OBITUARY
Cesar Cainelli
30 October, 1921 – 3 May, 2021
IN THE CARE OF
Murphy Funeral Homes
Cesar Cainelli 1921-2021
Born in Lavis, Italy, in 1921, Cesar Cainelli emigrated to Argentina in 1926 with his parents,
Rodolfo Manuel Cainelli and Josefina María Clementina Viglino. Following a lifetime of
professional achievements and international travel, he succumbed to a fatal fall at his home in
Arlington, Virginia in May 2021, just short of his 100th birthday. He was active all of his life,
completing 5 miles on his stationary bike the morning of his fall.
Cesar graduated from the Universidad Nacional de La Plata with an MS in Agronomy and
Engineering in 1947. In 1960 the US Agency for International Development awarded him a
grant to pursue another MS in Agricultural Economics at Iowa State University. His extensive
work in the development of Argentine agricultural methods was crowned in 1966 with the very
prestigious Gregorio Werthein prize. The Jewish Argentine Institute of Culture and Information
recognized him for his work on optimal resource allocation in establishment of the Argentine
corn zone. He followed this successful first career by twenty years at the Interamerican
Development Bank in Washington, DC where he moved his family in 1967.
Cesar was an avid reader with many interests: news, novels, history, politics, medicine and
biology, a life long physical fitness buff, a world traveler, and a champion grill master. He
enjoyed socializing with family and friends, was always the life of the party and quick with a
good joke. Cesar had a life long love of cars, sometimes trading several in one year, enjoying
the pursuit.
His passion was his family, being a father brought him great joy. To his children and
grandchildren “Papi” was brilliant—a master in just about any subject, an expert in fixing
anything, and an enthusiastic student of the latest trends and technology. Cesar is survived by
his second wife Ivonne. Also surviving “Papi” are his children: Graciela (Jim Sicilian), Dora
Dozier (Mike), Cesar A. (Tracy), Ana (Stephen Bates); his grand children: Bryan (Brittany), Cesar Mario Cainelli, Brandon Schwemley (Kaylee), Sara Johansen (Justin); and his
great grand children: Wyatt, Grant, and Nora, and Coen Schwemley. He was
preceded in death by his first wife Lia Hebe, the mother of his children.
Funeral services will be held at Murphy Funeral Home, 4510 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Virginia
22203
Details:
Donations in his memory may be sent to: Halquist Memorial Inpatient Center, Attention Mary Jo
Krist, 4715 15th Street North, Arlington, VA 22205
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