Magdalena Recio

MAGDALENA RECIO, ENTERED INTO ETERNAL LIFE WITH THE LORD ON MAY 5, 2016. MAGDALENA RECIO WAS BORN AUGUST 10, 1920 IN BROWNSVILLE, WHERE SHE RESIDED ALL HER LIFE. SHE WAS A VERY LOVING DAUGHTER, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, GREAT-GRANDMOTHER AND A GREAT FRIEND TO EVERYONE THAT KNEW HER. MANY KNEW MAGDALENA AS "GUERA" OR "MAGDA" BUT SHE WAS A FRIEND TO ALL.
MAGDALENA WORKED AS MANAGER AT THE "MEXICAN MART" FOR MANY YEARS AND LATER, SHE WORKED FOR THE CATHOLIC SISTERS AT MERCY HOSPITAL, NOW VALLEY BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER, WHERE SHE RETIRED AFTER MANY YEARS OF SERVICE. MAGDALENA ALSO HELPED HER ONLY SON, ARMANDO RECIO, AT HIS BUSINESS, MANDO'S PARTY MART, WHERE SHE MADE MANY MORE FRIENDS.
MAGDALENA LOST HER SECOND CHILD, CARLITOS AT AGE 2 IN 1949 AND SHE DEDICATED HER LIFE TAKING CARE OF HER MOTHER, ANGELITA AND HER ONLY SURVIVING SON, ARMANDO RECIO. MAGALENA AND HER SON ARMANDO,WERE INSEPARABLES, WHOM SHE RAISED AS A SINGLE PARENT, WORKING HARD LONG HOURS TO PROVIDE THE BEST FOR HER ONLY SON ARMANDO AND HER MOTHER ANGELITA.
MAGDALENA HAD TWO GRANDKIDS, MANDO AND PATRICIA AND THAT MADE MAGDALENA THE MOST PLEASED GRANDMA IN THE WORLD. GRANDMA MAGDALENA BABYSITTED MANY A TIMES AND OFTEN WOULD TAKE HER GRANDKIDS ON A BUS RIDE DOWNTOWN.
MAGDALENA IS SURVIVED BY HER ONLY SON, ARMANDO (SUSIE) RECIO; HER TWO GRANDKIDS, ARMANDO (SANTOS) RECIO AND PATRICIA (FILI) TALAMANTEZ; HER FIVE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, AARON RECIO, DIEGO RECIO, ISAIAH TALAMANTEZ, ISRAEL TALAMANTEZ AND ADAM TALAMANTEZ; TWO NEPHEWS, GABRIEL (ALVILDA) RECIO, ROBERTO (SANTOS) RECIO AND A NIECE, MARIA PAZ RODRIGUEZ FROM ROMA, TEXAS.

VISITATION WILL BE HELD TODAY, SUNDAY, MAY 08, 2016 FROM 4:00PM TO 8:00PM WITH A ROSARY TO BEGIN AT 7:00 PM AT DARLING-MOUSER FUNERAL HOME, EAST CHAPEL. FUNERAL MASS WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, MAY 09, 2016 AT ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW AT ROSE LAWN MEMORIAL GARDENS.

Visitation

Visitation

DarlingMouser Funeral Home
945 Palm Blvd.
Brownsville, TX  78520
Sunday, May 8, 2016
4:00 P.M. TO 8:00 P.M.

Service

Rosary

DarlingMouser Funeral Home
945 Palm Blvd.
Brownsville, TX  78520
Sunday, May 8, 2016
7:00 P.M.

Funeral Mass

St. Mary Mother of the Church
1914 Barnard Road
Brownsville, TX  78520
Monday, May 9, 2016
10:00 a.m.

Cemetery

Rose Lawn Memorial Gardens
4464 Old Port Isabel Rd.
Brownsville, TX  78526