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Jocelyne Bristol

September 30, 1947 — October 13, 2020

Jocelyne Bristol, 73, of Apopka, FL went to be with the Lord on October 13, 2020. She was born September 30, 1947 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti to a single mother, the late Juliette Bristol. She moved to the United States in 1970 and lived in New York City, NY and Chicago, IL, prior to moving to Apopka with her children in 1992. She proudly became a U.S. citizen in 1998 to honor the country she had come to love. She was fluent in English, French, and Haitian Creole, and had an elementary understanding of Spanish.

Jocelyne held several positions in the Greater Orlando Area, including Home Health Aide assisting the elderly and Bilingual Paraprofessional with the Orange County Public Schools (Apopka Memorial Middle School and Piedmont Lakes Middle School) for 17 years, prior to her retirement in 2009. She was passionate about making a difference in young children of all backgrounds and nationalities as they transitioned to America, with learning English for the first time in the local school system.

Jocelyne was a devout Catholic and devoted mother, stepmother, grandmother, godmother, along with caring friend, and great neighbor. In her spare time, she loved cooking various cuisines, especially her native Haitian cuisine with family. She enjoyed listening to Celtic music, watching competitive cooking shows, game shows, and reruns of sitcoms from the 70s and 80s, doing crossword puzzles, and spending time and talking with family and friends. She will forever be remembered as a source of joy, peace, happiness, strength, and giver of continuous love and support to all who loved her. Her sacrifices for her children were immeasurable. She will be missed greatly by all.

Jocelyne was proceeded in death by her mother, Juliette Bristol and biological father, Sorel Villard, whom she unfortunately never met. Those left to cherish her memory are her sons, Reginald Hector, Don V. Hector Sr. (Candace), Brian A. Hector (Stephanie); grandsons, Don V. Hector Jr., Julian A. Hector, and Jackson N. Hector, along with Tre Lockhart and Sammy Navarro; stepfather, Wilner Jean; stepsiblings, Joseph Anderson Jean, Ronel Jean, Juliana Casseus (nee Jean), and Wilmy Jean and their families; goddaughter Kettly Nelson. She is also survived by half-siblings, Yves-Anne Vilard, Myrtha Villard, Alix Villard, Herold Villard, Frantz Charles-Pierre, and Carline Vilar and their families, as well as a host of loving friends and relatives, including Alourdes Saint-Claire, Mireille Lafontant, Maryse Foucault, Jean-Frederick Hector, Michael Hector, Shakonda Lockhart and Dawn Eden.

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