Alodia Lucrecia Garcia

Alodia is survived by children, Asbel, Eliezer, Rebeca and Noemi; sibling Angelita in Cuba, and step sister Felina, also in Cuba. Alodia is preceded in death by her father Carlos in New Jersey, mother Concepción in Cuba, brothers Eugenio in Miami and Frank in Cuba, and sister Amaranta in Cuba.

Alodia was born on November 23, 1935 in Cárdenas, Cuba to Carlos and Concepción. She married Reinaldo Corrales in 1966, welcomed their first-born in 1968, and were blessed with the opportunity to emigrate to the United States in 1970, living in Kokomo, Indiana for 5 years and welcoming 2 more children. In December of 1974, Alodia and her family moved to South Florida where she remained the rest of her days and welcomed her 4th child.

Alodia’s greatest passion was living for God and serving others. At the age of 22 while attending a dance party, she felt the call of God and said “Tonight, I will leave the ways of this world to follow Christ”. Upon enthusiastically sharing her decision with her family, persecution started that very same evening when her father beat her, tore up her Bible, and kicked her out. The pastors who had shared the Gospel with her took her in, where she lived until the day she got married. Years later, her testimony and walk with Christ led her father and other family members to also make a decision for Christ. Alodia lived the next 63 years faithfully keeping the promise she made that night.

Alodia was a tireless servant all of the days of her life. From raising and loving her 4 children, to serving God’s people endlessly, preaching the Gospel to any person she ran into on the streets (there were no strangers for Alodia), telling stories with infinite details, gestures and descriptions, and being a master of the kitchen and cooking up a storm like it was nobody’s business, Alodia impacted everyone and was loved by all.

We will miss Alodia tremendously - her love for God and His Kingdom, relentless passion for the lost, amazing storytelling abilities, diligence and determination for doing things with excellence, beautiful smile, boisterous voice, endless energy, and her unparalleled cuisine, will never be forgotten. Until the day when we are united with her again in the Heavens, we say “See you soon again, Alodia!”.

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