Elias Daniel Anzola Perez

Elias Daniel Anzola Perez of New Smyrna Beach, Florida passed away on June 17, 2026 at the age of 92 years. He was born on February 16, 1934 in San Antonio del Golfo, Cumana, Venezuela. He grew up in Maracay, Aragua and Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela.

He received his high school diploma from the Liceo Fermin Toro in Caracas and then graduated as a medical doctor from Universidad de Buenos Aires in Argentina on May 15, 1961.

He returned to Venezuela and lived near Caracas, with his wife as well as his first son and daughter, where his second son was born. Soon after, in the State of Trujillo, he became the first medical doctor for the town of La Puerta and then chief assistant for the Health Unit in the city of Valera. Years later, he became the chief epidemiologist in the city of Maracaibo, State of Zulia, in Venezuela, and completed his career working as a regional health advisor for the Pan American Health Organization in Washington, DC until 1995, when he retired.

He was actively involved in visiting museums, attending opera and orchestra concerts, playing piano, critically listening to music and creating his own songs, extensively reading books and the news, and writing numerous articles, some of which were published in the Bitacora Medica, newspapers, and blogs. He was devoted to compiling biographies of his favorite music authors, performers, and singers.

He is preceded in death by his wife Carmenza Pineda Flores, his parents, and brother and sisters, as well as his son Eduardo.

He is survived by his sons Mauricio, Orlando and Rodolfo, his daughters Liliana and Ana Maria, his grandsons Enzo and Dylan, and granddaughters Fiorella, Clarissa, Sofia, Giulia, Daniella and Valentina.

The family would like to thank the staff of Halifax Health Care Hospice in Edgewater for the care and compassion they showed our loved one in his final days. Our dearest thanks to Tammy and Anthony for having the right caring personality to listen to us and giving us their advice when we needed them the most. Tammy’s hugs were needed as we gave our last goodbye to our dear Elias.

The interment of his ashes will take place at the National Memorial Park cemetery, in Falls Church, Virginia.

In your hands, O Lord, we humbly entrust our dear Elias Daniel, who carried two biblical names: Elias “God is my Lord” and Daniel “God is my judge”. Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him, Amen!