BROWARD – Sixta Tulia Pena, a long-time resident of Weston, died Tuesday the 20th of November of 2018 at Cleveland Clinic Hospital.

Born in 1920 in Tarqui, Colombia, to the late Nestor Vargas and Vicenta Escobar Vargas. Sixta married the love of her life and raised a beautiful family together. 

She is preceded in death by her beloved husband, Victor Pena, son-in-law Glenn Ruegsegger, grandson, Marco Jose Gollarza, and son-in-law Oscar de Jesús Gómez. Survived by her loving children, Beatriz Bernal, Vickie Shows and her husband Wally, Gonzalo Pena and his wife Kathy, Sylvia Gomez, Victor Pena and his wife Clara, Maria Eugenia Ruegsegger, Teresa Johnson and her husband David, G. Marcela Leon and her husband Enrique; sister, Consuelo Vargas and her husband Raul; 18 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren and 1 great great-granddaughter. They all brought great joy to her life. 

Sixta loved to sew, grow flowers, and collect typical dolls from every country she visited. She never met a stranger and kept up with her family and extended family all over the world. Above all, Sixta loved Jesus.

Visitation will take place Sunday, December 2nd, from 4:00-7:00 PM with Tributes of a Lifetime Service at 5:30 PM at Boyd-Panciera Family Funeral Care, University Drive Chapel. 

In lieu of flowers, the family would like  for  donations to be made in Sixta’s memory to www.metroworldchild.org, www.maxlucado.com or Cleveland Clinic Florida, Philanthropy Institute, 2950 Cleveland Clinic Boulevard, Weston, FL  33331.  www.giving.ccf.org/florida