Born on April 27, 1947 in Pangasinan, Philippines, Delia received her Bachelors in Nursing from University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines in 1968. She continued her education at Saint Xavier College in Chicago, Illinois from which she received her Masters of Science in Nursing in 1991.
She worked the majority of her career in nursing administration first at Cabrini Hospital in Chicago, then in the Infection Disease & Control department at the formerly named Cook County Hospital (now Stroger Hospital) and finally retired in 2013.
Delia loved and worked tirelessly to provide for her family and was able to attain her masters degree in nursing at night all the while tending to the needs of her four children. She enjoyed spending time with her family, traveling, shopping and playing scrabble with her siblings.
She is survived by her children, Vanessa, Hyacinth, Keets and Jonar and her seven grandchildren, all of whom now live in California and brought tremendous joy to her later years.
A visitation for Delia will be held Thursday, December 12, 2019 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Friday, December 13, 2019 from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM, and Saturday, December 14, 2019 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM, all at Palm S Jones Mortuary, 1600 South Jones Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89146. A funeral service will occur Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 12:00 PM, at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 5830 Mesa Park Dr., Las Vegas, NV 89135. A committal service will follow at Palm Northwest Cemetery, 6701 North Jones Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89131.
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