Ramon Pedro Pena's Obituary
Ramon Pedro (“Chito”) Peña passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at age 71, surrounded by his family.
Beloved husband of Allison Heaps de Peña for 38 years. Loving father of Melissa Isabel Peña Biggs (Miles Monroe) and Esteban Paul Breckenridge Peña. Son of the late Dora Serra Adrianzen and Hipolito Peña Fowks of Peru. Loving brother of Hipólito Javier Peña Serra (Tato), and 7 sisters, María Saba Peña Serra, Carmen María Peña de Delly, Dora Amelia Peña de Delly, Inés Yolanda Peña de Sánchez (Yola), María Esperanza Peña de Lacroix (Tata), María Elena Peña de Castro, and Dora Elena Peña de Noriega. Preceded in death by 2 sisters, Angélica del Socorro Peña de Myers (Coco), and Carmen Teresa Peña Serra, all residents of Negritos, Talara and Lima, Peru. Grandfather of Miles Monroe Biggs, II, Maxwell William Biggs, and Lucy LaPorte Biggs. And a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins in Peru and the United States.
The family would like to express their deep gratitude and appreciation to Hospice of St. Tammany and our dear niece, Lisa Fickenscher, RN, ACNP, CNOR, MSN, Surgical Oncology, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, Md.
Pedro worked in the oil and gas industry his entire life. In Peru with N.Y. & Houston-based Belco Petroleum Corporation of Peru as their first Peruvian barge captain and then as an Off-Shore construction supervisor & foreman until 1979, when he came to the United States with his wife and two children to work for Drew Cornell, Inc., Lafayette, LA. From 1981-1999 Pedro worked for Shell Oil Company, New Orleans, LA. As a Senior Off-Shore Construction Specialist, Pedro planned, coordinated, and executed many off-shore construction projects in the Gulf. Pedro became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1983, yet his spirit and heart was always Peruvian.
Relatives and friends are invited to the memorial Mass at St. Joseph Abbey, 75376 River Rd., St. Benedict, LA 70457 on 28 March , 2011 at 1:00 PM.
Interment will follow in St. Joseph Abbey Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in memory of Mr. Pena to Hospice of St. Tammany, 1202 S. Tyler St., Covington, LA 70433.
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