Mario Ramos Cancel

Mario Ramos Cancel (US Army, Ret), 89, of Leesburg, GA, died July 8, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Jose Feliciano Castillo will officiate. Interment will follow in Andersonville National Cemetery at 2:45 PM with Military Honors.

A native of Guanica, Puerto Rico, born to the late Miguel and Aurora Ramos, Mr. Ramos Cancel had resided in Leesburg, GA for the last six years moving from Ocala, FL. He served in the United States Army from 1941 until 1971, during World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam. Mr. Ramos Cancel was also a retired Technical College instructor, a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church and the American Legion Post # 400. Mr. Ramos loved fishing and was a master baker.

He was married to the late, Nereida Ramos Colon and to this union were born four children, the deceased, Mario Ramos, Jr., William Ramos and his wife, Lilliam of Jacksonville, FL, Alga Marina Vega of the Bronx, NY, her son, Andre Ramos and his wife, Kirstin Hernandez and Jose Miguel Ramos and his wife, Myrta of Bayamon, Puerto Rico and eight grandchildren.

Later, he remarried to Milagros Ramos of Leesburg, GA and joined in this union were two step-daughters, Maribel Montanez and her husband, Felix of Leesburg, GA, Saira Vasquez and her husband, Rene of Sanford, FL and eight grandchildren.

The family will receive friends Wednesday from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.