KENNETH EDWARD GAVAGNI, 53
BORN IN MIAMI, FLORIDA AT NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL ON NOVEMBER 27TH 1968 TO PARENTS ROBERT AND ROSEMARY GAVAGNI. HE PASSED AWAY ON DECEMBER 30, 2021 FROM CARDIAC ARREST AFTER MONTHS OF TREATMENT FOR MRSA AND SEVERAL OTHER PHYSICAL AILMENTS. HIS LOVE FOR HIS FAMILY / FRIENDS AND LIFE ITSELF NEVER WAVERED.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS FATHER ROBERT, OLDER BROTHER BOBBY, YOUNGER BROTHER JOE, DAUGHTER KRISTI-ROSE AND GRANDDAUGHTER KAILI.
HE WAS BORN, RAISED AND LIVED HIS WHOLE LIFE IN MIAMI, FLORIDA BEING A LIFELONG DOLPHIN AND MIAMI HURRICANES AS WELL AS FLORIDA PANTHERS, MIAMI HEAT, AND MIAMI MARLINS FAN. HE ATTENDED ST. JAMES CATHOLIC SCHOOL FROM KINDRGARTEN THROUGH EIGTH GRADE. HE GRADUATED FROM NORTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN 1986.
HE WAS INCREDIBLY SKILLED WITH HIS HANDS WHICH HE GOT FROM HIS FATHER ROBERT. HE FOLLOWED IN HIS FATHERS FOOTSTEPS AND WORKED IN THE ELECTRICAL FIELD HIS WHOLE LIFE FOR LOCAL UNION #349, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND LATER FOR HIMSELF AS AN ELECTRICAL SUB CONTRACTOR. HE HAD AN INCREDIBLE LOVE FOR THE OUTDOORS ESPECIALLY THE WATER AND LOVED TO JET SKI, BOATING, GOING TO THE BEACH AS WELL AS SNOW BOARDING IN COLORADO. HE WAS ALSO INCREDIBLY MECHANICALLY SKILLED WITH AUTOMOBILES AND MOTORCYCLES WHICH HE LOVED WORKING ON, DRIVING AND RACING. BUT HIS GREATEST LOVE OF ALL WAS FOR HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS ALWAYS THERE TO LEND A HELPING HAND, GIVE POSITIVE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT NO MATTER THE SITUATION. HIS CONSTANT AND CONTAGIOUS SMILE WAS ALWAYS ON HIS FACE TO SHINE ON EVERYONE HE MET JUST LIKE HIS BELOVED MOTHER ROSEMARY TAUGHT ALL HER SONS THROUGHOUT HER ENTIRE LIFE “SMILE ALWAYS” WHICH HE DID HIS ENTIRE LIFE UP TO THE VERY END NO MATTER WHAT.
IT IS LIKE A BAD DREAM KNOWING YOU ARE NO LONGER HERE WITH US PHYSICALLY IN THIS WORLD AND WE ARE SUFFERING GREATLY WITH THE LOSS OF YOUR PRESENCE, BUT YOU MY BROTHER WILL NO LONGER ENDURE ANYMORE GREAT SUFFERINGS YOU WENT THROUGH, SO COURAGEOIUSLY, SO STRONG AND UNWAVERING. NEVER ONCE COMPLAINING OR GIVING UP, A TESTAMENT TO YOUR STRENGTH AND COURAGE. MERE WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS OUR LOVE FOR YOU AS WELL AS YOUR LOVE FOR US. YOU WILL FOREVER BE IN OUR HEARTS, MINDS, AND SOULS GUIDING AND PROTECTING US ALWAYS.
LIKE OUR BELOVED MOM WROTE FOR OUR GRANDPARENTS YEARS AGO: YOU ARE LOVED BEYOND WORDS AND MISSED BEYOND MEASURE, YOUR PRESENCE WE MISS, YOUR MEMORY WE TREASURE, LOVING YOU ALWAYS, FORGETTING YOU NEVER!
SMILE ALWAYS! 😊
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Diane Menendez
January 14, 2022, 10:16 pm
Our precious nephew & cousin
there are no words to express how we feel God gives families special people to love,and cherish and then when we don’t Expect it calls them home to be his angels and to watch over us . So many memories of laughter,tears and being there for each other . Many many weekends at the beach riding bikes on Hollywood boardwalk,Hurricane tailgating,dirt biking when you were young,phone calls about them CANES how good and bad they played,and just spending time together . You will be MISSED but
Our hearts will hold all memories
Close. Peace and you are now with all of our Angels!!
WE LOVE YOU ALWAYS
Uncle Vic, Aunt Dee Dee Cousin Steven.
Terri De Cubas
January 15, 2022, 5:54 am
I can’t even express how numb I feel. How my heart aches. To watch the pain you endured and for the amount of time you endured it. To see you cry and tell me how much you wanted to just go home. How you missed your family, missed seeing your cousins and spending time doing things with them. It just breaks my heart you couldn’t get better. We were so close. You were my second brother. We grew up together, spent the night over each other’s homes, went to high school together, we always were together at grandmas, it was always my brother and yours and me and you. So many, many wonderful memories and some bad awful fights but we always forgave and always had that bond. We had some good times cuz. Even through high school and going out clubbing together you always had my back like a big brother. You would always tell your friends “don’t mess with my cousin” I hope you know how I truly loved you. I know you weren’t perfect and you had your flaws but you also had a heart of gold when you were doing good and you loved your family. Even to the end you asked about your cousins and Reminenced about them. How much you longed to get up out of the bed and go home and see your family again. You’ll forever hold a special place in my heart and I will hold all the memories of our childhood to our adulthood near and dear to me. I know you are celebrating seeing your mom again and all our other family members. I can’t believe this is real. I’m so at a loss. Things just won’t be the same without you. “Don’t you ever” your silly noises “Eh” your nicknames for everyone… stank foot, boy hoof, more milk… all of our secrets we shared with one another. All the phone calls you made checking up on me almost daily. Save me a seat at that table when I see u again cuz. (Maybe by then we can sit at the adult table) I will miss you so much at all of our gatherings and get togethers. You were my shadow. We were like two magnets together. My heart is broken but I Love you with all my heart💔 what is left of it. Your #1 cuz, Tee
Jesus Castro
January 15, 2022, 2:24 pm
Krazy Kenny We don’t have much story’s together to tell but that few we have are memorial. Remember going to the hurricanes game one time with Jose we drank some beers had a blast of a good time, going out in Terry’s boat a was a pleasure spending good times with you. You will be missed that’s for sure. But that good thing is you got rid off all those demon’s they were hunting you. Also you went home to be with the lord and now you’re at peace no more pain. R.I.P. the lord be with you my friend.
Denise Sprouse
January 16, 2022, 12:33 pm
Those are beautiful words!
My condolences to all who knew him..
May he test in peace 🙏🏻