Obituary of Thomas Muniz

On December 6, 2021, Thomas Muniz passed away at the age of 73 after a courageous battle with cancer. Born June 14, 1948 in Manhattan, NY to Monserrate and Norma (Nieves) Muniz. He proudly served his country in the Vietnam war and worked for NY telephone/Verizon for 31 years. He married Roseva (Kiss) December 20, 1987. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, pastor, royal ranger, troop leader, camp kid, friend and neighbor.  

Tom was a devote Christian who lived his life to make the lives of others better. He always had a story to tell and a way of making people laugh.  He loved his wife, his family and his missionary work. He was also the only Puerto Rican from New York City that could pull off a cowboy hat and bolo tie with his Yankees jersey.

He was preceded in death by his father (Monserrate), mother (Norma) and stepfather (Tom Naporski). He is survived by his wife, Roseva; stepchildren, Jeremy (Sarah) and Tim (Sydne) Muratore; sister, Anita (Tony) Peña, their children Andrew (Manu) Peña and Margaux (Jim) Hufnagel. He is also survived by 3 loving grandchildren (Lucas, Monroe, Sutton) that will miss their “Papi”.

Words cannot express the hole in our hearts that Tom has left that may only be healed by faith.

Visitation will be held at the Monmouth Worship Center, 37 Vanderburg Road, Marlboro, NJ 07746 on Sunday, December 12, 2021 from 2:30 to 5:00 PM with his funeral service to follow. Livestreaming will be available HERE. A repast will take place at the Worship Center from 6:00 to 7:00 PM. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, to continue in Tom’s giving spirit, please consider donating to CureAHC, working to provide resources to families with children affected by alternating hemiplegia of childhood and fund research looking for a cure, Angelwish, helping children and families living with chronic illness, Convoy of Hope, a faith-based non-profit feeding those in need, or Tunnels to Towers, provides housing resources to first responders. For information or to leave condolence messages to the family, please visit www.claytonfuneralhome.com