He had two daughters, Karen and Keellin, his wife, Edurnes and two grandchildren, Karoline and Giovanna.
He was a wonderful force of nature who was always ahead of his time and the biggest cheerleader for his children. He was an entrepreneur before the word entrepreneur existed. He was humble and quiet but when he spoke everyone listened. He had a great sense of humor and gave his all, never expecting anything in return. His kindness helped many people and changed their lives for the better.
He came from the most humble beginnings, leaving his home town at age 17. After much work and desolación, he accomplished great things but he never forgot where he came from.
He taught how to pray, to love and respect nature and God, that we are all equal no matter what social status, nationality or the color of our skin, we are all God’s children and we can help teach and learn from each other.
He had two categories of success, Professional and Personal. Professionally, he built the most impressive and important infrastructure in Venezuela like the Metro de Caracas, the Children’s Museum, the Teresa Careño Theatre, and the Guri dam. He helped build and restore a few churches in Caracas and worked in a myriad of industries like Electricidad de Caracas, CANTV, Interalumina Aluminum mines, Minerven Gold mine, oil industry Petróleos de Venezuela. He brought pay phones and cellphones to Venezuela and was given the highest honor a civilian could recieve from the president, the Medal of Honor for Distinguished Labor. Santana Volcanes was admired and recognized by everyone he met.
Personally he was a loyal friend and an amazing dedicated father. He helped his entire family of seven brothers and sisters and was a wonderful husband for 51 years and 11 months. In addition, he was a loyal friend who could be depended upon. He was honest and honorable and people always knew where he stood and what he was thinking. There were never ulterior motives. He was easy to get along with. His eyes and face were so expressive he did not need to talk to get his point across. He loved dogs, dancing and hiking. He loved the ocean even though he couldn’t swim.
Having seen his country so poorly managed and in ruins hurt him more than anyone will know. He taught his family to always be respectful, honest and true to yourself, that being free was a privilege not to be taken for granted. He was happy he was able to spend time as an American. He will be greatly missed.
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