Greetings in Jesus’ Name to All Deaf and Hearing Friends and Family
Anibal and Maribeth Moreno, (couple on back row – Maribeth is in pink – son Dallas in front) a deaf/hearing family have experienced a tragic event. Maribeth Moreno passed away last night (around 11:30 pm) from cardiac arrest.
The Moreno Family attend the Souls’ Harbor Pentecostal Church in Belleview, Florida under the pastorship of Bishop James Varnum and Lead Pastor Jason Varnum.
Maribeth experienced a long term heart condition and was under the care of expert cardio-physicians. She was admitted into a hospital on Thursday/Friday to undergo surgery. The surgery was successful. As a preventive/maintenance measure, doctors placed Maribeth on an aspirator machine and kept her sedated after the surgery. Tuesday, the physicians took her off the machines and Maribeth came out of sedation for a very short period of time…then she started experiencing post-operation stress with her heart. She was placed back on life support late Tuesday evening. Doctor’s and nurses worked with Maribeth for an extended period of time, but were unable to keep her body from ‘coding’.
Maribeth passed away Tuesday night in the hospital. She is survived by her dear husband, Anibal (who is deaf) and three (hearing) children- “Dee Dee”, Darla and Dallas and precious parents and sisters. Please keep the Moreno family in your prayers.
I am coordinating with Chad Wicker, Jo Alice Walker and Sherry Jertberg as means to keep all of you informed of the Moreno Family Tragedy. As our friends and family, we ask you respond sensitively toward their loss. Many of the updates may come via Facebook, but Anibal and his family are not in an emotional condition to respond to all your inquiries. Please pray for them. Maribeth’s family also attends Souls’ Harbor Church and are a very close knit family.
Funeral Services will be Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 11 AM at Souls Harbor First Pentecostal Church, 12650 SE Highway 484, Belleview with Bishop James E. Varnum and Pastor Jason Varnum officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to Souls Harbor First Pentecostal Church.
Anibal sends his love and gratitude to the many, many friends and church family who have prayed and reached out to his family. He is accepting cards of sympathy and requests…in his own words: “be positive and supportive for the sake of me and the children.”
Here are four ways you can help:
1. Send cash in an envelope to Soul’s Harbor church (address above). Write: Anibal and Maribeth Moreno “funeral expense” on the envelope.
2. Send a check in an envelope to Soul’s Harbor church (address above). Make check payable to: Soul’s Harbor First Pentecostal Church; Memo: Moreno Funeral Expense
3. If you would like to contribute a personally written card, cash for a money tree or gift card for a sympathy basket, please read on. Chad and Rita Wicker, a close friend in the church, have volunteered to gather these things to support Anibal and the Moreno Children. You can send your gifts to:
Moreno Family
c/o Chad and Rita Wicker
13805 South US HWY 301
Summerfield, Florida 34491
4. You can represent your church, department or family by sending flowers or floral arrangements to the church. Please be sure to have your arrangements arrive on Friday or early Saturday. The church address is below:
Soul’s Harbor First Pentecostal Church
c/o Anibal and Maribeth Moreno
12650 SE HWY 484
Belleview, Florida 34420
A special thank you to Sherry Jertberg, Chad and Rita Wicker for keeping us informed. In this very sad time of loss, let us remember that God has it all in His control. His ways are past finding out, but we know…with confidence, God is faithful and loving toward His people.
Maribeth Moreno, a beautiful life of sweetness and goodness has influenced our hearts and lives in so many ways. She was a positive person and very resourceful. She loved a good story and her laughter was good like a medicine. And she was a great cook! She devoted her life to God first, and the legacy she left behind in her children and husband is a wonderful model of how are lives are to be lived. So in closing, we can be sad for losing such a virtuous woman of God, but also glad in our hearts that her reward in Heaven is great.
Here is the obituary for Maribeth Moreno.
Moreno,Maribeth 39- Belleview- Maribeth Moreno, 39, passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach, FL. She was born in Shelbyville, Indiana and moved from Orlando, FL to this area in 1995. She was a member of Souls Harbor First Pentecostal Church, Belleview, where she was involved in the Deaf Ministry. She enjoyed attending the National Deaf Conference with UPCI, scrapbooking and photography. She was a homemaker. She is survived by her husband, Anibal Moreno; daughters, Deidra Faye Moreno and Darla Paris Moreno; son, Anibal Dallas Moreno; sisters, Theresa Mayfield, Brenda Owen and Melissa LeSage; brothers, Eddie Haddix and Tim Haddix and parents, Harold and Barbara Haddix. Funeral Services will be Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 11 AM at Souls Harbor First Pentecostal Church, 12650 SE Highway 484, Belleview with Bishop James E. Varnum and Pastor Jason Varnum officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to Souls Harbor First Pentecostal Church. Online Condolences may be sent to www.hiersbaxley.com. Arrangements under the care of Hiers-Baxley Funeral Services, Belleview.
The passing of Maribeth is both shocking and unexpected. Everyone grieves in their own way. If you need to talk, please call someone. My phone number is available and I am a good listener.
Renee Jackson -Coordinator of Deaf Ministry
First United Pentecostal Church of Jacksonville
904/ 234.1094 cell
