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Ileta Ortiz Obituary

Ileta Mae Ortiz, 79, of Elizabethtown, died Monday, July 2, 2012, at Hardin Memorial Hospital.

She was a native of Trimble County, a member of First Church of the Nazarene and was a bus driver for Hardin County Schools.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Florencio "Sonny" Ortiz on Feb. 20, 2006; and her parents, Arthur and Ester Dean McCutcheon.

She is survived by two sons, Ron (Lisa) Ortiz and Michael Ortiz, all of Elizabethtown; a daughter, Delores (Roger) Cooper of Vanceburg; five grandchildren, Kaylee Ortiz, Ryan Ortiz, Chad Cooper, Jenifer Shoemaker and Miranda Dunn; and several great-grandchildren.

The funeral is at 10 a.m. Saturday at Brown Funeral Home in Elizabethtown with the Rev. Raliegh Bostic officiating. Burial follows in Elizabethtown Memorial Gardens.

Visitation is from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Friday and continues at 9 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of con-tributions to the American Kidney Fund or First Church of the Nazarene.

Published by The News-Enterprise from Jul. 3 to Jul. 7, 2012.
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Ron and Family,
Sincere condolences on the loss of your mother. We will be making a contribution to the American Kidney Fund in her name. God bless you and yours.

John and Nancy Russo

July 6, 2012

Ron/Michael,
I was saddened to find out the passing of your Mom. We had known Ileta and Sonny since the Seventies. We all attended the First Church of God there in E-town. May the good Lord provide the comfort and grace you need during this most difficult time. God bless.

Jim Lamb

July 5, 2012

Ron and Lisa, your family is in our prayers.

Bobby/Jennifer Lewis

July 5, 2012

With sympathy to Mike.

The Pedrons

July 4, 2012

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