2 Paulinian icons given last honors

Two respected Paulinian teacher icons were given their last respects and tributes in the wake of their passing away recently.

Miss Adelmira B. Concepcion, the Grade School Academic Chair, passed away last April 20, 2012 after a short 9-month bout with bone cancer. She was 63.

Miss Milagros N. Pascual, the High School Student Welfare Committee Chair, succumbed to her long fight of throat cancer last June 10, 2012. She was 59.



Miss Milagros N. Pascual and Miss Adelmira B. Concepcion

 Miss Concepcion's remains were brought to the Fr. Louis Chauvet Gymnasium in St. Paul College of Bocaue just a few hours before her interment on April 24, 2012 for a special Requiem Mass followed by a Necrological Service. Among those who delivered their eulogies were Sr. Bernadette Racadio, SPC, the School Directress and HS Principal, Miss Thelma Dimaapi, the GS Clubs and Organizations Chair, Mr. Benildo Adriano, a Religion and Filipino teacher, Miss Imelda Baltazar, former Pre-School Corrdinator now the GS Academic Chair, and Atty. Tricia Santos, her former pupil.

Her Requiem Mass was presided over by Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Cruz, S.Th.D., an alumnus. She was interred at the Garden of Peace Cemetery in Bagumbayan, Bocaue, Bulacan after her last Mass at the St. Martin of Tours Parish concelebrated by Rev. Fr. Jovi Sebastian, the Parish Priest, Rev. Fr. Nick Lalog, an alumnus and her former pupil, and Rev. Fr. Jigs Garcia, another alumnus and former pupil.

On the other hand, Miss Pascual's wake for 3 days and 2 nights was held in the same venue on June 11 - 13, 2012. Many Paulinians paid their last respects during her wake in St. Paul. She was transferred to her hometown in San Juan Chapel in Malolos, Bulacan after a Requiem Mass and Necrological Service were held in the morning of June 13, the first day of classes for SY 2012-2013.

Rev. Fr. Sonny de Armas of the Immaculate Conception Major Seminary celebrated two Masses during the wake. The Requiem Mass was presided by Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Cruz and Rev. Fr. Nicanor Lalog, another alumnus.

Those who delivered eulogies during her necrological service were Sr. Bernadette Racadio, SPC, Bea Violeta, the High School Board of Students President, Mrs. Analiza Boquiren, canteen staff and one of her caretakers in the hospital, Miss Zenaida Santiago, school bookkeeper and a close friend to Miss Pascual, Mrs. Emmalou Pineda, her former student and now her replacement as SWC Chair, Mrs. Eufemia Dionson, the Homeroom Chair, Mr. Ernesto Guillermo, Jr., the HS Academic Chair, and Mrs. Rosanna Guillermo, the Library Head, considered family friends, Sr. Ma. Vicenta Estrella, SPC, the new Finance Officer and a close friend, Mr. Michael Yanga, Dr. Yanga's Colleges, Inc. administrator and her former student, and Sr. Ma. Milagros Amos, SPC, former SPCB Directress and a close friend and benefactor.

Mr. Cezar Mendoza, the HS Clubs and Organizations Chair, read the farewell and thank you letter of Miss Pascual which was saved in her desktop computer in her office.

Miss Pascual was interred after another 3-day and 3-night wake in Malolos at the Malolos Catholic Cemetery on June 16, 2012.

Both were given posthumous awards during their necrological services.