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AMADIS MIGUEL JIMÉNEZ
Amadis Miguel Jiménez transcended life in this world to join his Lord Jesus Christ in Heaven on Feb. 5, 2021, aged 92. He was the second of five children born in Rodas, Las Villas, Cuba, to Emilia Alemán Casanova and Miguel de la Caridad Jiménez Segarte, respected lifelong educators.
Amadis (a.k.a. “Jimmy”), seeking to escape the communist Cuban regime for the benefit of his family, emigrated to the United States in 1967, with his then-wife Maria Teresa (nee Ramos García), who resides in Kearny, and their four children listed here (youngest to oldest) with their respective spouses: Mabel Maria & Rolando Velazquez of Warren, Roque de Jesús of New York, New York, Barbara Alicia & Joseph Raymond Tatz of Wayne and Michael (Miguel) Amadis & Cristina Jiménez of Boca Raton, Florida.
He is also survived by eight of his nine grandchildren, Melissa Maria, Justin Michael, Blake Mitchell, Joseph David, Julian Alexander, Erin Barbara, David Nicolás and Havanna Caridad; and five greatgrandchildren, Taylor Marie, Hailey Jade, Jake Anthony, Mariah Caridad and Love Pia. His dearly beloved grandson, Thomas “Tommy” Ryan Brady (father of Hailey Jade), predeceased him. Amadis’ youngest brother, Amílcar Jiménez Alemán of Havana, Cuba, and numerous nieces and nephews in Cuba and the USA also survive.
In corporeal life, Amadis was an incessant thinker, avid learner, mentor and a natural teacher. Educated by his parents and their peers, he completed advanced university studies in accounting in Cienfuegos. He met his future wife, married in 1953, and started their family in Cienfuegos.
Before emigrating from Cuba, he worked in various capacities as a certified accountant for retail chains. After arriving in the USA, he worked in different sales management positions with several furniture retailers in the Newark area. He most recently worked with the Furniture King stores, from where he retired more than 25 years ago.
Our beloved “Papi” (“Papa” for grand- and great-grandchildren), and “Jimmy” to his many dozens of friends, was a man of deep faith and witty and mischievous sense of humor. He also had an insatiable curiosity to explore all things numbers and could never resist a quick chess game (or tournament) with anyone in his path.
Above all, he dedicated his life with boundless energy and resolve to do his best in the name of his Lord, Jesus Christ, seeking to alleviate poverty and help people in his vast circle of love.
He will be profoundly missed by his loving family and the multitude of friends and his other loved brothers and sisters whose lives he touched, and that in turn inspired him. We are comforted by the conviction that his legacy is deserving of a beautiful eternal life, elevated to the most magnificent state imaginable. He lives in our hearts now and will forever.
There will be a “Homage & Celebration of Life” service Saturday, Feb. 13, from 1 to 4 p.m., Eastern Time, at the Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home, 596 Belgrove Drive, Kearny. Friends and loved ones are welcome to make brief visits during those hours, observing strict social distancing and masking guidelines for the safety of all concerned.
This Homage & Celebration of Life will also be streamed live via Zoom accessible via the following link: https:// us02web.zoom.us/j/8329379 0601?pwd=dzdLeStaOWZE S080YTlpVy9vWmY2Zz09. Meeting ID: 832 9379 0601. Passcode: 665823
Instead of flowers, please donate to either or both charities listed below, as you wish. Papi contributed to these charities for many years. Thank you.
Feed the Children: https://secure.feedthechildren.org/site/Donation2?df_ id=1400&mfc_pref=T&1400. donation=form1
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital: https://www.stjude.org/ donate/donate-to-st-jude. html?sc_icid=header-btndonate-now
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Ask St. Claire for 3 favors. 1 business 2 impossible. Say 9 Hail Mary’s for 9 days with a lighted candle. Pray whether you believe it or not. Publish on 9th day. May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be praised, adored, glorified & loved today and every day throughout the world Forever and Ever. Amen. Your request will be granted no matter how impossible it may seem.
Shaw-Buyus
Home for Services
Mario Teixeria, IV, Manager, NJ Lic. #3757
Mario Teixeira, Jr. Director, NJ Lic. #2542 • Monique Teixeira, Director, NJ Lic. #4048 Newly renovated family owned and operated funeral home with multiple locations. Fluent in Portuguese and Spanish. Handicapped Accessible. 138 DAVIS AVE. • KEARNY, NJ 07032
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MAUREEN E. RUDDEN
Maureen E. Rudden (nee Reilly), 78, of Kearny, died Feb. 1, 2021.
A funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Stephen’s Church in Kearny. Interment was Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington. The Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home, Kearny, was in charge.
Born in Newark, Maureen lived in Kearny for the past 53 years. She was a longtime postal clerk at the Kearny Post Office until her retirement 15 years ago. Maureen most loved to be at the beach, and she especially enjoyed trips to South Jersey and to Fort Myers Beach, Florida.
Maureen was the loving mother of William Rudden Jr., Joseph Rudden Sr., Michael Rudden Sr., and Stephen Rudden; dear grandmother of 12, and adoring great-grandmother of five. She was also the cherished sister of Barbara Patuto, Dennis Reilly Jr. and Sharon Pendleton.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital P.O. Box 3704 Memphis, Tenn. 38101-2132.
Mulligan Funeral Home
331 Cleveland Avenue, Harrison
Arrangements may be made in Spanish, Portuguese or Polish Frank X. Mulligan III, Manager, NJ Lic. 4221 Frank X. Mulligan, Jr. Inactive
Private Parking at 10 Frank E. Rodgers Blvd. North 973-481-4333
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY & VALENTINE ’ S DAY IN HEAVEN
Dolores A. Sullivan
Feb 12, 1931 - April 17, 2002
Mom, it’s been 19 years since you left my arms and it feels so much longer than that. I never had imagined how lonely life would be without your smile knowing that you hear me, keeps me so alive. A breath away is not far from where you are. “You are the wind beneath my wings” & Always My Hero “Till we meet again 143”
Love Always, Michele
WILFRED ARMITAGE & WIGGINS FUNERAL HOME
Mark G. Wiggins, Manager N.J. Lic. #3916
You will feel as if friends of family have taken over when you entrust funeral arrangements to the Wilfred Armitage Funeral Home. The family-owned firm has been in business for 100 years, serving generations in West Hudson and South Bergen. Its beautiful facilities, in a setting reminiscent of a colonial mansion, reflect the graciousness and tact of its understanding personnel. Wilfred Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home 596 Belgrove Dr. • Kearny, NJ 07032 (201) 991-0657
