Angel J. Dopico

November 2, 1926 - October 9, 2019

Angel J. Dopico- Of Tarrytown entered eternal rest on October 9, 2019, at the age of 92. He was born on November 2, 1926, in Havana, Cuba, to Rosendo and Angela Dopico. As a boy, the family moved to Sancti Spiritus, a historic town in the heartland of Cuba, where his Galician father became a successful businessman and owner of El Centavo, a department store. He was married in 1950 to a very determined young woman, Teresa Garcia, and loved her dearly for 60 years until her passing away in November 2010. He was forced to leave his beloved Cuba in his late 30s after the Castro Communist regime extinguished any hope of a free and democratic Cuba. He left on February 13, 1966, for Spain with his twelve-year-old son and they lived with their Galician family until his wife and daughter joined them about a year later. On October 8, 1968, the whole family emigrated to the US where, along with many Cuban friends from Sancti Spiritus, they made Tarrytown, New York, their new home. Angel enjoyed a successful 28-year career as a salesman for Goya Foods in Secaucus, NJ. He was a passionate lover of life and the Yankees, and truly valued the time he spent with family and friends. He is survived by his children, Tessy and Jorge, daughter-in-law, Joy, his grandchildren, George, Gregory, Madeleine, and Alex, and his great-granddaughter, Camila. Angel will be missed dearly by many. Reposing at Dwyer & Michael's Funeral Home 90 N. Broadway Tarrytown New York 10591 on Thursday from 2-4 pm & 7-9 pm. A prayer service will be held at the funeral home on Friday morning at 10 am. Interment will follow at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.