Monista P DeMorales

Monsita P. DeMorales Rodriguez Palou (as she would call herself) was born July 14, 1924 and raised en la Isla de Puerto Rico. At the golden age of 91, in the wee hours of the morning on August 1 2016, Monsita passed away. Surrounded by her loved ones (her tribe) in her favorite place, home- she transitioned. On a grander scale, she went onward to her next mission in serving us on the other side. This woman (an earth angel was created and was who gifted to us all by God) will be sorely missed. Because of her parents’ passing when she was a young child, our Querida Monsita de Morales was raised in a boarding school by Nuns who adored her. She graduated high school, and then was employed helping the Nuns there. She also received Opera Training there and became a local opera singer associated with the Boarding School. Matriarch Monsita is the mother of 4 beloved children and is the grandmother, great- great grandmother to over 20 children. She was practically raised as an orphan without an immediate family around her she encountered many hardships and her young life was both bitter and sweet. In her later twenties she was joined in marriage to her doting husband Alfredo Morales Rodriguez and they’ve lived happily together for 48 long years. Querida Monsita along with her beloved Alfredo helped raise their grandchildren as well. Monsita de Morales was beautiful inside out. She looked like one of the Great Actresses or Models of the 30’s0 and 40’s and was immortalized by a photographer who also recognized and saw her beauty by asking if he could put her photograph on display to advertise his business. I know we would have wanted her beauty displayed all over as well. Monsita would emerge from her room (always an early riser) on top of her game - dressed to the T, her hair, makeup, nails, clothes and shoes - with elegance. No wonder the rest of us could not help but to follow suit -to style and profile. We all recall the beauty of her zipping through the home doing her chores while singing melodies in only the way she could. The songbird would appear to caress us all. We remember many days waking up to her sound of music. Her lovely voice. Abuela would serenade us with her operatic voice, singing everything from Ave Maria to classical Spanish songs that we’ve come to know and associate with grandma. The song –bird was ours then and even into her later years. También, on her sick-bed, she sang to us with melodic precision and clarity which we so enjoyed. She never went into a professional career with her talent, which was one of her desires, but she proudly sacrificed it to raise a family, and we thank her today for that. Monsita, was a religious woman, a spiritual woman who loved God. Every day, come rain or shine, usually the first thing in the morning, Monsita would read her prayers sometimes with her rosaries. Believing in the mercies and benevolence of God, she passed her faith down to her generations. We thank you Monsita for this. In her final 20 years or so years, as her health declined, she would be entreated by her family who always made a fuss over her. On birthdays, holidays, births of newborns to the family, graduations, and all sorts of special occasions, Monsita would be visited with love and gifts by all her tribe who visited her. This gave her happiness in her later years and kept her going on for so long. I’m sure she is grateful and thanks each and every one of us and loved us all dearly. At this time, we all want to Join Monsita in giving special acknowledgment and thanks to our own beloved Maryann who went beyond the call of duty, and sacrificed the last 14 years to be by her mother’s side, doing what was required, to take care of her mom, 24/7. Maryann, we know that Monsita is grateful for that dedication, and we are also. Monsita DeMorales, your family and friends already miss you terribly. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts and honor your contribution of love to our lives. May your journey beyond be blessed. Amen!

Monista P DeMorales

July 14, 1925 - August 1, 2016