Enrique

Garcia

Enrique (Henry) Garcia was born on October 6, 1943 to Eladio Garcia and Marcela Villegas Garcia in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, (town of Caimita). His family moved to New York later settling in the Bronx.  He graduated from Boys High School in the Bronx and was able to join the I.B.E.W., International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. After a seven year apprenticeship, Enrique worked as a full-fledged electrician for 45 years before retiring.

He had entrepreneurial spirit, starting with a Latin Fried Chicken restaurant, a cookie truck, a pet store specializing in exotic fish, just to mention a few endeavors.  He was known for his sense of humor, always ready with a joke, some repeated many times but still funny. He also enjoyed cruising and traveling.

He was predeceased by his parents and younger sister, Idalia.  He leaves behind his wife, Alice, his sons, Enrique Martin and Felipe Miquel, two grandchildren, Sasha Milan and Taino Miguel, daughter-in-law Suzanne Garcia, nephew Roger Rivera and nieces Melina and Sonia Rivera.  He is also mourned by a host of cousins and other family and friends in Puerto Rico, Florida, US Virgin Islands and New York.  He will be greatly missed by all.