Before coming to Alabama 10 years ago, Elsy retired from teaching in public and private elementary and middle schools in her homeland of El Salvador.
Elsy was preceded in death by her parents, Jose’ Hernandez and Lucila Raquell Guerrero Hernandez.
Survivors include Elsy's husband, Luis Alonzo Maldonado Aguilar; four daughters, Violeta Liseth Maldonado de Tevez and husband Edwin Tevez, Sandra Maribel Maldonado, Tania Milady Maldonado Hernandez, and Elizabeth Benitez Maldonado Hernandez and her husband Cesar Benitez; and two sons, Roman Horacio Maldonado Hernandez and his wife Miyoko Nishikawa, and Walter Alonzo Maldonado Hernandez and his wife Brenda Virrey. Survivors also include Elsy’s grandchildren, Sofia Garcia, Isac Maldonado, Luis Koday, Celia Maldonado, Gisell Tevez Maldonado, Rebeca Tevez Maldonado, and Raquell Tevez Maldonado; two sisters, Lucy Hernandez and Maribel Hernandez; and one brother, Jose Isrrael Hernandez.
The memorial service was on Saturday, March 31, 2018 at the Church of the Highlands Riverchase in Pelham, Alabama.
