Amparo Romero Gerard died surrounded by family on Feb. 11, in St. Petersburg, Fla. She was 82 years old.
She is survived by her children: Sandra Gerard-Leung (Brian), Frandelle L. Gerard, Claude S. Markoe Gerard (Leah) and Dr. Phyllis A. Gerard; grandchildren: Phillip J. Gerard (Carolyn), Wallace A. Phaire II (Karmina), Genevieve Gerard-O’Donoghue (Kenneth), Juliana Berry, Kyle Gerard, Karita Gerard and Kerel Gerard; great-grandchildren: Oliver Gerard, Ajah Gerard, Ariana Gerard and Logan Gerard; sisters: Margarita Maldonado and Ilma Ascencio; brother, Anatolio Romero; and brothers-in-law: Horacio Maldonado and Angel Ascencio.
She is also survived by sisters-in-law: Inez Dowling, Anita Romero and Isabel Romero; caregivers: Monica Samuel, Caraline Gordon and Rosharra Childs; close friends: the Anna’s Hope family, Dominga Osorio, Patria and Wilfredo Rivera, and Petra Rivera; families: Romero, Nieves, Avila, Acosta, Ascencio, Gerard, Morales, Cuencas, Dowling, Moorhead, Parrilla, Henderson, Barnes, Markoe, Soto, Santos, Joseph and Villafana; as well as other relatives and friends too numerous to mention.
Her Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23, at St. Patrick’s Church in Frederiksted. The family requests that attire be red and or white. Interment will take place in Frederiksted Cemetery.
