Gen. Velasco’s mother joins creator at 86
THE mother of retired Police Deputy Director General Reynaldo V. Velasco passed away Friday, following a cardiac arrest at a local hospital in San Carlos City, Pangasinan.
Anacleta Vicente Velasco, born on July 13, 1920, was 86 and is survived by eight of her nine children: General Rey Velasco, Josephine Serrano, Ernesto Velasco, Editha Arenos, Virgilio, Manuel, Delfin and Evelyn.
She was a widow since 1979 following the early death of her husband Vicente, a Bataan Death March veteran and a master sergeant in the Philippine Constabulary.
In 2003, Anacleta was named an Outstanding Mother by the National Federation of Women’s Clubs of the Philippines (NFWC).
Interviewed last October 29 for a video documentary for General Velasco, the 86-year old mother emphasized the need to acquire education as she narrated how she and her husband struggled to raise nine children and send them all to college.
In his message of condolences to the Velasco family, former Gov. Oscar Orbos said: “Our fervent prayers and our deepest sympathies. She was a true gift and blessing to her family. “
Her remains now lay in state at the Velasco ancestral house in Banaoang, Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan.
Interment will be on December 12, Tuesday.
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