Full Name: Virginia Ortega Age: 83 Years Sex: F
Current address: Topeka
Date of death: Thursday afternoon , December 19, 2002
Place of death: A Topeka area hospice house
Date of birth: May 21, 1919 Place of birth: Willard, Kansas
Parents: Alejandro and Jaunita Perez Munoz
Years in current city/town: Most of her life
Background: She was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church and the altar society. She was a member of the Third Order of the Augustinian Recollect. She was a Mexican fiesta worker. She was a member of the LULAC
Senior Center.
Relatives: Married to: Raymond C. Ortega, Sr. March 30, 1940 in Topeka, Kansas
preceded in death by: her husband, Raymond, on August 21, 2002
Immediate survivors:
Daughter: Rose Vega, Silver Lake, KS
Son: Raymond Ortega, Jr., Topeka, KS
Daughter: Virginia Martinez, Topeka, KS
Daughter: Mary Escalante, Topeka, KS
Daughter: Patricia Dickey, Topeka, KS
Son: Richard Hernandez, Topeka, KS
Foster Son: Richard Marshno, Topeka, KS
Foster Son: Roger Eteeyan, Council Bluffs, IA
Grandchildren: 27
Great Grandchildren: 38
Sister: Catalina Munoz, Cortazar, Mexico
Service time, day, date, place: Services will be at 10:00a.m., Monday, December 23, 2002 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church.
Burial: Mt. Calvary Cemetery Topeka, Kansas
Visitation times, place: Virginia Ortega will lie in state at Parker-Price Mortuary after 1:00 p.m.December 22, 2002 where rosaries will be recited beginning at 6:00 p.m. and the family will receive friends from
6-8:30 p.m. Online condolences may be shared with the family at www.funeralchoice.com
Memorial contributions, if any: Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church,134 NE Lake, Topeka, KS 66616 or LULAC Center for Senior Citizens, 1502 NE Seward Ave. Topeka, KS 66616 or Midland Hospice 200 SW Frazier Circle Topeka, KS 66606