Crescencia Maldonado, daughter of the late Longino Ortiz and Genoveva Rodriguez Ortiz was born on April 13, 1934 in Hidalgo, Texas and departed this life on November 13, 2016 in the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff at the age of 82.

Mrs. Maldonado attended the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dexter.  She was a former employee of Swift Poultry and Federal Mogul, a home-maker and a resident of Dudley, Missouri.

She was united in marriage to Manfredo Maldonado.  Mr. Maldonado preceded her in death in 1991.

Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Henry Maldonado and wife Renauta of Dudley; by two daughters and sons-in-law, Hilda and Joe Bradshaw of Bernie and Hilma and Jose Reyes of Dudley; by ten grandchildren and by eighteen great-grandchildren.

Besides her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by one son, Harry Maldonado, by one brother, Roberto S. Alaniz and by two sisters, Ramona G. Sauceda and Guadalupe M. Trevino.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 from 5:00 P. M. until 8:00 P. M. 

Services will be conducted on Wednesday November 16, 2016 at 2:00 P.M. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter with Brother Jerry Martin officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery.