JEAN-PAUL VERTUS WAS KNOWN TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS AS PAULO. HE WAS BORN TO ARISTOMENE VERTUS AND ELICETTE NOEL ON JULY 15, 1932, IN PIERROUX, CROIX-DES-BOUQUETS, HAITI. HE WAS RAISED AND COMPLETED SOME SCHOOLING IN CROIX-DES-BOUQUETS. JEAN GREW UP ALONG WITH HIS SIBLINGS INCLUDED ANDRE VERTUS, MARILENE VERTUS, AND THOMAS VERTUS. A SHORT TIME LATER, HE MET HIS COMPANION FOR OVER 60 YEARS, ANNE MARIE TUNIS. TOGETHER, THEY HAD 14 CHILDREN. TRAGICALLY HE SUFFERED THE LOSS OF TWO BOYS, AND TWO GIRLS AND LEFT BEHIND NINE CHILDREN: CHARLEMAGNE VERTUS, ESPEDINOR VERTUS, JOHNSON TUNIS, JEAN OLRICH VERTUS, DULKENS VERTUS, WILBERTE VERTUS, YANICK VERTUS, MAGLINE VERTUS, AND SIMON VERTUS.

JEAN PAUL LEAVES BEHIND 27 GRANDCHILDREN AND 30 GREATGRANDCHILDREN. HE ALSO HAD 10 NEPHEWS AND 11 NIECES.

HE PASSED AWAY AT AGE OF 90 ON MARCH 12, 2023, IN BOSTON, MASS