“As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age.” – (Genesis 15:15)
Our community has been host to a familiar visitor of late. DeathӼs friendly face paid a visit to two old-timer stalwarts in our midst.
Orlando Veloso Remollo Sr. was finally given his rest on Oct. 9. He was 90 years old. Among the oldest and most faithful members of the Negros Oriental Chapter of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, Atty. Remollo had an illustrious career as both law practitioner and politician.
Atty. Remollo once served as mayor of San Jose, and as Provincial Board member, representing the 2nd District. In civic life, he made his presence felt in the Scouting Movement of Negros Oriental.
Orlando Sr. Iived to a ripe old age, fulfilled public service, and professional undertakings. In his civic undertakings, he helped mold young leaders, and shaped their characters as patriotic citizens. In his lifetime, he raised four successful professionals: Ipe, Rolly, Jupert, and Precy Ann. We pause to say a prayer for Orlando Velasco Remollo Sr., a good and faithful servant in the Lord’s work!
In the quiet early morning hours of Oct. 10, Clarissa Tonsay Ascaño vda. de Flores joined the Lord in His Heavenly Place at the ripe age of 97.
Professor Flores once served as secretary of the Vice President’s Office headed by Robert Silliman. Later, she joined the faculty of SU’s College of Business Administration, and trained generations of future secretaries produced by Silliman University.
During the presidency of Dr. Quintin S. Doromal, Mrs. Flores became dean of the College of Business Administration. A graduate of Silliman University, she went to Harvard University to pursue higher studies with her husband, the former Law Dean Eduardo S. Flores. We praise God for a life well-lived in service by Clarissa Ascaño-Flores.
The life of our community owes its proud heritage to the legacy of outstanding citizens such as Atty. Remollo and Professor Flores. By their upstanding lives, they set an example for good, decent, and upright citizenship. This is how we ought to pursue our dreams, and how we ought to live our lives. To be able to leave an afterglow of pleasant memories among those of us who remain, and who fondly remember.
by Anonymous
“I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one.
I’d like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done.
I’d like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways,
Of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days.
I’d like the tears of those who grieve, to dry before the sun;
Of happy memories that I leave when life is done.”
To Atty. Remollo and Professor Flores, we fondly bid goodbye!
“But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day would overtake you like a thief; for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness…” (1 Thessalonians 5:4)
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