Manuel Ortiz Sr., 83 of Bovina passed away December 1, 2020 in Lubbock. Visitation will begin at 5:00 P.M. and Rosary Services scheduled for 6:00 P.M. Thursday, December 10, 2020 in the Ron Smiley Memorial Chapel of HANSARD FAMILY with a family directed Mass of Christian Burial Service set for 11:00 A.M. Friday, December 11, 2020 at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Bovina with Father Gregory Bunyan as Celebrant. Cremation arrangements by HANSARD FAMILY Funeral Home of Friona.

Manuel was born January 11, 1937 in Durango Santiago, Mexico to Luis and Catalina Vargas Ortiz. He was an Elementary school teacher and transit bus driver in Mexico for a number of years before working for over 40 years for Cargill Meat Solutions in Friona, He was an active member of St. Ann's Catholic Church, a softball coach for several teams, loved carpentry, yard work, and playing his guitar, and he was an avid Dodgers fan who also loved puzzles.

He is preceeded in death by his parents, 1 son- Carlos Ortiz, 2 brothers- Othon Ortiz and Jose, 4 sisters-Reyna Ortiz, Maria Ines Ortiz, Socorro Ortiz, and Antonia Ortiz.

Those to carry on his legacy include 4 sons-Manuel Ortiz, Jr. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Armando Manuel Ortiz of Amarillo, Joel Ortiz of El Paso, Jorge Ortiz and Ulises Ortiz, both of Juarez, Mexico, 2 daughters- Griselda (Sheila) Maher of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Noemi Ortiz Stevenson of Bovina, 1 sister- Celia Ortiz Rushing of El Paso, 3 brothers-Ramon Ortiz of Chicago, Illinois, Rogelio Ortiz of Durango, Mexico, and Pablo Ortiz of Amarillo, 14 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

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