and often said, "al mal tiempo buena cara." He lived those words by embodying hope and positive thinking in every situation.
He is survived by his wife, Dolores, two sons, two daughters, and 11 grandchildren.
Tributes
aak wrote on Sep 1, 2014:
"Le acompaño en su dolor y le pido a Dios que le de la fuerza y paz que necesita para sobrellevar su dolor en estos momentos difÃciles, yo se lo doloroso que es perder un ser amado, aun mas cuando se es tan pequeño, por esta razón deseo compartir con usted unos textos bÃblicos que me ayudaron a mà en momentos tan difÃciles como por el cual usted está pasando en estos momentos. Si tiene Biblia le invito a que busque Hechos 24: 15, Revelación 21: 3,4, Juan 5: 28,29, estos textos hablan de una bella esperanza, "La resurrección", uno solo puede imaginar abrazar a su ser amado que ha fallecido, estos textos nos dan dicha esperanza.
Con dicho pensamiento en mente, le invito a visitar el siguiente enlace: http/www.JW.org/es/publicaciones/libros/tratado-muertos-volver-a-vivir/ Ahà encontrara un artÃculo que habla más al respecto. Cualquier pregunta que tenga me puede contactar a mi correo electrónico: shaira37@hotmail.com
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Rosie wrote on Aug 1, 2014:
"I am so sorry for your loss. I understand the loss of a loved one is hard. When I lost my beloved mother, I found God's Word the Bible, the stronghold that helped me to cope with such unbearable pain. Please allow me to share with you some scriptures that come to my mind now, the first one is found in John 5:28, 29 where Jehovah promises to resurrect those who have died. Another one is the assurance stated on Psalm 37:11 that says that the meek will possess the earth and they will find exquisite delight in the abundance of peace and verse 29 says that the righteous will possess the earth, and they will live forever on it. And just a little longer and death will be no more (Revelation 21: 3, 4) May Jehovah provide you with the endurance to cope with your loss and that you find the Bible as God's message to us and that it is alive and exerts power (Hebrews 4:12). "
A. Bell wrote on Jul 7, 2014:
"I'm so sorry for your loss. Please accept my deepest sympathy. May you find comfort from your memories, as well as God's word the bible. Why do people we love die? Romans 5:12 says: "That is why, just as through one man (Adam) sin entered into the world and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men because they had all sinned." How loving of God to promise what is found at Revelation 21:4 which says, "And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away."
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Ana Muñoz Hernández wrote on Jul 1, 2014:
"A la memoria de mi tio Arturo,
Hablar de mi tio Arturo es hablar de toda una vida de haber compartido los momentos mas importantes y dificiles de mi vida, aún recuerdo mi primera muñequita barbie que él me regaló cuando tenÃa 8 años, y que por su puesto aún conservo como un tesoro, años más tarde mis vacaciones de verano en el Tingo su lugar favorito para llegar, tiempos más tarde la llegada anticipada de mi hija Camili, en la cual sin haberle avisado el estuvo presente muy preocupado por mi delicado estado de salud, En el momento más triste de mi vida la partida de mi querida madrecita también estuvo presente, para confortar mi corazón de tanto dolor, el fallecimiento de mi suegra, entre otros. Dicen que recordar es volver a vivir pero en este caso es muy triste ya no poder compartir con él esas vivencias, como por ejemplo la visita a sabado gigante, la llegada a su casa en la playa cuando me dijo "te cruzaste el charco", su humor tan personal, su formalidad en vestirse, la búsqueda de la perfección que nos caracterisa a los Hernandez, me faltarÃa papel para poder transcribir tantos recuerdos que desde hoy quedarán en mi corazón. Le doy gracias a Dios el haberle podido servir y ofrecido mi hogar y entregarle en vida todo mi cariño, ahora se que es tarde, ya no podré darle un abrazo, y el ya no me dirá "señorita fla, fla", por todo eso para mis hijos Camili y Javier, y por su puesto mi esposo Javier, el dÃa de su partida fue un dÃa muy triste y negro para nosotros, en mi corazón sentà un vacÃo muy grande, porque volvi a perder a alguien muy importante para mi, solo añoro que desde el cielo nos de su bendicion ahora que esta junto a mi madre.
Con mucho cariño,
Su sobrina, Ana LucÃa Muñoz Hernandez y familia "
Jack wrote on Jun 26, 2014:
"Tio was always telling jokes I remember. There were so many good memories. I remember one time he took my brothers and I and we rented Back To the Future. "
Jack wrote on Jun 26, 2014:
"One the the best memories I have from Tio Arturo, is a story he used to tell me about the time when i was like 4 or 5 and he picked me up from Tia Romelias House back in Quito. He said he had placed me on the passenger sit of the Datsun blue truck and as he started to speed to go to el Tingo, in one red light he had hit the brakes and a s sudden stop and when he looked to his right he didnt find me in the sit and he didnt know where i was and that was because i had flown from the datsun chair to under the passenger comparment and we laughed a lot over that."