Obituary of Cayo Rojas

Cayo Rojas, 68, of Woodland Park, passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by his family on January 19, 2019. Cayo was born on October 21, 1950 in Ayacucho, Peru to the late Amador Rojas Soto and Maria Berrocal Ochoa. Most recently, Cayo worked as a tile and marble cutter at Port Morris Tile and Marble in NY.

He was the beloved husband of Raida Quispe, the treasured father of James Rojas and his wife Johanna, Irma Rojas and her husband Boris Salazar and Fany Rojas and her husband Timothy Pullen; and the cherished grandfather of Melanie, Valerie, and James Rojas, Karla and Nickolas Salazar and Robert and Daniel Pullen. Cayo was the dear brother of Alejandro and Geraldo Quispe and Elena Gutierez and was predeceased by his sister Maria Esperanza Llallire Quispe. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be on Wednesday, January 23rd from 4-8pm at Santangelo Funeral Home, 635 McBride Avenue, Woodland Park, NJ. A funeral Mass will be offered on Thursday at 10:00am at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, 381 Grand St., Paterson. Burial will follow the Mass at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Totowa.

Memorial donations for Cayo Rojas may be sent to:

St. Jude Children's Hospital

Donate online at www.stjude.org/donate