Carmen Ortiz Milagros Acevedo
CARMEN MILAGROS ORTIZ ACEVEDO
CARMEN MILAGROS ORTIZ ACEVEDO, ORDAINED MINISTER, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON MARCH 6, 2026, AT THE AGE OF 81.
BORN ON OCTOBER 31, 1944, IN YABUCOA, PUERTO RICO TO PABLO ORTIZ AND AMELIA ACEVEDO. ONE OF 10 CHILDREN, SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER LOVING HUSBAND EDELMIRO ORTIZ VAZQUEZ: HER SIBLINGS, CHARLIE ORTIZ, MARIA L. CEDENO, MARIA S. CASTRO, AND LUCY ACEVEDO. LOVING MOTHER TO ERICA BERKES, PETER E. ARROYO, CAMILLE LAZARIDIS AND MARIO E. ARROYO, SR. GRANDCHILDREN: JAIME, ANGELIQUE, SAMANTHA, LIAM, PARRIS, MARIO, JR., JULIEN, AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, ZACHARY, HANNAH, MARIO, III AND NOAH, ALONG WITH MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
GOD BLESSED HER WITH MANY TALENTS: SINGING, MUSICAL ART, INCLUDING VARIOUS INSTRUMENTS (SELF-TAUGHT), AS WELL AS PAINTING AND ARTS AND CRAFTS. CARMEN HAD A BIG HEART IN DOING GOD’S WORK AND SPREADING HIS WORD, WITH MISSIONARY WORK IN SANTO DOMINGO.
SHE LOVED THE LORD WITH AN UNBOUND PASSION. TO HER, JESUS WAS THE “PEARL OF GREAT PRICE.”
SHE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HER STRONG FAITH AND LOVE OF THE LORD. HER LEGACY LIVES ON THROUGH THE MANY LIVES SHE TOUCHED AND THE FAMILY WHO WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY HER LIGHT. Family and friends are invited to attend her viewing and funeral on Friday, March 13th, at McCafferty Funeral & Cremation Inc. 6711 Frankford Ave. (between Unruh & Knorr Sts) You may visit and comfort Carmen’s family during the viewing from 9:30am – 11:00am. There will be a prayer service at 11:00 am. Burial to follow in Oakland Cemetery where Carmen will be laid to rest.
