Funeral services for Hortencia C. DeLaCruz, age 84, of Albert Lea, will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 3, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Geneva. The Rev. Thien Nguyen will officiate. Interment will be in the Hollandale Cemetery. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Friday, with a rosary service at 6:30 p.m., at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home.

Hortencia died Sunday, Dec. 28, 2003, at St. John’s Lutheran Home.

Hortencia C. DeLaCruz was born Dec. 10, 1919, to Theodoro and Rosa (Saldivar) Camacho in Piedras Negras, Coahula, Mexico. On July 20, 1943, she was united in marriage to Jose T. DeLaCruz Sr. at Eagle Pass, Texas. The couple moved to Hollandale in April 1953 and to Albert Lea in February 1994, where Hortencia lived until her death. She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Geneva. Hortencia loved spending time with her children and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Survivors include her children: Rosa and husband Lorenzo Martinez of Albert Lea, Jose DeLaCruz Jr. of St. Paul, Olga and husband Jose Sosa of Asherton, Texas, Carmen and husband Walter John Jones of St. Paul, Raquel DeLaCruz of St. Paul, Becky DeLaCruz of St. Paul, Bertha and husband Ron VanEngelenburg of Albert Lea, and Arthur Michael and wife Kelly DeLaCruz of Exeter, R.I.; Nineteen grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and sisters: Candelaria Coronado of Hereford, Texas, and Bertha Valdez of East Moline, Ill.

Hortencia was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; sons: Albert and Armando; daughters: Adela and Antonia; and sister, Refuia (Cuca) Menchaca.