Carmen Lydia Jimenez passed away peacefully at the age of 91 with her loving family surrounding her. 

Carmen was born in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico in 1931 to Rosenda and Nicolas Jimenez. She is predeceased by her sister Maria, her daughters Magda and Linda and her loving husband Neptali.

Carmen and her family relocated to Park Slope, Brooklyn when she was a young lady where she met and married her love Neptali. Carmen was a devoted wife and mother where together they would raise their five children. Carmen was an extraordinary woman whom had many talents. She worked in Brooklyn as a tailor for a local station on Channel 13 and later as an administrator for an Ophthalmology office in Brooklyn. Carmen owned and operated an authentic Puerto Rican restaurant in Brooklyn where Carmen’s famous dish of Arroz Con Grandules was the love of the neighborhood.

Carmen enjoyed cooking her traditional dishes for her family during holidays and special occasions all traditions that her daughters and grandchildren carry on to this day. Carmen loved to travel back to Puerto Rico to visit with her family. She loved to dance and fill the house with sounds of Tito Fuente or Ceila Cruz. She was blessed with a big heart who was always helping her family and friends. Most of all, she enjoyed being surrounded by her family.

Carmen is survived by her children Jose Jimenez, Maria and her husband Michael Giannattasio, and Madelyn Jimenez, her brother Nicolas Jimenez, and sister Olga Diaz, her eight grandchildren Gordon, Amanda, Benjamin, Christopher, Jonathan, Anna Maria, Eve, and Neomi, her many nieces and nephews, and many loving great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be held on Monday, September 18^th from 4 pm – 8pm at Holmdel Funeral Home 26 S. Holmdel Road, Holmdel. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, September 19^th, 10:15 am at St. Leo the Great, 50 Hurleys Lane, Lincroft. Burial will follow at Cypress Hills Cemetery Brooklyn, NY.

In lieu of traditional remembrances, please consider making a donation in Carmen’s name to St. Jude Children’s Hospital (www.StJude.org)

For messages of condolence, or to share a favorite memory of Carmen, please visit her page of tribute at www.HolmdelFuneralHome.com