SYLVIA MEDRANO ORTIZ, age 61, a resident of Irving for 20 years, formerly of El Paso, Texas for 41 years, died Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at an Irving care center. Born April 23, 1952 in El Paso, she was the daughter of Jose Silviero Medrano and Consuelo Salas Medrano. Sylvia graduated from Jefferson High School in El Paso, attended the University of Texas at El Paso and graduated from El Centro College in Dallas. She was employed at various law firms in the Dallas area as a paralegal. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Irving Ward, she was a genealogy missionary at the LDS Church. Preceded in death by her husband, Tomas Ortiz in 2007, survivors include her children: Cheryl Medrano and her daughter Madison Medrano, Norma Angeles, Cecilia Campos, Maria Elena Ortiz and Raul Ortiz; brothers: Cesar Medrano, Jose Alejandro Medrano and Antonio Medrano; sisters: Roseanne Armendariz, Alicia Medrano; 9 other grandchildren; and numerous other family members. A visitation will be held from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m., Friday at Donnellys Colonial Funeral Home, 606 West Airport Freeway in Irving. Service is 1:00 p.m., Saturday, November 23 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1553 South Story Road in Irving. Burial will follow at Oak Grove Memorial Gardens in Irving.