Hector Luis Diaz Betancourt, age 85, passed away peacefully in his sleep after a long illness on Monday, September 26, 2022. Hector was born August 13, 1937 in Puerto Rico and came to the mainland at the age of 19 in 1956. He worked at a few different jobs before opening a bodega on Court Street in Brooklyn while living on Smith Street. He closed the store and bought a truck and became a produce distributor to restaurants and grocery stores throughout Brooklyn and continued running his business until he finally retired well after the age of 70. He moved to Prospect Avenue in Park Slope in 1982 and raised his family there with the children attending the neighborhood Catholic Schools. He was a member of the Holy Name of Jesus congregation attending Mass weekly. He very much enjoyed sitting in the front yard with his dog listening to Mets games and talking with all who passed by. He moved to Virginia after he became ill in 2021 and enjoyed walking for exercise and driving around the farm in a utility vehicle. He also enjoyed watching the birds at the feeder outside his bedroom and especially seeing the bears that came to raid the feeder. After his wake and Mass in Brooklyn, he will be buried in his family plot in Trujillo Alto Puerto Rico.
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