Jorge C. Torres, a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Thursday, June 16, 2016, at his Pembroke Pines residence, after 91 wonderful years of life. He was born on December 10, 1924, in Medellin, Colombia to the late Miguel Angel Torres and Maria Luisa Ortega.

Jorge was a very intelligent human being, who loved to spend time with his family, enjoyed music and dancing, loved to teach others and loved to fix anything and everything. Jorge always went above and beyond for his family and made each and every one of them feel loved and treated nieces and nephews as his own children. He will be truly missed but will always be loved and remembered.

His memory will always be cherished by his beloved wife, Aura Ester Torres (whom he said was the most beautiful woman in the world); his loving children who always spoiled him, Amparo Rendon, Beatriz Torres, Gloria Shanks, Carmenza Ceballos, Jorge Ivan Torres, Margarita Maria Gallego, Nora Torres, Maria Victoria Torres and Luisa Cristina Torres; his pride and joy, his 15 grandchildren, Laura, Ana, Juan, Natalie, Camilo, Kiara, Estefano, Carolina, Tatiana, Katheryn, Stephanie, Cristina, Daniel, Andres and Sarita. Also, survived by his great-grandchildren, Juliana, Vanessa, Pablo, Alejandro, David, Jacob, Kayla, Liliana, Grace, Karysa, Victor, Gisela, Daniel Jr and one great-grandchild on the way.

A memorial mass will be held on Saturday, July 2, 2016, 10:30 AM, at St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church. Inurnment will follow at Hollywood Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in his memory to The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, https://www.alzfdn.org.

Arrangements entrusted to Boyd-Panciera Family Funeral Care, University Drive Chapel.