Hi @delilahruch,
Normally, the execution of Send Email action happens on After Submit and Scheduled, meaning when you select Entry, the previous state’s last last should have occurred in After Submit. Although the problem with delete is that it is not available as an action on After Record Submit. I would suggest using a script instead where it would allow you to run it in both before record submit on deletion.
delilahruch replied on 11/22/2016, 11:03 AM: Thank you, Christine! I thought I might have to use a script but was hoping to avoid it. Alas, that’s what I’ll do. Thank you for the feedback!