Fernando Enrique Mata Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Fernando Enrique Mata in Miami, Florida, born in Havana, Florida, who passed away at the age of 83, on December 17, 2025. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Fernando Enrique Mata to show support.
He was predeceased by: his parents, Fernando Antonio Mata and Maria Luisa Sorondo Mata; his former wife Linda Osowski Mata; and his cousin Eloisa Sorondo Menes. He is survived by: his daughter Kristen Mata of Merced; his wife Nancy Young; his sons, Jeffrey and Michael Mata of Miami; his grandchildren, Kaitlyn, Kevin, Katie and Stella; his brother Luis O. Mata (Pedro Pan); his sister-in-law Cynthia K. Hale of Fort Collins, Colorado.; his nieces, Teresa Alexis Mata and Daniella Maria Mata; his nephew Carlos Fernando Mata; his cousins, Abraham "Yan" Embi, Sarisa Merladet Montero, Noemi "Mimi" Embi Macias, Emilito Sorondo, Carlos, Estelita Montero Rodriguez, Rosarito Mata, Henry Molinet, Madeleine Molinet and Eloisita Menes; Diana Embi, Carlos Montero and Luis Macias.
After leaving the FBI in1990, due to employment retaliation for having testified against the Bureau, Fernando entered private practice in Miami and was a successful civil and criminal law attorney until physical problems forced him to retire during the COVID crisis.
