Elba Haydee Fonseca was born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico on July 28, 1968, to her parents, Joaquin and Elba Perez. When she was twelve years old, along with her parents and her younger brother, Jack, they moved to Florida. It was here three years later, she accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior, and she never left his side. She allowed his guidance in her whole life. She met the love of her life, Pablo, and married him on August 17, 1992. They welcomed identical twin boys a year later. Pablo Jonatan and Pablo David were her pride and joy. When her son, Jonatan, went to Heaven in 2017, Elba’s faith helped her through her mourning. In 2019 following the passing of her parents, she found out that she had been adopted. This revelation started her on a journey of finding her biological family. Her search revealed that while her biological mother had already passed, her biological father was still alive. As she continued this path, she found that she had two brothers and one sister from her biological mother’s side and four sisters from her biological father’s side. Elba always joked that she always wanted “A” sister and God blessed her with five sisters. She loved ALL her siblings equally and without preference, this is who she was. Her heart was so big and was able to accommodate so much love for everyone she ever met. Her smile would light up the room and her laugh was contagious. When she was diagnosed with cancer, again her faith never once wavered. She knew God was always in control.
Elba passed from this life on Monday, September 9, 2024, at 3:05 pm surrounded by her family. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joaquin and Elba Perez, her son, Pablo Jonatan, her father-in-law, Pablo Fonseca Sr., her biological mother, Claudette Flack, and a brother, Jerry Jones.
Those left to cherish her memory are her husband of 32 years, Pablo Fonseca Jr., son, Pablo David and wife, Elimary Colon, two grandsons, Christopher and Nathan, her brother Jack Perez and wife, Alice, all of Sanford, Florida. Her biological father, Kenny Evans and wife, Rita of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, a brother, Richard Jones and wife, Sherry, of Prince George, Virginia. Sisters, Tammy Logan and fiancé, Thom Schwalenberg, of Roxboro, North Carolina, Melanie Cox and husband, Clifford, of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, Lena Hoke and husband, Henry, also of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, Mary Evans of Front Royal, Virginia, and Margaret Valdez and husband, John, of Milton, West Virginia, along with numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.
Always remember Elba’s favorite Bible verse which is found in Isaiah 40:31; “…they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
Please join us Saturday, September 21, 2024, at 2:00 pm for visitation and service at 3:00 pm when we say one final goodbye until we see Elba again.
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