Visitation
Sunday, November 3, 2013
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST
Dykstra Funeral Homes
Mulder Chapel
188 West 32nd Street
Holland, MI 49423
(616) 392-2348
Driving Directions
Service
Monday, November 4, 2013
10:00 AM EST
Sinai Assembly of God
533 Central Avenue
Holland, MI 49423
Contributions
At the family's request memorial contributions are to be made to those listed below. Please forward payment directly to the memorial of your choice.
Sinai Assembly of God
PO Box 2176
Holland, MI 49422
Salvation Army
104 Clover Street
Holland, MI 49423
(616) 392-4461
Life Story / Obituary
Georgina Palella, 90, died at home, Thursday, October 31, 2013.
Born in FulgencioYegros, Paraguay, she moved to Holland in 1993 to live with her daughter Poema. She was a Captain with the Salvation Army in Argentina and Paraguay. She and her husband were one of the founders of the Free Methodist Church in Paraguay; also working for other Protestant Churches.
In Holland she worked with Macedonia Church and Sinai Assembly of God where she later became a member. She volunteered for the Abuelitas en Accion, Washington School, El Puente program and the Lakeshore Latino Outreach Center. She had also worked at Lemon Fresh as a seamstress for several years.
She was preceded in death by her husband the Rev. Orlando Palella in 1996.
Surviving are her children, Mr. & Mrs. Edgardo Palella, Dr. & Mrs. Delimiro Palella of Asuncion, Paraguay and Poema (Ed) Weller of Holland; three grandchildren, sister in law Anita Palella of Cordoba, Argentina; and many nieces and nephews.
Services are at 10:00 a.m. Monday at Sinai Assembly of God Church, 533 Central, Holland, with the Rev. Santos Figueroa officiating. Burial will be in Graafschap Cemetery. Visitation is from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the Dykstra Funeral Home-Mulder Chapel, 188 W. 32nd. Street.
Contributions can be made to Sinai Assembly of God Church or the Salvation Army.