Victor Manuel

Carrion

At 65 years of age, Victor passed away on Tuesday December 5 ^th at the Cambridge Hospital after suffering a sudden illness in his Chelsea apartment.  Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Victor was a son of the late Bartolo Carrion and Carmen Rodriguez.  He attended schools in Puerto Rico and came to Chelsea as a young man with his family.  Victor resided in several surrounding communities over the years and has remained in Chelsea for the past 20 years.  Victor Continued his education gaining certification in the medical assistance field and worked as a hospital lab technician for many years.  He worked as a Lab Tech with M.G.H., Martha Eliot Health Care, in Boston and recently retired from the Mattapan Community Health Center three years ago.  Victor is fondly remembered for his easy going friendly personality, he was comfortable with people of all backgrounds, rich or poor, educated or not, from the streets to the towers,   young and old alike, he would become a friend to all.  He loved telling jokes and as a young boy he always enjoyed music.  He was a self-taught percussionist playing mostly by ear.  As a child he would always improvise instruments using pots and pans as a child to steel drums in his yard as a young adult.  He belonged to several bands, playing clave on timbales, maracas and cowbell's but he always favored playing bongos.  His playing began with "Los Bravos de Boston" and recently he joined with a local ensemble "Orquestra Mia".

Victor leaves to cherish his memory his beloved children; Victor Carrion and Xaviera Santiago,  he was the dear brother of Bartolo Carrion, Delia Wilson, Lucia Gonzalez, Concepcion Montalvo and Lydia Rodriguez, all of Chelsea, Hilda Carrion of Revere and Nora Gonzalez of Framingham.

ARRANGEMENTS:  Relatives and friends are most kindly invited to attend a memorial gathering and visitation on Thursday December 14 ^th from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at the Frank A. Welsh & Sons Funeral Home 718 Broadway CHELSEA a life tribute and service of remembrance will be held in the funeral home commencing at 7:00 P.M.  Funeral Home fully handicap accessible, ample parking opposite Funeral Home.

Orquesta mia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJUrEOCAbGs&feature=youtu.be