Flora was many things, a mother, a grandmother, a friend, a survivor, and a fighter. She was born in Costa Rica, and came to the United States making a better life for her children, brother, sisters and her own mother.
She loved classical music and was a hard worker. She maneuvered life as seamless as Mozart's Rondo Alla Turca. Joyful but with determination.
A retiree from Merk & Co., she loved to travel. Flory was a survivor of a horrific charter flight accident in Spain, she carried those scars, but didn't let fear keep her from what she loved. She continued to travel visiting Europe and Central America often.
That's the type of woman my mother was. She is an inspiration, she was a blessing to us all. Flory's life was full of loving deeds. She put everyone's needs above her own. Not a day will go by that we won't think of her.
She loved to cook, was a woman of faith, and had a special gift for gardening. She could grow a rose bush from scraps that most would discard. She saw value in everything and nurtured it the way a mother does.
Flory, or Flo as some affectionately called her is survived by her son, one of New York's Finest, Bruce and his wife Jennifer. He made her proud and she loved his 3 children dearly.
Her daughter Silvia, and her husband Robert, who cared for her both emotionally and physically through all of the challenges life threw at my mother.
And her youngest child, Leo. A son that loves his mother the only way a son should love their mother. She was my best friend. She was everything. She was an angel. And we will all miss her dearly.
She is also survived by her brother Geraldo Brenes, and her sister Elena Nena Principato.
There's the saying "The darker the night the brighter the stars", and we know she's out there among them. Watching over us.
A memorial service will be held at Our Lady of Good Counsel, 10 Austin Place, Staten Island, NY 10304 on Friday, December 14, 2018 at 9:30 a.m.
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