Eddy Co. NM - OBIT: PABLO C "APACHE" ORTEGA Submitted By: patti pennington ************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************ The following excerpts were taken from Page 10 - The Artesia (NM) Daily Press - February 18, 2000 ORTEGA, PABLO Services will be February 19 at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church for Pablo C. "Apache" Ortega. Ortega, 62, died February 16 in Artesia. Burial wil be at Woodbine Cemetery. He was born January 15, 1938, in Alpine, Texas, to Barnabe Ortega and Maria (Chavez) Ortega. He married Gloria Duran in Artesia, on November 9, 1965. He came to Artesia in 1946 from Alpine, Texas. Survivors include his wife of the home; sons Mario Ortega of Casa Grande, Ariz., Jimmy Ortega of Lovington, NM, Arthur Ortega, Jerry Ortega and Paul Ortega Jr., all of Artesia; daughters Mary Lee Ruiz of Minturn, Colo., Elva Viquez of Anaheim, Calif., Barbara McFatridge of Artesia and Rita Ortega of Ballenger, Texas; brothers Goyo Ortega of Fort Stockton, Texas, Barney Ortega of Dallas, TX, Henry Ortega of Las Vegas, Adolfo Ortega of Artesia, David Ortega of Roswell, NM, Israel Ortega of Brownwood, TX, and Kelly Ortega of Denver, Colo.; sisters Anita Franco of Carlsbad, Eva Ortega, Emma Roblez of Artesia and Minga Rodriguez of Lovington; 35 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant son, Jerry Ortega; a brother Frank Ortega; and by sisters Irene Gomez and Gloria Valdez.