Michael A. Cortez, 57 of Pinedale, California, left us, surrounded by his family on December 29, 2023, in Pinedale, California from Leukemia.

Michael was predeceased by his brother Ernest Cortez. He is survived by his parents Miguel and Louisa Cortez and sister Irene Reynolds and her three children, Leesa, Priscilla, and Josiah. His seven daughters Monique, Crystal, Sandra, Rosanne, Frankie, Samantha, and Marie, and his twenty-five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.