PERCIVAL A. CABALLERO, MD

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS MEMORIAL DONATIONS MAY BE MADE IN DR. PERCIVAL A. CABALLERO'S NAME TO: ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION 23 VREELAND ROAD SUITE 105 FLORHAM PARK, NJ 07932-1514 OR TO: CURE ALZHEIMER'S FUND www.curealz.org MEMORIAL MASS: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2022 11AM ST. JOHN VIANNEY RC CHURCH 2823 ROUTE 23 SOUTH STOCKHOLM, NJ 07460 BURIAL OF URN: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2022 FOLLOWING FUNERAL MASS IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CEMETERY 174 NORTH CHURCH ROAD FRANKLIN, NJ 07461 (HARDYSTON TWP.) Dr. Percival A. Caballero, 87, Orthopedic Physician, of Wayne, NJ, peacefully passed away on Tuesday, December 20 2022. Perci, son of Jose and Felipa Caballero, was born October, 26, 1935 in Carcar, Philippines. Perci attended the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, earning a Doctoral degree in Medicine, specializing in Orthopedics. Perci and wife, Carmen Tan (anesthesiologist, deceased 1987), emigrated into the United States in 1967 and served multiple New York City hospitals in Harlem, Brooklyn, Coney Island, and New Jersey's Sussex and Morris counties. Perci's surgical career stretched more than 50 years, until retiring from medicine and his local private practice in 2012. Perci is survived by his three children; his daughter Joyce and her husband Joseph Neubig; his son Kim and his wife Karen, and his son Eric and Marnie Lewis; his grandchildren: Eric Ryan, Jaxon Avery, Zachary Jacob, Mason Joseph and Tori Lewis. Perci was brother to Mildred Embodo (deceased 2021), and is also survived by her four children; his nieces Myra Embodo, Marla and her husband Elmer Padron, Merle and her husband Charles Snead, and his nephew, Arnel and his wife Fatima Embodo, and their collective six children. Perci's extended family and the Caballero legacy continues to expand across the globe, from the Philippines to the United States and Canada. Perci traveled extensively throughout his life, seeing global destinations such as the Egyptian pyramids, Vatican City, the African Serengeti, the Galapagos Islands, New Zealand, and Australia. Perci was always giving back to his community as a lifetime charitable donor for multiple under-served medical, humanitarian, animal and environmental charities. A memorial mass will take place on Wednesday, January 4, 2022 at 11am at St. John Vianney RC Church, 2823 Route 23 South, Stockholm, NJ 07460. The burial of urn will follow at Immaculate Conception Cemetery, 174 North Church Road, Franklin, NJ 07461 (Hardyston Twp.). In lieu of sending flowers and/or cards, Perci asked that friends pay their good fortune forward to their own children, families and communities or to the following charities that the family has contributed to: Alzheimer's Association, 23 Vreeland Road, Suite 105,Florham Park, NJ 07932-1514 or to: Cure Alzheimer's Fund, www.curealz.org. Online condolences and directions to the church: www.sticklesolteszfuneralhome.com.

PERCIVAL A. CABALLERO, MD

October 26, 1935 - December 20, 2022