Aurora Ortiz de Arias
Obituary
Aurora Ortiz de Arias was born on Nov. 20, 1939 in Santa Rosa Zacatecas, México, to Saturnino Ortiz and Beatriz Gonzales.
Mrs. Ortiz de Arias was a long-time resident of Watsonville. She loved cooking for her family.
She also enjoyed gardening as well as being in nature. She loved to spend time filling in coloring books. Above all, she was a loving mother and grandmother.
She was the matriarch of a large family whom she guided in righteousness and raised with love.
Mrs. Ortiz de Arias is survived by her loving husband of 63 years Francisco Arias and their children Jesus, Ernesto, Gardenia, Esmeralda, Moises, Francisco and Mayra. She is also survived by her siblings Ruben Ortiz, Arturo Ortiz, Ortencia Rodriguez, Clemente Ponce, Tita Renteria, Carmen Felix and Ramiro Ortiz, and 14 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her sister Isabel Tello.
Services have been entrusted to Ave Maria Memorial Chapel.
Published in The Pajaronian · June 18, 2021