Obituary of Manuel Gomez, Homestead, Dade County, Florida

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Obituary - Nov 20 1978

Manuel Gomez, 91, Electrician, Grandson of Early Dade Settler

Manuel Gomez, 91, longtime telephone pioneer who used his bicycle to get around 
and install phones, died last night in the Homestead Manor Nursing Home.  Gomez, 
who was featured in a News Leader article last week, once installed a 
telephone for inventor Thomas Edison who had an office in Key West where Gomez 
installed phones in the Navy Yard.  In 1910 he laid the first piece of 
underground telephone cable in Miami.  It ran from the Seybold building to 
Whaler's Drug Store across 12th Street (now Flagler).  

Born in Key West, Gomez and his wife came to Homestead in 1945 when he retired 
after 26 years of service with the U.S. Coast Guard.  He is survived by one son, 
Anthony of Miami; five daughters, Mrs. Mabel Simmons of Homestead, Mrs. 
Carolyn Henderson of St. Petersburg, Mrs. Lilla Sauer of Key Largo, Mrs. Edna 
Fitzpatrick of Miami and Mrs. Phyllis Atwood of Nashville, Tenn.; two brothers, 
Will of Key West and Leo of Ohio; 14 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren.  
A rosary will be said at 7:30 tonight at the Branam Funeral Home, with a mass at 
11 a.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Homestead.