Kenneth Lee Ortego, 53, of Port Acres, died Saturday, December 13, 2014. A native and lifelong resident of the area, he was born on October 19, 1961, in Port Acres, to Willemina Harmsen and John Lee Ortego. Kenneth was a security guard at Lofton Security.

Survivors include his mother, Willemina Ortego of Port Acres; sister, Michelle Ortego of Portland, Oregon; brother, Jimmie Ortego and his wife Belinda Gilchrist of Lufkin; nieces, Stormie Ortego of Klamath Falls, Oregon and Lisa Herrick and Sabrina Herrick, both of Mobile, Alabama; nephews, John Ortego of klamath Falls, Oregon; Allan Gilchrist  and his wife, Tabitha, of El Paso; Jonathan Bertrand and Damien Bertrand and his wife, Vanessa, all of Vidor; and Bobby Herrick of Mobile, Alabama; and numerous great-nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his father and sisters, Patricia Bertrand and Gay Nell Herrick. 

A gathering of Mr. Ortego’s family and friends will be from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Friday, December 19, 2014, at Broussard’s, 505 North 12th Street, Nederland. His funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, December 20, 2014, at Broussard’s, Nederland. Interment will follow at Oak Bluff Memorial Park, Port Neches.