FLOR DEYANIRA “DEYA” CASTELL, 91, DIED PEACEFULLY ON JULY 31, 2021 IN THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA.         SHE HAD BEEN STRUGGLING WITH HEALTH ISSUES RELATED TO DIABETES AND A HEMORRHAGIC STROKE.

DEYANIRA WAS BORN IN THE CITY OF PALMIRA, STATE OF VALLE IN THE COUNTRY OF COLOMBIA, SOUTH AMERICA.  HER PARENTS WERE EMILIO ROJAS AND PAULINA ESCOBAR SHE WAS ONE OUT OF 8 CHILDREN.  THE NAMES OF HER SIBLINGS ARE LIGIA, EMIRO, JESUS, LEYDA, LUIS HERNEY, GABRIEL AND GLORIA.

“DEYA” AS SHE LIKED TO BE CALLED, MARRIED TWICE. IN 1954 SHE MARRIED MR HANS HEUBEL IN CALI COLOMBIA. HER FIRST AND ONLY SON WAS BORN IN 1955.  HER SON WAS NAMED HANS AS WELL.

IN 1974 SHE MARRIED FOR THE SECOND TIME WITH MR LOUIS CASTELL AN ITALIAN AMERICAN GENTLEMAN IN THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA.  SHE HAD MOVED TO U.S.A. IN 1972.

FROM A VERY EARLY AGE DEYA ENJOYED SINGING AND PERFORMING AT FAMILY GATHERINGS.

DEYA HAD A “BUBBLY” AND A LOVING KIND OF PERSONALITY. SHE WAS A HIGH FASHION DESIGNER AND A FINE CUISINE CONNOISSEUR. SHE ENJOYED COOKING AND ENTERTAINING FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

SHE WAS THE LIGHT OF THE PARTY. DEYA WAS VERY GENEROUS, COMPASSIONATE AND CARING, A TRUE LOVING SOUL. FAMILY, FRIENDS AND OTHERS ALWAYS SOUGHT OUT, HER COUNCELING AND BLESSINGS. SHE WAS A DEVOUT CATHOLIC CHRISTIAN.

DEYA ENJOYED TOURING AND SIGHTSEEING. SHE AND HER OLDER SISTER LIGIA TRAVELED TO MANY COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. FROM NORTH AMERICA TO CENTRAL AMERICA, THE CARIBEAN, SOUTH AMERICA AND TO EUROPE. THE TWO SISTERS WERE INSEPARABLE AND HAD A GREAT CURIOSITY FOR ART AND CULTURE FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

DEYA ONCE SAID THAT SHE WAS VERY GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR ALL THINGS THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.   IN SPITE OF ALL THE PLACES THAT SHE TRAVELED TO, AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SHE KNEW, THE HAPPIEST EXPERIENCE OF HER LIFE WAS SPENDING TIME WITH HER GRANDDAUGHTERS KAILYN AND HEATHER HEUBEL, “HER TWO PRINCESSES”. SHE REMAINED STRONG AND STEADFAST UNTIL THE END AND TO WATCH HER TWO PRINCESSES GROW UP.

TODAY WE ARE CELEBRATING DEYA’S LIFE, JUST LIKE A BEAUTIFUL AND BRIGHT SUNRISE, SHINING POSITVE LIGHT TO HER FAMILY, HER FRIENDS AND ALL WHO KNEW HER.

DEYA, LEAVES BEHIND:

HER BROTHER, LUIS HERNEY (ROSA) ESCOBAR AND FAMILY;

HER SON, HANS (SANDRA) HEUBEL AND GRANDAUGHTERS KAILYN AND HEATHER;

HER BELOVED NIECE, MERLY LANDIS;

HER NEPHEW,  HENRY “HANK” (BETTY) LANDIS AND FAMILY;

HER BELOVED NIECE,  SUSAN (PATRICK) KINNI AND FAMILY;

HER BELOVED NIECE, SANDRA (ROYCE) LANE  AND FAMILY.

A Public Visitation will be held on Saturday, August 7, 2021 starting at 10:00 AM with a Prayer Service beginning at 11:30 AM at Boyd-Panciera Family Funeral Care, 6400 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, Florida 33024.  A Burial will immediately follow at Lauderdale Memorial Park, 2001 SW 4th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33315.

For those who cannot attend the Service, the family is providing a live video stream of the service for family and  friends to attend virtually at 11:30 AM on August 7, 2021;  This will be LIVE on the Boyd-Panciera Family Funeral Care Facebook page at: Hover & Click to the Right of the Arrow —> BOYD-PANCIERA FAMILY FUNERAL CARE FACEBOOK

Arrangements entrusted to Boyd-Panciera Family Funeral Care, Hollywood Chapel.