On January 10, 2016, heaven received a very special angel. Beryl Maud Ramos lost her fight of over 25 years with kidney failure. A recipient of a kidney transplant from her daughter in law in 1996, she was the longest survivor of such transplant known to date in the state of Texas.
Born Beryl Maud Lindsay on July 19, 1929 in Kingston, Jamaica. It was on the island in 1959 that she met Tomas Ramos Diaz who had travelled from Venezuela to learn English. They met when she took his picture for some registration forms that he was filling out, fell in love and married a few years later on October 13, 1963.
They moved to New York where Beryl worked as a nurses aid at the New York Presbyterian Hospital. While in New York, she also studied photography and graduated from the New York Institute of photography. In 1969, they moved from New York to Los Teques, Venezuela where Tomas was originally from. They raised their family here and started a very successful studio and lab in the city. While in Venezuela, Beryl also became the first female member of the Rotary Club in the country. Their success in the photography business brought them to Houston in 1982. They brought with them their talents, skills and business knowledge in photography to begin a very successful photography studio and lab that involved the entire family.
Beryl was full of joy, life and love for her family. Her smile was infectious and her soft voice spoke words of kindness and wisdom that made her the amazing lady that she was. She always had the best words of advise and never ever woke up without putting on her smile before opening her eyes to greet the world.
She was preceded in death by her son, Barry Estick, a marine veteran from Vietnam. Beryl is survived by her husband, Tomas Ramos, her son Mario Ramos and his wife Liliana both of Venezuela, Tomas Ramos and his wife Misty, Michael Ramos and his wife Su Yen, and Elizabeth Ramos, all from Houston as well as several grandsons.
It is important to express how much and how long Beryl fought her battle. Her length of not only survival but suffering was rooted in her desire to be with her husband and children for as long as her illness allowed. She sincerely lived by these famous words, "Nothing is impossible, the word itself says'I'm possible'!" - Audrey Hepburn. We all know she is in a better place and that her pain and suffering have ended but the fact still remains that she will be missed more than words can express. Her absence will be a reminder to those that knew her to always remember that goodness really does exist.
There are many amazing people in this world but Beryl was exceptional!
Arrangements under the direction of Memorial Oaks Funeral Home, Houston, TX.
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