Then in 1938 he would publish his second book, "Alma Provinciana: Cosas de mi Tierra," which received recognition and acclaim among literary circles and critics in the capital of the Republic.
The praises of the Mexican intelligentsia did not wait, and among others, the study carried out by the journalist, Writer and Teacher of Journalists, Don Fernando Mota, which among other phrases published in the section "Libros Sobre Mi Mesa," in Excelsior's "Thursdays" Weekly wrote: "...and so with galas of language, lyrical emotion of a poet and erudition of a learned historiographer, toast in this book Pluviosilla Señorial y Legendaria, those trances, events and adventures that form the wealth of legend, romance and tradition, referred to in this case to the Colonial City of Orizaba, whose history of time gone is an affirmation of quality in the present and a guarantee of the future...happy the town that has a singer who perpetuates - in romance or in clean prose - the feats that time is erasing in the clouds of distance...!
[2] In 1944 Don Aurelio was invited by the 3rd National Congress of Librarians and the 1st of Archivist to assist them in the preparations for the celebrations and with a list of distinguished individuals from the State of Veracruz.
"[8] Don Aurelio was known for his generous nature for which his friend Gilberto Loyo wrote to have him serve as host to Miss Gitta Sten from the Polish embassy in Mexico on her trip to Orizaba.
He was also asked to present her to the “distinguished intellectuals of Orizaba.”[9] Don Aurelio continued to contribute to the culture and education of Orizaba of Veracruz and of Mexico.
[10] Don Aurelio Ortega Castañeda was offered the office of Presidente Municipal of his beloved Pluviosilla, but the only official position he was willing to accept was that of Delegado de Turismo en Orizaba (1947-1957).
On January 11, 1958, at 8 pm, Don Aurelio died, but not before leaving behind two books ready for publication: the first titled, "Senderos de Historia: ¿Sería Orizaba Así?"
His epitaph says it all (printed on the cover of a special issue of La Calandria, dated April 1958, dedicated to his memory and with the pen of his many friends, such as Dr. Ramón Rocha Garfias, Carolina Ojeda de Islas, Rafael Rúa y Alvarez, etc.
Her eldest daughter, Sister Teresita del Niño Jesús y de la Santa Faz (Norma Alicia Arenas Ortega,) is a cloistered carmelite nun at Cristo Rey Monastery in San Francisco, California.
He is buried with his second son Hector Efrain Ortega de Carrillo in the city cemetery (Zona 1, Sección 6, Fila 12, Fosa 12).
Her remains were then transported to Los Angeles, California, to be buried in Calvary Cemetery, with her eldest son, Erick Gilberto Arenas Ortega.