ADALGISA VIZCAINO, BETTER KNOWN AS "KIRBY", PEACEFULLY PASSED AWAY ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2025, SURROUNDED BY AN INTIMATE CIRCLE OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS AT THE MIKE CONLEY HOSPICE HOUSE IN CLERMONT, FLORIDA AT THE YOUTHFUL AGE OF 92.
KIRBY IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER SVETLANA TORRES, OF GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR, HER DAUGHTER, GLENDA GALIPEAU-TAYLOR OF WINTER GARDEN, FLORIDA, ORIGINALLY FROM CALIFORNIA, HER SON-IN-LAW, CONAN TAYLOR OF KANSAS, HER GRANDSON, MASON TAYLOR OF CALIFORNIA, HER GRANDAUGHTER, MADISON TAYLOR OF CALIFORNIA, AND HER GRANDAUGHTER, ELISE TAYLOR OF TEXAS. KIRBY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER SIBLINGS WALTER VIZCAINO, SONIA VIZCAINO, KLEBER VIZCAINO, AND DAISY VIZCAINO DE ZAVALA, AS WELL AS HER PARENTS, REYNALDO VIZCAINO AND ISMENIA THENEM DE VIZCAINO OF GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR AND HER GRANDMOTHER HERMELINDA TERAN HIDALGO, HER GRANDFATHER ESPERIDION VIZCAINO, AND UNCLE JUSTINO CORNEJO VIZCAINO OF PUEBLO VIEJO, ECUADOR.
KIRBY WAS BORN IN GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR. SHE MOVED TO CALIFORNIA IN THE 1960'S AND PERSUED HER PASSION FOR WORKING WITH PRESCHOOL AGED CHILDREN AS A CATECHIST AT ST. JOSEPH'S PARISH IN HAWTHORNE AND AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE IN LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE TUSTIN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. OVER THE YEARS, SHE TOUCHED MANY HEARTS WITH HER SIMPLE APPROACH TO LIFE AND HER SILLY SENSE OF HUMOR. SHE FELT FULFILLED TO BE A NATIONALIZED CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND GRATEFUL FOR HER BLESSINGS EVERYDAY. KIRBY MADE A POINT TO LOVE GOD FIRST AND PRAISED HIS HOLY NAME EVERYDAY ALONG WITH ASKING FOR THE INTERCESSSION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY IN A DAILY ROSARY; THESE DAILY PRACTICES MADE HER A SIMPLE AND GENTLE SOUL. KIRBY WILL BE MISSED BY HER FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND THOSE WHO KNEW HER, BUT HER MEMORY WILL ALWAYS REMAIN DEAR IN THEIR' HEARTS.
HER CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2025:
SAN PEDRO RETREAT CENTER
MARY MOTHER OF GOD CHAPEL
95 BISHOP GRADY LANE,
WINTER PARK, FL 32792
ROSARY ~ FUNERAL MASS ~ GRAVESITE INTERNMENT
11:45 A.M.-2:45 P.M