Santiago Aparicio
October 12, 1925 — October 28, 2007
Santiago Aparicio, athlete, educator and business owner died peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, at Stamford Hospital on October 28, 2007 of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. He was 82.
Mr. Aparicio was born in Lima Callao in Peru S.A. He immigrated to the United States in 1969 and was a resident of Stamford, Connecticut for 27 years. A superb athlete, he was a national amateur boxing champion, and avid tennis player in Peru. Professionally, he was a professor at the prestigious Thomas Jefferson School, and a general manager with a highway construction firm also in Lima.
At the age of 44, Mr. Aparicio immigrated to the U.S. and began his new life in the States as a construction worker. A few years after his arrival, and after his family had joined him from Peru, he suffered a fall from three stories at a building construction site in Stamford. While recovering from his injuries at home, and as he realized that he could no longer work in construction, he decided to re-invent himself, again, and learn a new profession. With neighbors, other family members and friends from church as his first clients, Mr. Aparicio began a his new career as an upholsterer and interior decorator, a profession that would span 35 years and survives today in the form of his business, Rubens Decorative Fabrics, in the Shippan section of Stamford. Despite the many accomplishments throughout his varied career, one of his proudest personal achievements came in 1999 when he became a U.S. citizen. He often encouraged other immigrants to work hard and get an education, in order to achieve the American Dream.
Mr. Aparicio is predeceased by a son, Jorge; and survived by his wife, the former Angelica Curto de Aparicio of Lima, Peru and Stamford, Conn; six sons, Sonny and Ronald of Stamford, Richard and Robert of Norwalk, Rafael of Darien, and Ruben of Tafton, Pennsylvania; and eight grandchildren.
Calling hours and a memorial service will be held from 3 5 p.m. on Saturday, November 3 at the Nicholas F. Cognetta Funeral Home, 104 Myrtle Avenue in Stamford. www.cognetta.com
Mr. Aparicio was born in Lima Callao in Peru S.A. He immigrated to the United States in 1969 and was a resident of Stamford, Connecticut for 27 years. A superb athlete, he was a national amateur boxing champion, and avid tennis player in Peru. Professionally, he was a professor at the prestigious Thomas Jefferson School, and a general manager with a highway construction firm also in Lima.
At the age of 44, Mr. Aparicio immigrated to the U.S. and began his new life in the States as a construction worker. A few years after his arrival, and after his family had joined him from Peru, he suffered a fall from three stories at a building construction site in Stamford. While recovering from his injuries at home, and as he realized that he could no longer work in construction, he decided to re-invent himself, again, and learn a new profession. With neighbors, other family members and friends from church as his first clients, Mr. Aparicio began a his new career as an upholsterer and interior decorator, a profession that would span 35 years and survives today in the form of his business, Rubens Decorative Fabrics, in the Shippan section of Stamford. Despite the many accomplishments throughout his varied career, one of his proudest personal achievements came in 1999 when he became a U.S. citizen. He often encouraged other immigrants to work hard and get an education, in order to achieve the American Dream.
Mr. Aparicio is predeceased by a son, Jorge; and survived by his wife, the former Angelica Curto de Aparicio of Lima, Peru and Stamford, Conn; six sons, Sonny and Ronald of Stamford, Richard and Robert of Norwalk, Rafael of Darien, and Ruben of Tafton, Pennsylvania; and eight grandchildren.
Calling hours and a memorial service will be held from 3 5 p.m. on Saturday, November 3 at the Nicholas F. Cognetta Funeral Home, 104 Myrtle Avenue in Stamford. www.cognetta.com
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