Monday, August 15, 2016
Walter and I worked together many years ago at the Punta Gorda Isles Yacht club and restaurant when I was still in High School; he had just recently arrived from Peru. One incident he and I would recount often happened while we were working at the PGI Yacht club. I was a waiter there and Walter would bus tables for me and other waiters. On this occasion a fly was circling one of my tables that evening and the patron complained. I spoke with Walter to get something to remove the fly. As I was talking to him I said "There's a fly around my table"..."What!!" he replied, and I responded with "fly around the table"...to which he replied, "Esteban, I can't fly". We had become fast friends at that point and later I worked with him and Pedro Triana at Triana's terrazzo floor construction and finishing company during my summer vacations from college. Many times I went to Walter's house where his wife Vickie would prepare Peruvian meals and I was introduced to a working man's Peruvian menu. It was all delicious, but I liked the ceviche and fried plantains the best of all. I became great friends with both Vickie and Walter. I remember his daughter Angela (Angelita) who was two years old when he and I first met and I remember the birth of his son, Walter (Waltercito). He was very proud of both of them. One of the regrets in my life was that I let our friendship dissipate over the years when I moved away to the Maryland area. He was a good, hardworking man and was the truest of friends. I will close with this wish, that wherever Walter is, I hope he looks down and remembers his good friend Esteban.
My condolences to Vickie, Angela, and Walter and all of Walter Senior's grandkids. You lost a good man who is a wonderful family man.
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