

Elsa San German Fernandez, 80, passed away Friday, December 2, 2011, after a hard fought battle with lung cancer.
She was born in Havana, Cuba on November 18, 1931 and moved to New York City when she was 14. After her marriage to Manuel M. Fernandez, they moved to Miami where they raised their family. Upon retiring from the Miami International Airport, where she was a computer programmer, they moved to Tallahassee. Elsa was an active member of the Tallahassee Newcomers Club, Red Hat Society, Crosstrails Good Sam's Club, Capital Twirlers Square and Round Dance Club and Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. She is an alumna of Florida International University, where she had graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems. Elsa was always excited to learn new things. She enrolled in French classes at the Senior Center. These classes provided her many travel adventures with wonderful friends. Elsa's smile was infectious, her spirit was contagious and her zest for life was unending. She truly was an angel on earth. Elsa was generous with her love, her world famous flan and her unyielding support of her friends and family.
After 46 years of marriage, she is preceded in death by her husband, Manny.
She is survived by her three children, Manny (Karen) Fernandez, Lyzette (Larry Glover) SanGermain and Laura (Steve) Rutledge; grandchildren, Patricia (Kristofer) Jubinville, Lauren and Victoria Fernandez, Tyler and Bradlee Rutledge, Heather (Micah) Loyd, Natalie Hurst; and three great-grandchildren, Allison and Alivia Loyd and Mia Hurst.
Visitation for family and friends is Wednesday, December 7 from 5 to 7 and a celebration of her life on Thursday, December 8 at 10 am. All events will be at Culleys MeadowWood Funeral Home, 700 Timberlane Road, Tallahassee, FL.
Burial will be in Miami, Florida at Miami Memorial Park on Saturday, December 10 at 11 am. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church or Lungevity Foundation, lungevity.org.
Arrangements are under the direction of Culley's MeadowWood Funeral Home in Tallahassee, Florida.
Arrangements are under the direction of Culley's MeadowWood Funeral Home, Tallahassee, FL.
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