Severo Ortega, 97, passed away Wednesday, January 9, 2019. Severo was self-employed as a local general contractor. He was preceded in death by his wife, Beatriz Ortega and is survived by his son, Jorge Ortega; daughters Maria Torres and Isabel Rodriguez; grandchildren, Abigail, Andrea, Javier, Ruben, Alejandra and Hugo; great-grandchildren, Isabella and Luke. Visitation will be held on Thursday, January 17, 2019 from 5:00p.m.-9:00p.m. with a vigil at 7:00pm at Hillcrest Funeral Home-Carolina. Funeral mass will be Friday, January 18th at 9:30 am at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with interment to follow in Memory Gardens of the Valley Cemetery.