QUINTANA, Esther, 91, of Riverview, FL, passed away September 5, 2019 in Riverview, FL. Born in Havana, Cuba, she was a Pharmacist and retired from the State of Connecticut. She is predeceased by her husband, Dr. Francisco Quintana, mother Erundina Diaz Gonzalez and father Alberto Diaz and is survived by her son Carlos Quintana, daughters Elena Tuhro and Marie Sternberg, grandchildren Margaret Quintana, Philip Rivera and Marlyse Rush, great grandchildren Elias Rivera, Selah Rivera and Analise Rivera. Visitation will be Saturday, September 14, 2019 at 10:00 a.m., with funeral service at 11:00 a.m., both at Hillsboro Memorial Funeral Home. Burial will follow the service in Hillsboro Memorial Gardens.
Prayer of Saint Francis
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen.