In Memoriam

Carlota Angelica Espínola Yúdice died on Friday, January 4, 2008 at 8pm in her room at the Norwegian Christian Home in Brooklyn, New York, 9 days after celebrating her 98th birthday, 98 years of dedication to her family. She was accompanied by her daughter Sylvia, her son George and her son-in-law Ken, who held her lovingly in their arms in her last moments.

Her children: Sylvia and George and their respective spouses Ken Walters and Sylvie Durán.

Her granddaughters: Julie and Claudia.

Her great grandchildren: Matthew and Michael; Ella and Criss.

Her immediate in-laws: Ken Walters, Sylvie Durán, Ed Keating, husband of her granddaughter Julie, and Ian Berke, husband of Claudia, and their respective families, the Walters-McCleods, the Durán-Salvatierras, the Keatings, and the Berkes.

Her relatives in El Salvador and the United States: Adam Frank and his mother Gladys Silva, of Queens, New York; Millie Vaquerano Gegenheimer and faimly in Los Angeles; and the Espínola, Vaquerano, Yúdice, Silva, Díaz del Pinal, Rendón, and Magaña families.

And the many friends: Anthony, Chuck and Carmela and Tony Cilione; Inés and Horacio Gutiérrez and their children Viviana, Horacio and Juan Hum; Emelina Smits; Beryl Adler and Gail Gurland; Rick Burnett and Elaine Geller; Rufo y Fabiola Romero; todos sus amigos en el Norwegian Christian Home, and many others whose names we shall add in ensuing days.

We profoundly appreciate the expressions of affection and support during Cali’s convalescence and throughout her life. We want to share with those who appreciated and shared her love, this album of photos, videos and artworks that reflect the richness of her life.

We offer this final tribute to Carlota, to honor the place she will always hold in our lives and hearts.

January 7th, 2008

Mama Cali speaks to family in El Salvador

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January 11th, 2008

Mama Cali doing exercise - Part II

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Location: Norwegian Christian Home.

January 11th, 2008

Mama Cali doing exercise - Part I

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Location: Norwegian Christian Home.

January 11th, 2008

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Videos

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January 9th, 2008


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Psalm 23, Psalm of David

Carlota, Mama Cali, Doña Cali, was a woman of faith. In her honor, we evoke the words of consolation that the Bible offers in the moment in which we bid her physical presence farewell, and we confirm that her memory will accompany us forever.

The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
he leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul:
he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil: for thou art with me;
thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me
in the presence of mine enemies:
thou anointest my head with oil;
my cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy
shall follow me
all the days of my life:
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

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