Maria del Pilar Cabrera Velez, aka Pilar, 93 years old, was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on December 6, 1928. She passed away January 18, 2022 in Lakeland, Florida. She was born to Juan Cabrera and Maria Velez, and the 12th daughter of 15 siblings.
Pilar is survived by her brother Eddie Cabrera, her sons Edwin, Pilarcita, Ney, in-laws, Raul, Isablelita, and Becky. Seven grandchildren: Edwin Javier, Edwin
Enrique, Maria Isabel, Joel, Noel, Gabriel and Emmanuel.
Sixteen great grandchildren: Enrique, Ricardo, Isabel, Sebastian, Fabian,
Lorenzo, Valeria, Alana, Matias, Antonio, Hayden, Javier, Olivia, Jack, Emily and
Nicolas. Two great-great grandchildren: Axton and Catalina. Also nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was married on October 16, 1947 to Antonio Ramos for 43 years until he passed away; she remained a widow until her death.
Pilar spent most of her life in Puerto Rico with her family. From 1950-1959 she
lived in New York. The last year of her life she moved in with her daughter
who took care of her in Lakeland.
Pilar loved dancing, singing, being with her family. She admired nature, flowers and birds of any kind.
Being raised in a big family every child had chores, one of hers was cooking. She was a great cook, something that she learned at a young age and she enjoyed sharing with her children and grandchildren.
She was always smiling and had a great sense of humor. Pilar loved helping others.
We will remember her love, care and laughter and we thank God for her long life.
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