Mary Magdalen Maxwell

Maggie was born in San Antonio, Texas, on January 27, 1930, to Manual Rangel Quiroz and Flora Ortega Quiroz. The family moved to Waco, Texas, in 1937, then to Houston in 1941.

Maggie left high school in her junior year to work. She later obtained her high school GED and became a Licensed Vocational nurse and worked as a nurse’s aide at Jeff Davis Hospital. She discovered that being an LVN was not a final goal. A friend recommended nursing school. She applied and was admitted to Jeff Davis Nursing School in 1952 and graduated in January 1955. She received accolades from the director of nursing for making excellent grades on the state exam, passing the state board for the RN designation. During her last year at Jeff Davis, she met Carl M. Angelone. They married on January 15, 1955. Maggie worked at Heights Hospital for 20 years in labor and delivery before attending the University of Houston to complete her Nursing BA in 1976.

Carl and Maggie had 3 daughters, Theresa Ann, Annette Marie, and Mary Magdalene. Maggie and Carl separated in December 1982 and divorced in 1985. In 1982, Maggie decided to resume taking ballroom dance lessons at Stevens of Hollywood, where she had taken classes in previous years. At Stevens of Hollywood, Maggie met another student, C.W. Maxwell, whom she called Wallace, his middle name. They took dance lessons together and entered the world of competitive ballroom dancing. They married in January 1987. They competed successfully for many years, both at the Amateur and Pro/Am levels. After their competitive ballroom dancing days ended, they became Professional DJs for Ballroom Dance Competitions and did that for several years to keep active with dancing when no longer competing.

For many years, Maggie managed her real estate holdings, which included maintaining and renting houses, essentially operating a small business. She acquired a PC and learned Excel to document accounting information.

Maggie took on challenges that consistently showed her ability in many areas of endeavor. She had a tremendous love for music, which she listened to from childhood. As a 7-year-old, she entered a singing contest at the Waco Theater (still in existence today as a restaurant). Maggie came in 3rd place with no instruction or assistance for the competition against older children. She had a love for pop music and, in particular, loved the Hispanic music of her heritage.

Maggie loved the game of bridge and played various styles over the years. She’d get together regularly with her neighborhood friends and did so for decades. She participated in a bridge group at Doss Community Center in Houston for several years. She and her husband took lessons and competed in American Contract Bridge League Duplicate Bridge competitions for several years and acquired master points. She also used her PC and laptop to play bridge online on the Bridge Base Online website, enjoying that mode of playing.

In 2010 while playing bridge at the Doss Community Center Maggie discovered that their ballroom dance group lost their dance instructor and music provider. She took over the dance instruction task with the help of her husband, who provided dance music considered the best Doss ever had by Doss Management.

A few years later, Maggie was taking Ukulele lessons at All Saints Church as part of TALC (Third Age Learning Center). The instructor passed, and Maggie took on the responsibility of teaching the group. The group was small but ended up with 18 members in 5 years. Her vision was to have a ukulele orchestra, but the effort was circumvented with the outbreak of Covid, which shut down the entire TALC operation at All Saints.

After Maggie went into assisted living at Clearwater, she started assembling a group of bridge players to accommodate residents who, previous to Clearwater, played bridge. In her fourteen months at Clearwater, Maggie made many friends and enjoyed Clearwater, believing it to be one of the best assisted living facilities in the city of Houston.

Maggie was preceded in death by her parents, Manuel and Flora Quiroz, and her first husband, Carl M. Angelone, and half-sister Hope Quiroz Prieto.

Maggie is survived by her second husband, Charles W. Maxwell, Jr., her daughters Theresa Patino, Annette Angelone and husband Alois Walter Dober, Mary Angelone , and her sister Dolores Torres, grandchildren Alicea Najera, Annamarie Dober, Michael Najera, Alois Joseph Dober, and great-grandchildren Adrian Kithis, Lola Najera, David Stählin, Jolene Stählin, and Amy Stählin.

A small graveside service will be held Monday, December 15, 2025 for family members.