by Marvin Ramírez
Mr. Alberto Redondo García, born in La Céiba, Honduras on Jan. 28, 1941, gave his soul to the Creator on January 4, 2022. He was 81 years old.
He passed away at Kaiser Hospital in San Francisco from complications of pancreatic cancer.
His parents were the Spanish gentleman Antonio Redondo Pérez and Mrs. Margarita García Buchard.
A man with an adventurous spirit, from a very young age he left his home and country to embark for Germany, and for four years he walked through the ports of almost all of Europe, including Sweden, Holland, France among other countries.
After he disembarked, he settled in the city of San Francisco, California, where he lived from the 1960s until his last days.
“He was an extremely smart man,” said his niece Marnie Redondo, a well-known singer in the SF music scene. “He had so many inventions that unfortunately could not be patented. He was an electrician, he worked as an electrical engineer in the Transamerica building on Montgomery Street in SF.”
His family describes him as a passive man, “but when someone was looking for a fight they would find him.” He was so strong that he alone carried a refrigerator on his shoulder, and boasted about an encounter he had with five assailants against whom he fought and defeated.
“We have lost a great human being in the family … we will never forget their stories … a human being with a heart that did not fit in his chest, always attentive to help people,” said Marnie of her uncle, whom was considered as a father to her.
At family parties she was fascinated by playing the harmonica, which she did excellently. He was very romantic, and almost always listened to instrumental classical music.
However, his last years, the family says, were lonely, because as a result of the death of his daughter he suffered a heart attack, and his health gradually deteriorated.
He was the youngest brother of six siblings. He is survived by Antonio Redondo, 90; Margarita Redondo, 85; and Gloria Redondo-Afansev, 83. He had four children, María del Carmen Redondo, Alberto Redondo and Tania Redondo; One of his daughters, Enma Redonte, passed away at 35.
The El Reportero staff offer his sincere condolences to the grieving family. Rest in peace.
