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MAUD BRISBANE PADMORE, LOVINGLY KNOWN AS "AUNTIE MAUD," WAS BORN ON APRIL 2, 1960, IN KINGSTON, ST.
VINCENT & GRENADINES, TO CONRAD AND MABLE PADMORE. SHE WAS ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN.
MAUD MIGRATED TO THE US IN 1980, CONTINUING HER EDUCATION AT THEODORE ROOSEVELT H.S. IN THE BRONX.
SHE LATER GRADUATED FROM THE INSTITUTE OF CULINARY ARTS AS A TOP CHEF. HER CULINARY CAREER INCLUDED
POSITIONS AT TRUMP TOWERS, BLOOMINGDALE'S RESTAURANT, JUSTIN'S, AND STARBUCKS.
KNOWN FOR HER GENEROUS SPIRIT, MAUD HAD A GIFT FOR MAKING INSTANT FRIENDS AND ALWAYS PUT OTHERS
BEFORE HERSELF. SHE WAS ESPECIALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS SEASON, MAKING IT HER MISSION TO
BUY GIFTS FOR EVERYONE – FROM FAMILY MEMBERS TO SANITATION WORKERS AND NEIGHBORS. MAUD LIVED A
HUMBLE AND THANKFUL LIFE, EMBODYING GRATITUDE IN ALL SHE DID.
MAUD SHARED A SPECIAL BOND WITH HER SISTER SOLITA. THE TWO WERE INSEPARABLE, RARELY SEEN APART.
THEIR CONNECTION WAS A TESTAMENT TO THE STRENGTH OF FAMILY LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP.
MAUD'S GIVING HEART AND COMPASSIONATE SOUL TOUCHED ALL WHO KNEW HER. SHE WAS A TRUE BELIEVER AND
SERVANT OF GOD, LEAVING BEHIND A LEGACY OF LOVE, KINDNESS, AND GENEROSITY. THOSE WHO KNEW MAUD CAN
ALMOST HEAR HER SAYING, "I'M ALRIGHT, I'M ALRIGHT, I'M JUST RESTING MY EYES," IN HER CHARACTERISTIC
WAY OF PUTTING OTHERS AT EASE.
MAUD HAS BEEN CALLED HOME TO JOIN HER PARENTS, CONRAD AND MABLE PADMORE, AND HER BROTHER CASSION
PADMORE. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER SIBLINGS JUANITA, ZENITH, SOLITA, JOSETH, BEVERLY, AND DWIGHT, AS
WELL AS HER BELOVED NIECES AND NEPHEWS: HANSON, ERIC JR., CHRISTINE, JUDY, JETHRO, FIDEL, PHILLIP,
ALI, AYESHA, GABBY, ARI, AND BELLA.WHILE WE MOURN MAUD'S PASSING, LET US ALSO CELEBRATE HER LIFE FILLED WITH JOY, LAUGHTER, AND LOVE. MAUD WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED, BUT HER SPIRIT OF GIVING AND HER LOVE FOR OTHERS WILL CONTINUE TO INSPIRE ALL WHO KNEW HER.
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