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TORONTO,
ON, CANADA, FEBRUARY 26, 2008
(PHNO) MESSAGES: Dear Ms. Lee and
the Quesada Clan:
We had been informed
that His Excellency Amb. Willy C. Gaa has signed a message of condolence
to the Quesada clan and which message shall be read during this
Saturday's memorial service for the late Col. Frank Quesada. We are
providing your e-mail addresses to Consul Gines Gallaga, who has been
assigned by Ambassador Gaa to send to you the Philippine Embassy's
message of sympathy.
The memorial service
is scheduled on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008, at 4:00 p.m., at the Social
Hall of the Filipino-American Community of Los Angeles (FACLA), 1740
West Temple St., Los Angeles, CA 90026. Acting Head of Post and Deputy
Consul General Dan R. Espiritu will also deliver in person a message
from the Philippine Consulate General. We will request Consul Espiritu
to read Ambassador Gaa's message.
Please let us know if
a member of the Quesada Family can be present at the memorial service,
otherwise we will let one of his fellow veterans make the response on
behalf of the Filipino WWII veterans' camaraderie.
Naki-kiramay po uli,
Bobby M. Reyes
Auxiliary Member, American Legion, Manila Post 464, and
Director, FACLA
Dear Bobby Reyes,
Thanks for informing
me about the upcoming Memorial Service scheduled on February 23, 2008
associated with by brother's demise. I have returned to New York and
will not be able to attend said ceremony. I spoke with my sister-in-law,
Lourdes M. Quesada, a few minutes ago and she is considering of going to
LA with my sister, Sonia, who is staying with her in Las Vegas.
In the event that she
cannot make it, she will most likely designate my niece, Peachy Crespo,
who is a LA resident.
Sincerely
Romulo B. Quesada
From Col. Frank
Quesada's wife:
In behalf of the Quesada Family I would like to thank all of you for
your kind words of sympathy and condolence. Your support during this
time of grief is very much appreciated. We also want to thank you for
the memorial service for my late husband scheduled on Saturday, February
23, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. This gesture is so touching and will be greatly
remembered by our family. I'd like to be there personally, but my
schedule does not allow me. I have to prepare for my trip to Manila to
take my beloved husband's remains for burial. There are various paper
work I needed to get before my trip.
Due to my inability
to come for the memorial service, may I designate my stepdaughter Mrs.
Christine Crespo to represent our family. She resides in Burbank, CA.
Thank you again for
the honor you are giving my late husband. Please send us anything you
think is worth keeping in our family album to remember Col. Francisco B.
Quesada, my beloved husband. -Mrs. Lourdes Valt-Martinez Quesada
THE
CONDOLENCE LETTER FROM THE PHILIPPINE AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S.
AMBASSADOR W. C. GAA AT
WW2 MEMORIAL / AT FIL-AM COMMUNITY IN LA
PHNO Report:
The following is a Press Release from the Philippine Embassy in
Washington, D.C./Culled from the MabuhayRadio online <http://www.mabuhayradio.com/content/view/2664/425/>
On 19 February 2008, a day after the 62nd
anniversary of the Rescission Act of 1946, Ambassador Willy C. Gaa,
together with Filipino WWII veterans and officials from the Philippine
Embassy, honored the services and sacrifices of Filipino WWII veterans
by laying wreaths at a simple and solemn ceremony at the
Bataan-Corregidor marker at the World War II Memorial in Washington D.C.
Photo at left - Ambassador Gaa leads Filipino
WWII veterans and officials from the Embassy on a wreath laying ceremony
at the World
War II Memorial in Washington D.C. Ambassador Gaa acknowledging and
honoring the services and sacrifices of Filipino WWII veterans; Photo at
right - Ambassador Gaa with Filipino WWII veterans and Embassy officials
at the Bataan-Corregidor marker where a simple message was read quoting
U.S. President Harry S. Truman’s acknowledgement of the important
service and contributions made by Filipino veterans to the U.S. war
effort in World War II.
THE LATE FRANK B. QUESADA'S
DAUGHTER AT THE FACLA MEMORIAL SERVICE
(PHNO News) February 23, 2008, Saturday 7:02 PM
(California time) - Webmaster's note: Photos most kindly shared by Mr.
Philip Untalan, Los Angeles photo-correspondent of Philippine News, <www.philcpictures.com;
e-mail:
philipuntalan@mac.com;
Tel: 714 349-1749;
www.philipuntalan.com>
In attendance at the memorial service were
daughter of the late Frank Quesada, Peachy Quesada Crespo and her
husband Boboy, Col. Golez whose daughter was Col. Frank's veteran
batchmate, Deputy Consul General Daniel Espiritu who represented Consul
General Mary Jo Aragon (LA), Consular Assistant Rhoderick Sierra, Bobby
Reyes, Director of FACLA of MEDIABC-LA, MabuhayRadio online and various
memebrs of the LA Press.
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Peachy
(Quesada) Crespo representing the Quesada family
(February
23, 2008)
Social Hall
of the FILIPINO AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF LOS ANGELES
(FACLA)
On behalf of
my step-mother (Mrs. Lourdes Quesada), my twin sister
(Margaret), and the rest of the Quesada family, I would like
to thank everyone here today for this memorial service being
rendered to remember, celebrate, and honor the life of my
father, FRANCISCO B. QUESADA.
I know my
father, who is up there, is elated and very grateful to the
Philippine government, his fellow war veterans and friends
for their acknowledgement of his life long passion which is
to fight for the rights of his fellow WWII veterans.
If not for
his illness and eventual death, he would undoubtedly
continue with this passion.
I am sure it
is his wish that the torch for this noble cause will be
continued to its conclusion with more determination by our
government and other sectors who, worked and sacrificed with
him to finally get justice for the few living WWII veterans.
All your
kind words of sympathy and support are not only a comfort
but a source of strength for my family and me in this
difficult time. Thank you for this memorial service, we
will be eternally grateful.
Christine
“Peachy” Crespo
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