Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cejas-Rosas, Rodolfo, MD April 20, 2019
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Virginian-Pilot  April 25, 2019
Dr. Rodolfo Cejas-Rosas (known to many as simply Dr. Cejas ) passed away at age 90 
on April 20, 2019, in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He was born on August 27, 1928, to 
the late Susanna and Salvador Cejas in Havana, Cuba, the third son in a family of 
four children. After receiving his medical degree at La Universidad Superior de 
Ciencias Medicas in Havana, he emigrated to New York City where, in 1958, he 
completed his medical residency at Harlem Hospital. Dr. Cejas moved with his wife 
and infant son to Norfolk, Virginia, to begin a medical practice that would span 
more than 60 years, touching the lives of generations of patients throughout 
Hampton Roads. Dr. Cejas was a passionate advocate for the African-American 
community. When the battle to end segregation in public schools reached Hampton 
Roads in 1959, he was one of several leaders to actively protect and prepare the 
seventeen African-American students who would be the first to integrate Norfolk's 
all-white schools. Dr. Cejas' contribution to the victory of the famed "Norfolk 
17" was noted in the Journal of Negro Education and lauded by the students 
themselves, including Andrew Heidelberg, who, in his book, "The Norfolk 17: A 
Personal Narrative on Desegregation in Norfolk, Virginia," said of Dr. Cejas, 
"Even today, I still want to be just like him ... he was a very good teacher, a 
very good doctor, a very good businessman and a very good person." Dr. Cejas was 
the Medical Director and on the board of Norfolk Community Hospital. In addition 
to his medical practice, he was also a successful and respected entrepreneur, with 
businesses throughout Hampton Roads. He was a founding partner in the first black-
owned and operated medical office facility, which opened on Brambleton Avenue in 
Norfolk in 1964. He is survived by his wife Carol Hansen-Cejas, his three sons 
René, Roberto, and Rodolfo II, his daughter Olivia Ines Cejas, as well as ten 
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Dr. Cejas will repose 10-11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 27, 2019, at Metropolitan 
Funeral Service, 7246 Granby Street, Norfolk, VA. A funeral service will be held 
from 11-12:00 p.m. Professional services are entrusted to Metropolitan Funeral 
Service, 7246 Granby Street, Norfolk, VA 23505.

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