Birth date: Jun 13, 1990 Death date: Sep 14, 2018
Stephenie Generose Orte, 28, of New Orleans, Louisiana formerly of Clinton passed away suddenly Friday September 14, 2018 in New Orleans. Funeral Services will be 9:00 am, Saturday, September 22, 2018 at the Clinton Chapel Snell-Z Read Obituary
Thanks for reminding me Sherry if the red white and blue fish Steph had to get me. What a sweetheart. Love you all
Our deepest sympathies to Steve, Sherry and extended family. She was truly a wonderful person who will be missed by everyone who was fortunate enough to have met her.
Mark and Cheri Davis
It's hard to sum up Stephenie and our time together in one memory. She really deeply cared for others. We were a group of misfit kids in high school, and those of us who were the most broken, she just found ways to break through our shells and help our true selves shine. She was affectionate and warm, and had so much love to give. She was energy, and excitement, and life's spark itself. She danced like no one was watching, and put her full self into everything that she did. I'll miss reading her stories, and seeing her artwork. She had the best sense of humor, and knew how to say everything with just the right dramatic flair to keep us in giggle fits. Even though we parted ways, she was always in my heart, as I know she will live on in the hearts of the many, many people she touched.
Thank you for all that you brought to our lives.
I had the honor of working with Stephenie for just a short time here at Abramson Sci Academy. I met her last January and over the course of the time that I knew her I was constantly impressed by her dedication to people who had different abilities. Stephenie was passionate about giving a voice to people with Autism and the arts. One action to honor of her life and work is to raise money for a cause she was passionate about so the school launched a website to give donations in her memory to The Art of Autism. A link to the website where you can donate is https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/orte.
Our thoughts & prayers are with the Orte family, sorry for your loss.
Stephenie and I were roommates in college, and she was the most enthusiastic, hilarious, interesting person I'd ever met. We would listen to Dolly Parton and Shania Twain while we cleaned up our disaster of a living space, singing at the top of our lungs and jumping around. We'd talk about literature and love and ideas, and she always had a way of seeing something magical about other people and the world--she would take a breath and just breathe out life, and wonder, and compassion. She dreamed up this adventure we were going to go on to New Orleans--the "Best Friends Forever Trip," and she managed to talk homebody little me into an excursion to this wild, crazy place full of the art and music and magic she loved so much--and we had a blast. I remember getting ready to go, and how kind and funny her mom and dad were, how much they loved her, just the little ways they would joke around and how they wanted us to be safe, but have fun, but be safe, too! It just felt like such a warm and loving home, and I could see how Stephenie had become such a loving and exuberant human being. I was so happy for her when she got to move to this magical place that filled her heart with so much joy--there was so much art and culture for her to swallow up, and she was doing what she loved, helping young people with special needs. In her time here on earth, she touched so many people with her grace, humor, and kindness, and I am so happy that I got to call her my friend, and so, so sad that she is gone now, so soon, when she had so much love to give and so many people who love her.
my heart goes out to Sherry and the rest of Stephanie's family and friends. keeping you in my thoughts! <3
