by William Fonceca-Moya
Peter Gómez
Mr. Pedro Gómez, affectionately known in the San Francisco’s Mission District as don Peter Gómez, and as a Nicaraguan-born merchant died in the city of Diriamba, on Sept. 14 at the age of 74, after suffering a cardiac arrest in Managua, Nicaragua. He was born in 1934.
Mr. Gómez initiated his Imperial Travel business 32 years ago on the San Francisco’s Mission Street,” considered by many as one of the most successful in the city, since it services a large clientele, especially Nicaraguans. At present it is managed by his children, since Mr. Gómez was in retirement.
Mr. Gómez came to the United States, approximately half a century ago. He was born in Diriamba on April 29, 1934. In California he got engaged to Mrs. Mirna Gómez, daughter of the deceased and legendary journalist Andrés Castro, proprietor of Radio Xolotlán in Managua. With her he procreated Mark, Peter Jr., Irving, Ivette, Lucía, Carolina, and Rose, with whom he maintained an enviable relationship up to his death.
During the last 12 years he had to take charge of the family by himself, since Mrs. Gómez died of cancer. The Nicaraguans will remember him for his love to sport, his cordial attention and his walks by the Mission quarter.
His funerals will take place at Valente Marini Perata funeral house, at 4840 Mission Street, San Francisco, California, on Tuesday, Sept. 22. For more information to attend, call (415) 333-0161.
At press time of this edition, his remains had been already transported to San Francisco from Nicaragua, where they will be buried at the Cemetery Holy Angels, in the city of Colma, Calif. The personnel of El Reportero, especially its editor Marvin J. Ramírez, sends his most sincere condolences to the morning family.
