Obituary of Roberto Armando Silva

Roberto A. Silva Jr. was born in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba on September 14, 1962.  Roberto came to Clewiston when he was 4 years old, accompanied by his parents and his brother Rolando.  His sister Carmen would be born 4 years later.  Roberto was Cuban by birth and American by choice.  Roberto was proud of his heritage but never had the desire to return to a communist country.  The family had a good life in Clewiston until an accident at work would eventually paralyze his father leading Roberto to help take care of him from a young age.  Roberto graduated from Clewiston High School in 1982 and was given a scholarship to Carnegie Mellon for art school however, due to family obligations he was not able to attend.  His father passed away the year before and he was needed at home.  Not attending art school was always one of his biggest regrets. Just a few short years later he went to work for Bell’s Radio Shack and working there became one of his greatest loves.  He enjoyed managing Bell’s and came to an understanding of music like no other.  Anyone looking for a certain song or album knew if they came to see Roberto, he had it or would get it for them.  He eventually met the love of his life, Darenda, went he went to work for Royal’s Furniture store. They were married in Las Vegas in 1998.  He worked in banking over 20 years, where he worked in the areas of management, loans, collections, and eventually as vice president of the loan dept.  Roberto loved working with people, loved his job and worked until he became disabled.  His coworkers loved him through this time, and he worked as a teller just a few hours a week to give him something to do. Roberto was an avid collector, artistic, loving, funny, a joker, and just a big kid at heart.  If he was your friend, you were friends for life. He was an avid fan of the Miami Hurricanes and the Pittsburgh Steelers.  Roberto attended Glades Bible Church and prospered greatly over the last year under the guidance of his Pastor David Royal.  He is survived by his wife Darenda of nearly 23 years, his daughter Miranda, his son Kevin (Brandy), and one of his greatest joys in life, Conner, his grandson, Caleb Redish grandson, and Carlie Redish granddaughter.  He is survived by his brother Rolando Silva (Lisa), his sister Carmen Whitehead (Tim), brothers and sisters-in-laws, Les McMillan (Rachel), and Mary Beth Rodriguez (Santiago) and his nieces and nephews whom he always loved as if they were his own; Michael Silva, Christina Torres (Timothy), Angelina Whitehead, Christian Whitehead, Adrianna Whitehead, Heidi Ward (Kendrick) and Kayla Rodriguez.  He is also survived by his cousin Sergio Rubio (Suzi), his godson Carlos (Nani), Alex (Natasha), Alexis, and Natalie, and by his loving fur babies Kiki, and Mama.  Roberto is preceded in death by his parents Roberto and Carmen Silva, his loving aunt Daisy (Yeye) and his little cousin Sergio.

Celebration of Roberto’s Life will be held at 10 am today,  Wednesday, August 18, 2021 at Glades Bible Church located at 705 S Olympia Street, Clewiston, Florida. Visitation will be Tuesday, August 17, 2021 from 6-8 p.m. at Akin-Davis Funeral Home in Clewiston. Burial will take place in Ridgelawn Cemetery.

Arrangements by Akin-Davis Funeral Home - Clewiston.