Salvador Manuel Cruxent's Obituary
CRUXENT I Bachs, Salvador Manuel Francisco. Passed away unexpectedly on October 5th at age 75 after a ten month valiant battle with cancer. A native of Barcelona, Spain, he attended schools in France before moving to Havana, Cuba where he graduated from Colegio de LaSalle in Vedado. He was educated at the University of Barcelona and the University of Havana, arriving in Miami from Cuba in 1961 and moving to Spain shortly thereafter. He returned to Miami in 1963, to pass his Architectural Boards and revalidate his Architectural Degree, and was among the first Cuban-educated architects to launch and enjoy a very long and successful 42 year career, always in Coral Gables. He was the first Hispanic to sit on the Coral Gables Board of Architects, an honor which was in the ensuing years twice repeated. He recently attained Architect Emeritus status in the American Institute of Architects. He is survived by his loving wife of 43 years, Edith Anne Sharpe, and their children Ana Carolina (Alejandro) Roig, Christina Maria (George) Griffith and Jordi Cruxent; six adoring grandchildren: Nicholas and Cristian Roig, and Olivia, George, Camilla and Peter-John Griffith; his dear sister Margarita Cruxent Zamora, nieces Margarita Zamora, Judith Green and Maria Victoria (Peter) Crouse, and grand-nieces, Sarah and Rebecca, as well as many close and dear friends, colleagues and clients. He will be forever missed and cherished by all who knew him.Services will be held on Saturday, October 10th at St. Louis Catholic Church, 7270 S.W. 120 Street, Miami, at 11.30 am with a reception immediately following in the Courtyard. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to Fairchild Tropical Garden.
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