This memorial website was created to celebrate the life and preserve our recollections of Berto Ortega. Please join us in keeping Berto's memory alive by sharing your favorite stories, photos and memorable moments from the life of Berto Ortega. Your contribution will be a fitting tribute, as well as a gift to all who knew and loved Berto.

Thank you for your love and concern for Berto Ortega and his family. Many of you are asking “What can we do to help?” The most immediate need at this time are donations in Berto’s fond memory in order to cover the costs of funeral expenses and his burial. We greatly appreciate your kind expression in Berto’s memory.

Please copy and paste the link below, into your web browser to donate. Those living in the central Florida area can also visit any Fairwinds Credit Union branch and may donate to the account named "Berto Ortega -Artist."

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Hello family and friends of Berto Ortega. Thank you for your patience, in waiting for news, for the opportunity to celebrate my uncle's life. Our family has been in contact with Will Benton who has been working with others from the art community. There are two events coming up, that are open to the public, where you can join us in celebrating Berto's life. First: Sunday, September 29th, at 5pm. Please join us on the grounds at the Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens, in Winter Park. This event is a potluck gathering. Please bring an appetizer/finger food style dish, along with a beverage to share. For this event, we are urging those who are willing, to bring their Berto original art works in order to share with others at the event. This event will be a wonderful opportunity to see how many lives Berto touched. Second: October 4th, at Faith Arts Village of Orlando from 5pm - 9pm. My uncle was a regular participant in this monthly event. For this occasion, his studio will be opened and some of his work will be displayed in honor of his memory. As always, this event will have food trucks as well as the opportunity to meet other artists, who show at FAVO, and to see their works. Our family hopes that you can join us for one or both events, so that we can have to opportunity to celebrate his life with you. Also: please be on the lookout tomorrow, Friday the 20th, in the Orlando Sentinel where there will be an article about my uncle in the artist column. Thank you