Obituary: Armando Marques Bernardo, 66, Of Danbury

Information and Photo Courtesy Green Funeral Home

DANBURY, CT — Armando Marques Bernardo, 66, of Danbury, passed away on Sept. 16 in Tampa, Florida.

Armando was born in Mozambique to António Bernardo Julio and Arminda Marques Bernardo on Dec. 17, 1956. He went to school at Colégio Don Bosco de Lourenço Marques and Danbury High School. He married Maria Bernardo on Sept. 24, 1983, in Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. He attended Western Connecticut State University. He was an entrepreneur and began his own company, AB Electronics Inc., in 1992 and retired after twenty-nine years in December 2021. He was a member of the Portuguese Cultural Center and the treasurer of the philanthropic organization of Villa Franca De Serra.

Armando is preceded in death by his parents, António Bernardo Julio and Arminda Marques Bernardo.

Armando is survived by his wife Maria Augusta Bernardo, children Christian Ashley Bernardo and Felicia Gloria Bernardo, granddaughter Emma Grace Bernardo, and sister Maria Vitoria Bernardo Bento.

Visitation for Armando will be held Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Green Funeral Home, 57 Main St., Danbury, Connecticut 06810. A Mass of Christian burial will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Gregory the Great Church, 85 Great Plain Rd., Danbury, CT 06811. Burial will follow at, St. Peter Cemetery, 71 Lake Ave Extension, Danbury, CT 06810.

The family is thankful he was able to be an organ donor and give the gift of sight to others. If you would like to give the gift of life to another, you can visit organdonor.gov to learn more.

The family of Armando wishes to extend its sincere thanks to the phenomenal nurses who cared for and comforted him and his family during his last days.