Maria Elena Maldonado

​San Diego- Maria Elena Maldonado 80 years of age passed away Tuesday, December 18, 2018 in a Corpus Christi hospital after a short illness.  She was born in San Diego, Texas on July 22, 1938 to Reynaldo San Miguel and Adelina Torrez.  Maria was a homemaker.  She was an active kickball member, she loved sewing, cooking and was a licensed beautician. Her passion was gambling. Maria was a caring person and was well loved by the youth in her community.  She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend and will be sadly missed by all who knew her.  Preceded in death by her parents Reynaldo San Miguel and Adelina Torrez.  Otilia Perez whom she was raised by, her husband Manuel E. Maldonado, two sons, Ramon Daniel Maldonado and Manuel E. "Niga" Maldonado, Jr. Survivors include one son, Roberto (Elsa) Maldonado, Alice, Texas, three daughters, Clementina M. (Michael) Garcia, Corpus Christi, Texas, Consuelo (Kevin) Vannatter, Rockport, Texas, Maria E. "Mary" (Florencio) Maldonado, San Diego, Texas, two step-brothers, Faron (Bertha) Garza, Alice, Texas, and Leopoldo Garza, Carrizo Springs, Texas, 17 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great-grandchild, numerous nieces and nephews. A special thanks to Spohn South hospital nurses and her provider Rosanna Quintanilla and her Casa Real friends and neighbors. Visitation will begin on Friday, December 21, 2018 from 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. at Mauro P. Garcia Funeral Home - San Diego, with a Rosary to be recited at 7:00 p.m. the same evening.  Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, December 22, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Francis de Paula Catholic Church.  Burial will follow at the San Diego Cemetery.  Mauro P. Garcia Funeral Homes, Inc. in charge of arrangements.

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