Arizona Birth Certificate
Supplementary Report of Birth
The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Felix B.B. Ortega, 86, of Palmdale, Calif., passed away Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, at the Lake View Home with Sharp Hospice Care in San Diego, Calif.
Born in Phoenix he was the son of the late Ben and Eva Ortega and the last sibling of a Wickenburg pioneer family. He served in the U.S. Air Force, was stationed in Europe, and worked at the Pentagon from 1949 until his honorable discharge in 1954. In 1962, he became one of the first Peace Corps volunteers and served in Belize, Central America, where he met and was later united in marriage to the former Irma G. Arguelles of Belize City. She predeceased him in December 1999.
He was born and raised in a historic gold mining town called Wickenburg. He was the great-great grandson of the gold carrier, cattle and horse trader, and rancher Ramon Cevero y Valencia and Andrea Galindre de Valencia. Grandson of Teodoro Mazon and Mariana Rodriguez Ocampo and José Valentin and Aristea Montaño Ortega, who settled in Wickenburg in the mid 1800s. Mariana and Teodoro along with great-grandfather Ramon Valencia were instrumental in helping to build Wickenburg’s first Catholic Church.
Even his parents, Ben L. Ortega and Eva Ocampo Ortega owned businesses (El Patio Barber Shop and Ortega Trailer Court) in Wickenburg for over 50 years. Felix attended school at the Wickenburg’s little red schoolhouse, was an employee of the Vulture Gold Mine, and in high school was a participant of the American Legion Boys State program.
His family’s history is documented in the Arizona Chicano Collection, Chicano Research Collection at the University Archives at Arizona State University. The family’s history is in a document and photographic form in a permanent part of the ASU collection titled the Teodoro and Mariana Rodriguez Ocampo Collection. The collection helps document the presence of Hispanic people in Arizona. In 2002, the Phoenix Museum of History recognized the family as one of Arizona’s pioneering families.
After graduating Wickenburg High School in 1948, with the war breaking out in Korea, Felix served his country in the Air Force. He had the opportunity to travel throughout Europe, learn Russian at the Linquist Institute of Language, and developed the passion for photography. He then received a bachelor of arts in liberal arts with degree in history from Arizona State University and finished his master of arts degree in secondary education at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff before moving to California.
In Palmdale, he taught for 35 years before retiring, finishing his career at Quartz Hill High School. He taught numerous subjects, but was well known as the teacher for history, English as a second language, and driver’s education. He is remembered as being instrumental in volunteering his time at events held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, St. Vincent de Paul, St. Abbey’s Annual Festival, and as an usher at the Palmdale Cultural Theater Center.
He truly enjoyed spending his afternoons at the Antelope Valley Senior Citizen Center and always continued to learn by attending archeological courses. The last four years, he lived at Brookdale Antelope Valley enjoying his days with new friends. He adored being surrounded by people and he was a great storyteller.
He was a dear and beloved husband, father, brother, uncle, grandfather, great-grandfather, teacher, and friend. Felix is preceded in death by his lovely wife, Irma G. Arguelles Ortega, his parents, Ben Luccero and Eva Ocampo Ortega, his brother Daniel, and his sisters Irene Hershkowitz and Maria Anna DeHart.
He is survived by his two daughters and son-in laws, James and Adelina Trombley, and Matthew and Yvette Heinze; one son, Felix Benjamin Ortega; and his grandchildren Zachary, Benjamin, Daniel, Asia, and great-grandchildren. In addition, he is survived by numerous family members from the Alvarez, Arguelles, DeHart, Hershkowitz, Ortega, Ocampo and Quesada families, as well as many wonderful friends.
Family and friends are invited to a Memorial Mass at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Wickenburg at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 23, followed by an interment with full military rites at Wickenburg Municipal Cemetery on Kellis Road. Following the burial, family and friends will be gathered back to the St. Anthony’s parish hall to celebrate his life and accomplishments.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to the Sharp Hospice Care Fund “Lakeview Home”, PO Box 158, La Mesa, CA 91944 or donate a mass intention.
Funeral preparation is being handled by David’s Desert Chapel Funeral Home in Wickenburg.
Supplementary Report of Birth
The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Felix B.B. Ortega, 86, of Palmdale, Calif., passed away Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, at the Lake View Home with Sharp Hospice Care in San Diego, Calif.
Born in Phoenix he was the son of the late Ben and Eva Ortega and the last sibling of a Wickenburg pioneer family. He served in the U.S. Air Force, was stationed in Europe, and worked at the Pentagon from 1949 until his honorable discharge in 1954. In 1962, he became one of the first Peace Corps volunteers and served in Belize, Central America, where he met and was later united in marriage to the former Irma G. Arguelles of Belize City. She predeceased him in December 1999.
He was born and raised in a historic gold mining town called Wickenburg. He was the great-great grandson of the gold carrier, cattle and horse trader, and rancher Ramon Cevero y Valencia and Andrea Galindre de Valencia. Grandson of Teodoro Mazon and Mariana Rodriguez Ocampo and José Valentin and Aristea Montaño Ortega, who settled in Wickenburg in the mid 1800s. Mariana and Teodoro along with great-grandfather Ramon Valencia were instrumental in helping to build Wickenburg’s first Catholic Church.
Even his parents, Ben L. Ortega and Eva Ocampo Ortega owned businesses (El Patio Barber Shop and Ortega Trailer Court) in Wickenburg for over 50 years. Felix attended school at the Wickenburg’s little red schoolhouse, was an employee of the Vulture Gold Mine, and in high school was a participant of the American Legion Boys State program.
His family’s history is documented in the Arizona Chicano Collection, Chicano Research Collection at the University Archives at Arizona State University. The family’s history is in a document and photographic form in a permanent part of the ASU collection titled the Teodoro and Mariana Rodriguez Ocampo Collection. The collection helps document the presence of Hispanic people in Arizona. In 2002, the Phoenix Museum of History recognized the family as one of Arizona’s pioneering families.
After graduating Wickenburg High School in 1948, with the war breaking out in Korea, Felix served his country in the Air Force. He had the opportunity to travel throughout Europe, learn Russian at the Linquist Institute of Language, and developed the passion for photography. He then received a bachelor of arts in liberal arts with degree in history from Arizona State University and finished his master of arts degree in secondary education at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff before moving to California.
In Palmdale, he taught for 35 years before retiring, finishing his career at Quartz Hill High School. He taught numerous subjects, but was well known as the teacher for history, English as a second language, and driver’s education. He is remembered as being instrumental in volunteering his time at events held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, St. Vincent de Paul, St. Abbey’s Annual Festival, and as an usher at the Palmdale Cultural Theater Center.
He truly enjoyed spending his afternoons at the Antelope Valley Senior Citizen Center and always continued to learn by attending archeological courses. The last four years, he lived at Brookdale Antelope Valley enjoying his days with new friends. He adored being surrounded by people and he was a great storyteller.
He was a dear and beloved husband, father, brother, uncle, grandfather, great-grandfather, teacher, and friend. Felix is preceded in death by his lovely wife, Irma G. Arguelles Ortega, his parents, Ben Luccero and Eva Ocampo Ortega, his brother Daniel, and his sisters Irene Hershkowitz and Maria Anna DeHart.
He is survived by his two daughters and son-in laws, James and Adelina Trombley, and Matthew and Yvette Heinze; one son, Felix Benjamin Ortega; and his grandchildren Zachary, Benjamin, Daniel, Asia, and great-grandchildren. In addition, he is survived by numerous family members from the Alvarez, Arguelles, DeHart, Hershkowitz, Ortega, Ocampo and Quesada families, as well as many wonderful friends.
Family and friends are invited to a Memorial Mass at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Wickenburg at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 23, followed by an interment with full military rites at Wickenburg Municipal Cemetery on Kellis Road. Following the burial, family and friends will be gathered back to the St. Anthony’s parish hall to celebrate his life and accomplishments.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to the Sharp Hospice Care Fund “Lakeview Home”, PO Box 158, La Mesa, CA 91944 or donate a mass intention.
Funeral preparation is being handled by David’s Desert Chapel Funeral Home in Wickenburg.
Arizona Birth Certificate
Supplementary Report of Birth
The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Felix B.B. Ortega, 86, of Palmdale, Calif., passed away Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, at the Lake View Home with Sharp Hospice Care in San Diego, Calif.
Born in Phoenix he was the son of the late Ben and Eva Ortega and the last sibling of a Wickenburg pioneer family. He served in the U.S. Air Force, was stationed in Europe, and worked at the Pentagon from 1949 until his honorable discharge in 1954. In 1962, he became one of the first Peace Corps volunteers and served in Belize, Central America, where he met and was later united in marriage to the former Irma G. Arguelles of Belize City. She predeceased him in December 1999.
He was born and raised in a historic gold mining town called Wickenburg. He was the great-great grandson of the gold carrier, cattle and horse trader, and rancher Ramon Cevero y Valencia and Andrea Galindre de Valencia. Grandson of Teodoro Mazon and Mariana Rodriguez Ocampo and José Valentin and Aristea Montaño Ortega, who settled in Wickenburg in the mid 1800s. Mariana and Teodoro along with great-grandfather Ramon Valencia were instrumental in helping to build Wickenburg’s first Catholic Church.
Even his parents, Ben L. Ortega and Eva Ocampo Ortega owned businesses (El Patio Barber Shop and Ortega Trailer Court) in Wickenburg for over 50 years. Felix attended school at the Wickenburg’s little red schoolhouse, was an employee of the Vulture Gold Mine, and in high school was a participant of the American Legion Boys State program.
His family’s history is documented in the Arizona Chicano Collection, Chicano Research Collection at the University Archives at Arizona State University. The family’s history is in a document and photographic form in a permanent part of the ASU collection titled the Teodoro and Mariana Rodriguez Ocampo Collection. The collection helps document the presence of Hispanic people in Arizona. In 2002, the Phoenix Museum of History recognized the family as one of Arizona’s pioneering families.
After graduating Wickenburg High School in 1948, with the war breaking out in Korea, Felix served his country in the Air Force. He had the opportunity to travel throughout Europe, learn Russian at the Linquist Institute of Language, and developed the passion for photography. He then received a bachelor of arts in liberal arts with degree in history from Arizona State University and finished his master of arts degree in secondary education at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff before moving to California.
In Palmdale, he taught for 35 years before retiring, finishing his career at Quartz Hill High School. He taught numerous subjects, but was well known as the teacher for history, English as a second language, and driver’s education. He is remembered as being instrumental in volunteering his time at events held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, St. Vincent de Paul, St. Abbey’s Annual Festival, and as an usher at the Palmdale Cultural Theater Center.
He truly enjoyed spending his afternoons at the Antelope Valley Senior Citizen Center and always continued to learn by attending archeological courses. The last four years, he lived at Brookdale Antelope Valley enjoying his days with new friends. He adored being surrounded by people and he was a great storyteller.
He was a dear and beloved husband, father, brother, uncle, grandfather, great-grandfather, teacher, and friend. Felix is preceded in death by his lovely wife, Irma G. Arguelles Ortega, his parents, Ben Luccero and Eva Ocampo Ortega, his brother Daniel, and his sisters Irene Hershkowitz and Maria Anna DeHart.
He is survived by his two daughters and son-in laws, James and Adelina Trombley, and Matthew and Yvette Heinze; one son, Felix Benjamin Ortega; and his grandchildren Zachary, Benjamin, Daniel, Asia, and great-grandchildren. In addition, he is survived by numerous family members from the Alvarez, Arguelles, DeHart, Hershkowitz, Ortega, Ocampo and Quesada families, as well as many wonderful friends.
Family and friends are invited to a Memorial Mass at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Wickenburg at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 23, followed by an interment with full military rites at Wickenburg Municipal Cemetery on Kellis Road. Following the burial, family and friends will be gathered back to the St. Anthony’s parish hall to celebrate his life and accomplishments.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to the Sharp Hospice Care Fund “Lakeview Home”, PO Box 158, La Mesa, CA 91944 or donate a mass intention.
Funeral preparation is being handled by David’s Desert Chapel Funeral Home in Wickenburg.
Supplementary Report of Birth
The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Felix B.B. Ortega, 86, of Palmdale, Calif., passed away Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, at the Lake View Home with Sharp Hospice Care in San Diego, Calif.
Born in Phoenix he was the son of the late Ben and Eva Ortega and the last sibling of a Wickenburg pioneer family. He served in the U.S. Air Force, was stationed in Europe, and worked at the Pentagon from 1949 until his honorable discharge in 1954. In 1962, he became one of the first Peace Corps volunteers and served in Belize, Central America, where he met and was later united in marriage to the former Irma G. Arguelles of Belize City. She predeceased him in December 1999.
He was born and raised in a historic gold mining town called Wickenburg. He was the great-great grandson of the gold carrier, cattle and horse trader, and rancher Ramon Cevero y Valencia and Andrea Galindre de Valencia. Grandson of Teodoro Mazon and Mariana Rodriguez Ocampo and José Valentin and Aristea Montaño Ortega, who settled in Wickenburg in the mid 1800s. Mariana and Teodoro along with great-grandfather Ramon Valencia were instrumental in helping to build Wickenburg’s first Catholic Church.
Even his parents, Ben L. Ortega and Eva Ocampo Ortega owned businesses (El Patio Barber Shop and Ortega Trailer Court) in Wickenburg for over 50 years. Felix attended school at the Wickenburg’s little red schoolhouse, was an employee of the Vulture Gold Mine, and in high school was a participant of the American Legion Boys State program.
His family’s history is documented in the Arizona Chicano Collection, Chicano Research Collection at the University Archives at Arizona State University. The family’s history is in a document and photographic form in a permanent part of the ASU collection titled the Teodoro and Mariana Rodriguez Ocampo Collection. The collection helps document the presence of Hispanic people in Arizona. In 2002, the Phoenix Museum of History recognized the family as one of Arizona’s pioneering families.
After graduating Wickenburg High School in 1948, with the war breaking out in Korea, Felix served his country in the Air Force. He had the opportunity to travel throughout Europe, learn Russian at the Linquist Institute of Language, and developed the passion for photography. He then received a bachelor of arts in liberal arts with degree in history from Arizona State University and finished his master of arts degree in secondary education at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff before moving to California.
In Palmdale, he taught for 35 years before retiring, finishing his career at Quartz Hill High School. He taught numerous subjects, but was well known as the teacher for history, English as a second language, and driver’s education. He is remembered as being instrumental in volunteering his time at events held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, St. Vincent de Paul, St. Abbey’s Annual Festival, and as an usher at the Palmdale Cultural Theater Center.
He truly enjoyed spending his afternoons at the Antelope Valley Senior Citizen Center and always continued to learn by attending archeological courses. The last four years, he lived at Brookdale Antelope Valley enjoying his days with new friends. He adored being surrounded by people and he was a great storyteller.
He was a dear and beloved husband, father, brother, uncle, grandfather, great-grandfather, teacher, and friend. Felix is preceded in death by his lovely wife, Irma G. Arguelles Ortega, his parents, Ben Luccero and Eva Ocampo Ortega, his brother Daniel, and his sisters Irene Hershkowitz and Maria Anna DeHart.
He is survived by his two daughters and son-in laws, James and Adelina Trombley, and Matthew and Yvette Heinze; one son, Felix Benjamin Ortega; and his grandchildren Zachary, Benjamin, Daniel, Asia, and great-grandchildren. In addition, he is survived by numerous family members from the Alvarez, Arguelles, DeHart, Hershkowitz, Ortega, Ocampo and Quesada families, as well as many wonderful friends.
Family and friends are invited to a Memorial Mass at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Wickenburg at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 23, followed by an interment with full military rites at Wickenburg Municipal Cemetery on Kellis Road. Following the burial, family and friends will be gathered back to the St. Anthony’s parish hall to celebrate his life and accomplishments.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to the Sharp Hospice Care Fund “Lakeview Home”, PO Box 158, La Mesa, CA 91944 or donate a mass intention.
Funeral preparation is being handled by David’s Desert Chapel Funeral Home in Wickenburg.
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