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9.20.69 - 2.29.08
RIP Bro
Funeral Services
Services for my brother, Raul Ortiz:
Viewing will be this Friday, March 7th from 2-9 PM at the following:
James Romanelli - Stephen Funeral Home
89-01 Rockaway Boulevard
Ozone Park, NY 11416
Church service will be Saturday morning, March 8th, at 9:15 AM at the following (the Church is only a block or two away from the funeral home):
Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
101-41 91st Street
Ozone Park, NY 11416
Following the Church service, the funeral procession will proceed to the cemetery (which again is a short distance away):
The Evergreens Cemetery
1629 Bushwick Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11207
Please email me at sanchc0325@aol.com if you need any directions to the funeral home.
Thanks to all who have sent me pictures of my brother - they mean so very much. Please keep them coming - we're putting together a collage of pictures for the funeral home.
Thanks also for all your thoughts and prayers. My family and I extend the same to all of you, his dear, beloved friends who meant the world to him. I know that you are all suffering as much as we are.
Thanks,
Yvette
4 comments:
I am pleased to have known Raul even for the short time that we worked together. (About 4 years). We were office mates for a time and for at least an hour a day you could hear us laughing like fools from down the hall. Don't get me wrong we were very productive. You were able to get past anything that was going on in your life and get down to the business of the day. He could see what you needed and most of the time, provide it.
It normally came with a smile. If you were upset with someone or something, Raul would not go there with you. He could find a way to either change the subject or make you see the good in the person or the situation. Never giving you an opinion, just changing your mood enough to let you see the other side.
A few things I have taken way from our time together are to never stop laughing. Be kind and true to all people even if you don’t know them. Be yourself no matter where you go. Raul would not compromise his standards no matter what. He didn’t drink or smoke and could quietly have you consider you own behavior. Proving you didn’t need alcohol or any substance to have a good time.
I can see in the responses from his current co-workers, they loved him too.
My condolences to the Ortiz family and all the other families he has touched.
This has once again proven our time here is short.
Live and love hard. Don’t hold back.
We love you bro.
Evans
My condolences to the Ortiz family and friends. You have touched so many with your kind heart and bubbly personality. You've laughed and lived and played hard and didn't take anything for granted.
The times I needed to talk to a freind, you were there for me, and I'm glad I was there for you too when you needed someone to talk to, after all what are freinds for... You are the real deal, and I am fortunate to know an amazing person like you. I will miss you, we will miss you. I don't like goodbyes, so until later.
My deepest and most sincere condolences to the Ortiz family. I will pray for Raul's soul so that he may find eternal life and happiness with our Lord.
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Raul was truly a friend to everyone who knew him. I have had the pleasure to have known and worked with Raul in the IT dept. for 4 years at Icon; now known as Qwest Comm. Although we didn't share the same office, I use to sit 2 doors down from his. And like Evan said, we could always hear him laughing.. always causing a stir :). It was great! We shared lunch times together in the food court and even liquid lunches at Houli's. Although Raul always had his non-alcoholic drinks :) A saint to the end! He knew how to have fun without the consumption of alcohol. Some needed alcohol to laugh but Raul's laughter and good humor came natural to him.
And as we parted ways, professionally, we still managed to stay in touch with one another and keep the friendship going.
I will always be grateful to Raul for helping me through my tough times career wise and in my personal life. You were there for me when I needed a friend. You even helped me haggle a car salesman for my (back in the days) Nissan Sentra.
Raul, thank you for all the good times and for the beautiful memories. You will most definitely not be forgotten!
Although I am very sadden by your sudden departure, a beautiful life taken by surprise, we will have our reunion in a much better place. Looking forward to that day.
Until then my friend...
May you rest in peace.
Your Friend,
Carmen
I must say that this past weekend has been a very difficult weekend at best. I am very thankful that I had been blessed with the many friends that helped me and my family pull through these last few difficult days. If it wasn't for my dear friends that I can call my second family, I'm not sure how I would have handled these difficult moments. Thank you Henry, Marc, Scott, Louie, Rob, Jeff, Pablo and Eddie. Let's not forget the girls. We pulled together when we needed to. We held each other up and embraced each other when we cried. We expressed our deepest pain and emotions when we needed a shoulder to lean on. Thank you all! Raul was one of the very best. We all shared special moments with him. At different times and at different places. But Raul, was always Raul. Same laugh, same smile and the same jokes. He was always there. Just a phone call away from a visit. I'll never forget moments like Great Adventure. The movies and the diner. I remember when we all went to see the movie, "There is Something about Mary", Raul started an outburst. He ignited the people in the movie theater with a fireball of laughter. It lasted for minutes. He was great in bowling and pool. Come to think of it, we never won. He always beat us. We had to settle for second, third and fourth place. I will miss this man dearly. May he rest in peace. God bless him. I just want to say the Raul was loved dearly. His friends have come together again. In strength to show support for his family. We are his second family. Maybe his real family. We may not be blood, but we still bleed the lost of our friend. The lost of a brother. The lost of a sound of an echo of his laughter. The sound that will always be imbedded in my mind forever. Raul, we miss you and love you. Until we meet again up in heaven.
Love Roger A. Vazquez and Family, Linda, Nicholas and Vincent
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