Lola Ruperta was laid to rest last friday, September 10. To the friends of the family, thank you for the memories.
First, we thank you for coming. This is very nice… a record gathering of relatives and friends of lola Ruperta. Pang Guiness Book of World Records for the largest get-together of oldies!
Another nice thing about this gathering is that there really is nothing sad about it at all. Its like another family reunion with lola here in front smiling at us.
We were all lucky to have known such an amazing person, our lola Ruperta. We joke about us all being oldies, but with our balding heads, graying hair, wrinkling skins, most of us can correctly claim that we have indeed spent a significant part of our life with lola Ruperta.
To us, she's nanay. To some, she's Entang. Lola Ruperta was born Ruperta Alejandro Cruz in June 7, 1922. She passed away last September 5, 2010, at the age 88.
Let me give you 88 things we remember lola Ruperta by:
1. She was the beautiful daughter of our great grandfather Montano Cruz (+)…
2. …and our great grand mother Florentina Alejandro (+).
3. She was crowned Ms. Malabon in her teen years…which speaks well of our pedigree!
4. She was a supportive sibling of Ate Benita Alejandro Cruz (+)…
5. …and a very faithful wife to one great man, lolo Mario C. Bernardo.
6. She was a great mother of nine:
7. Baby girl 1 (+),
8. Sari
9. Celia (+)
10. Baby girl 2 (+) [I was just told that there was a 3rd]
11. Mike (+)
12. Edna
13. Nick
14. Obet
15. …and Gloria.
16. Lola Ruperta was a very strong woman who endured the death of four children.
17. She was a wonderful grandmother of eighteen:
18. Maricel
19. Martin
20. Aileen
21. Raffy
22. Rosalie
23. Jay
24. Tammy
25. Anthony
26. Aimee
27. Joey
28. Kat-Kat
29. Nicoy
30. Jun
31. Elizza
32. Rondic
33. Eric
34. Suzette
35. …and Nino
36. She was even a cool great grandmother of 14
37. Reese
38. Rielle
39. Rielly
40. Robyn
41. Nikki
42. Yana
43. Jamil
44. Tin-tin
45. Ivan
46. Nicolette
47. Gabby
48. Andy
49. Ralph
50. …and Issa
51. Forever boss of Conrad…
52. Irma…
53. Lili…
54. …and nurse Gelyn. Baka po meron kailangan ng nurse, driver at cook, lumapit lang po sa akin mamaya.
55. We remember very well our Baguio summer vacations with lola and the cousins, in lolo's DODGE van.
56. Our weekend Pansol trips with the whole family..
57. her daily 5AM trips to Clover Leaf market…
58. the smell of lola’s Lauriat feasts…
59. …morning…
60. …lunch, and…
61. …dinner…
62. …EVERYDAY.
63. The frequent kare-kares…
64. Kaldereta…
65. Kutsinta…
66. Barbeque…
67. Home-made Pancit Malabon that is better than Rosy’s…
68. And her incredible baked goodies.
69. Our grandparents had a great life together. The greatest love story on the black and white screen.
70. They travelled the 4 corners of the globe…
71. …by land…
72. …on water…
73. …by air.
74. We love lola and lolo because they will always bring home pasalubongs for us…
75. …and they can scold our parents!
76. Lola ruperta was a full-time housewife, and …
77. …Full-time mother…
78. …who supported the many bisyos (albeit good) of the children.
79. When lolo Mario died in November 16, 1985…
80. lola Ruperta became a full-time grandmother…
81. …who supported the many many kalokohans of the grandchildren..especially Joey!
82. And she was very generous too…
83. Jollibee…
84. Eh em…or SM with the apos.
85. Oh, and we so love the fat Christmas envelopes. We can say that the old saying is true. When you give more, you receive even more. We love you lola. Muuuaaaaahhhh
86. We are witness to her deep faith in God…
87. Her May Antipolo church panata…
88. Her service to Saint Gabriel Parish Church as a Mother Butler…
There’s more to it than 88, but being good Catholics, we need to cut this short so we can toast our super lola…and start tonight’s drinking session.
Seriously, 5 years ago, lola Ruperta was in very good health…until she had a bad fall that fractured a hip. Though we wished that our lola would reach a hundred, maybe it was God’s way of pulling the family back closer together. We made more time for her and the family.
Beneath those smiles, we are very sure that you are all grieving with us. But we are all sure that wherever she is now, with whom ever, that she is very, very happy.
Lola, even though we forgot to send you your hearing aid, we hope you will hear this well:
Till the next time we meet, thank you for being always here for OUR family. We love you more than words can ever describe, and we will always treasure every moment with you and lolo Mario.
Thank you so much, lola. God bless you and all of us.
We were all lucky to have known such an amazing person, our lola Ruperta. We joke about us all being oldies, but with our balding heads, graying hair, wrinkling skins, most of us can correctly claim that we have indeed spent a significant part of our life with lola Ruperta.
To us, she's nanay. To some, she's Entang. Lola Ruperta was born Ruperta Alejandro Cruz in June 7, 1922. She passed away last September 5, 2010, at the age 88.
Let me give you 88 things we remember lola Ruperta by:
1. She was the beautiful daughter of our great grandfather Montano Cruz (+)…
2. …and our great grand mother Florentina Alejandro (+).
3. She was crowned Ms. Malabon in her teen years…which speaks well of our pedigree!
4. She was a supportive sibling of Ate Benita Alejandro Cruz (+)…
5. …and a very faithful wife to one great man, lolo Mario C. Bernardo.
6. She was a great mother of nine:
7. Baby girl 1 (+),
8. Sari
9. Celia (+)
10. Baby girl 2 (+) [I was just told that there was a 3rd]
11. Mike (+)
12. Edna
13. Nick
14. Obet
15. …and Gloria.
16. Lola Ruperta was a very strong woman who endured the death of four children.
17. She was a wonderful grandmother of eighteen:
18. Maricel
19. Martin
20. Aileen
21. Raffy
22. Rosalie
23. Jay
24. Tammy
25. Anthony
26. Aimee
27. Joey
28. Kat-Kat
29. Nicoy
30. Jun
31. Elizza
32. Rondic
33. Eric
34. Suzette
35. …and Nino
36. She was even a cool great grandmother of 14
37. Reese
38. Rielle
39. Rielly
40. Robyn
41. Nikki
42. Yana
43. Jamil
44. Tin-tin
45. Ivan
46. Nicolette
47. Gabby
48. Andy
49. Ralph
50. …and Issa
51. Forever boss of Conrad…
52. Irma…
53. Lili…
54. …and nurse Gelyn. Baka po meron kailangan ng nurse, driver at cook, lumapit lang po sa akin mamaya.
55. We remember very well our Baguio summer vacations with lola and the cousins, in lolo's DODGE van.
56. Our weekend Pansol trips with the whole family..
57. her daily 5AM trips to Clover Leaf market…
58. the smell of lola’s Lauriat feasts…
59. …morning…
60. …lunch, and…
61. …dinner…
62. …EVERYDAY.
63. The frequent kare-kares…
64. Kaldereta…
65. Kutsinta…
66. Barbeque…
67. Home-made Pancit Malabon that is better than Rosy’s…
68. And her incredible baked goodies.
69. Our grandparents had a great life together. The greatest love story on the black and white screen.
70. They travelled the 4 corners of the globe…
71. …by land…
72. …on water…
73. …by air.
74. We love lola and lolo because they will always bring home pasalubongs for us…
75. …and they can scold our parents!
76. Lola ruperta was a full-time housewife, and …
77. …Full-time mother…
78. …who supported the many bisyos (albeit good) of the children.
79. When lolo Mario died in November 16, 1985…
80. lola Ruperta became a full-time grandmother…
81. …who supported the many many kalokohans of the grandchildren..especially Joey!
82. And she was very generous too…
83. Jollibee…
84. Eh em…or SM with the apos.
85. Oh, and we so love the fat Christmas envelopes. We can say that the old saying is true. When you give more, you receive even more. We love you lola. Muuuaaaaahhhh
86. We are witness to her deep faith in God…
87. Her May Antipolo church panata…
88. Her service to Saint Gabriel Parish Church as a Mother Butler…
There’s more to it than 88, but being good Catholics, we need to cut this short so we can toast our super lola…and start tonight’s drinking session.
Seriously, 5 years ago, lola Ruperta was in very good health…until she had a bad fall that fractured a hip. Though we wished that our lola would reach a hundred, maybe it was God’s way of pulling the family back closer together. We made more time for her and the family.
Beneath those smiles, we are very sure that you are all grieving with us. But we are all sure that wherever she is now, with whom ever, that she is very, very happy.
Lola, even though we forgot to send you your hearing aid, we hope you will hear this well:
Till the next time we meet, thank you for being always here for OUR family. We love you more than words can ever describe, and we will always treasure every moment with you and lolo Mario.
Thank you so much, lola. God bless you and all of us.
No comments:
Post a Comment