Born July 27, 1938 in San Benito, Texas, Maria Anita was one of 15 children. She grew up helping to raise her siblings at same time work in the fields in south, southeast Texas, West Texas, to New Mexico, and Arkansas. She attended Nursing School in Dallas and became a certified LVN. Settling in Bartlett, she Married Lee Ortiz Sr. Raising 4 boys, she enjoyed attending all the football games she could. She enjoyed visiting relatives. She worked and retired from Will-O-Bell Nursing home. And of course, she loved the B-I-N-G-O along with grandkids and started attended their activities. Residing in the nursing home in these later years, she still felt the urge to go out to the Head Nurse Desk and tell people what to do and how to do it.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Frederico Cortez and Leonor Gonzalez Cortez, and her siblings, Fermin Cortez, Rogerio Cortez, Fernando Cortez, Federico Cortez, Robert Cortez, Juan Cortez Sr., Ramiro Cortez , Maria Ofelia Perez and grandchild Christopher Ortiz.
She is survived by her husband, Lee Ortiz Sr. of Bartlett, Texas; her sons, Adrian Ortiz & wife Celia of Round Rock, Texas, Lee Ortiz & wife Donna-Marie of Bartlett, Texas, Armando Ortiz & wife Rosalinda of Bartlett, Texas, and Erasmo Ortiz of Bartlett, Texas; her grandchildren, Krista Ortiz, Colby Ortiz, Brianna Marie Ortiz, Erasmo (Jr.) Ortiz, and Eric Ortiz; her 7 great grandchildren; and her siblings, Manuel Cortez, Estefana Miller, Emelda Luna, Emelia Gonzales, Leonor Ramos and Juanita Luna.
A visitation will be held on Tuesday October 13, 2020 from 6pm-8pm at Goodnight Funeral Home with a rosary at 7pm. A Funeral Mass will be held on Wednesday October 14, 2020 at 10 am at Ss. Cyril & Methodius Catholic Church in Granger, TX. Burial will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery in Granger, TX.
Serving as pallbearers will be Colby Lee Ortiz, Erasmo Ortiz Jr, Eric Ortiz, Stephen Taylor, Rick Luna Jr, and Samuel Williams.
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