A funeral service was held Feb. 24 for Nicolette Ortiz, 17. She died Feb. 19 at Jersey City Medical Center. Born in Jersey City, she was a life-long resident. She was a student at Ferris High School. She is survived by her parents, Santo Ortiz and Maritza Arroyo; two siblings, Joselyn Santiago and Jayden Tillman; her grandparents, Maria and Israel Arroyo; her great-grandmothers, Maximina Molina and Luz Velazquez; her aunts, Lillian Acevedo, Gina Sanchez and her husband Jose, Sally and her husband Luis and Jackie Arroyo; her uncles, Jose, Henry and Albert Molina, Israel Arroyo Jr. and wife Hyde. She was the cousin of Joel Gonzalez, Adrian, David, Christian, and Jonathan Arroyo. She is also survived by many other aunts, uncles, relatives and friends. Services arranged by the Introcaso-Angelo Funeral Home, Jersey City.