Eneldina 'Dina' Palma de SanchezEneldina “Dina” Palma de Sanchez, Warsaw, passed away surrounded by family at 8 a.m. Friday, June 9, 2017, at her residence at the age of 59.
She was born May 9, 1958, at El Brasilar, Santa Catarina Mita, in Jutiapa, Guatemala, to Rosalina Hernandez and Miguel Angel Palma. On Feb. 7, 1976, she was married to Abel Alfredo Sanchez, who survives in Warsaw.
When she was young she helped her father in the fields in Guatemala. She came to the United States in 1984. She worked hard her entire life. She was a homemaker and worked as the head cook at The Boathouse Restaurant, Winona Lake, for 17 years. She loved to cook and garden, and had a love of flowers.
Dina was a loving woman of God and woman of faith. She was a member of Iglesia Betesda Asambleas de Dios Church in Warsaw, where she also served as a pastor. She was a very unique woman who loved her parents, brothers and sisters. Most of all, she loved her husband, children and grandchildren ... she was No. 1 in her family. She will be forever loved and dearly missed by all that were fortunate to have known her.
She will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 41 years, Abel Alfredo Sanchez, Warsaw; her parents, Rosalina and Miguel Angel Palma, Fort Wayne; son, Alfredo (wife Norma) Sanchez Jr., Warsaw; and two daughters, Nivia (husband Federico) Presteguin, Warsaw, and Saida (husband Jason) Hemsoth, Warsaw. She also leaves behind five grandchildren: Dineli, Dania, Federico Jr., Isaac and Eli; as well as three sisters: Maribel, Eva and Liliana; and six brothers: Francisco, Santiago, Jaime, Leonel, Roberto and Hector.
She was preceded in death by one infant brother; her infant granddaughter, Isabella; and her mother-in-law.
Visitation will be from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, June 15, at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, 225 Argonne Road, Warsaw.
Her funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Friday, June 16, at Iglesia Betesda Asambleas de Dios Church, 720 McClellan St., Warsaw, and officiated by the Rev. Jose Luis Gutierrez. Burial will follow with a graveside service at Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw.
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Memorials to Iglesia Betesda Asambleas de Dios Church, P.O. Box 765, Warsaw, IN 46581, to go toward Christmas Dinners for Children in Haiti.
Online condolences may be sent at www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com.
