Rosalia Ortiz Aleman Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Rosalia Ortiz Aleman passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on May 7, 2017. Rosalia was born to Francisco Ramirez and Aurelia Granados in El Paso Texas on September 19, 1931. Her early years were spent living on her grandparents ranch in El Paso where she was raised along side of her aunts and uncles who she thought of as her brothers and sisters. It was the time of the great depression and life was hard but she always looked back fondly on that time. Her toughness and fighting spirit were forged on the ranch. She and her family moved to Los Angeles California in 1952. There she raised her children. She was a retired postal employee. She loved camping in the mountains and being with her grandchildren. She loved telling her grandchildren stories about her childhood and teaching them life’s lessons. She was a wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother who lived life to its fullest and taught her offspring to do the same. She is survived by her husband Antonio Aleman of El Paso Texas, her sisters Francisca Ruiz and Rosenda Soto. Sons Robert Ortiz (Denise), Leonard Ortiz (Linda), Francisco Ortiz and daughter Isela Giordani. In addition to her children her life was blessed with 14 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. A celebration of her life is pending. We ask that in lieu of flowers a donation, in her name, be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.

Rosalia Ortiz Aleman

September 19, 1931 - May 7, 2017