Leonila B. Banaga

LEONILA BANAYOS BISQUERA BANAGA WAS KNOWN FOR MANY THINGS TO PEOPLE. SHE WAS A LOVED ONE, A CONFIDANTE AND FAITHFUL SERVANT OF GOD. TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO KNEW HER WELL, LEONILA WILL BE REMEMBERED AS A VERY EXCEPTIONAL PERSON.

LEONILA WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 02, 1923, IN LIPCAN, BANGUED ABRA, PHILIPPINES. SHE WAS ONE OF FOUR CHILDREN OF EUSEBIO BISQUERA AND MARTA BANAYOS. LEONILA GREW UP IN LIPCAN, BANGUED ABRA, PHILIPPINES. LEONILA WAS RAISED WITH THREE SIBLINGS. SHE HAD SISTERS NAMED CONCHITA B. BORILLO, CLARITA B. BISQUERA, & VERONICA B. BACHILLER (ALL DECEASED). LEONILA WAS USUALLY INVOLVED IN ALL SORTS OF ACTIVITIES WITH HER SIBLINGS. SHE AND HER SIBLINGS SHARED MANY LIFE EXPERIENCES OVER THE YEARS.

A TYPICAL TEENAGER, LEONILA HAD A FAIRLY HAPPY HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE, MAKING THAT DIFFICULT TRANSITION FROM ADOLESCENCE TO ADULTHOOD. SHE GRADUATED FROM CABANATUAN HIGH SCHOOL IN 1945. SHE ENJOYED SOME CLASSES MORE THAN OTHERS, HAVING FAVORITE SUBJECTS AND TEACHERS. LEONILA ENJOYED HER COLLEGE YEARS, WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN A CHALLENGE WITH ALL OF THE ACADEMICS, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND THE SUDDEN FREEDOM THAT ACCOMPANIED THEM, BUT LEONILA WAS ABLE TO MANAGE THIS BALANCING ACT. SHE EARNED HER DEGREE IN (2ND YEAR COLLEGE-BS IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION) AT FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY IN 1947.

ON JANUARY 31, 1948 LEONILA EXCHANGED WEDDING VOWS WITH JUAN PALAC BANAGA AT THE AGLIPAYAN CHURCH - PHILIPPINES OF GAPAN, NUEVA ECIJA. EMPATHIC AND LOYAL, LEONILA WAS VERY COMMITTED TO MAKING HER FAMILY HAPPY. LEONILA WORKED HARD TO BE A GOOD MOTHER TO HER CHILDREN AND SHE DID HER BEST TO FULFILL THEIR NEEDS. LEONILA WAS BLESSED WITH FIVE CHILDREN, FOUR DAUGHTERS, ELMA B. BUENAVISTA, PERLA B. UBALDO, VIOLETA B. BISA, AND EDNA ZORAYDA B. BANAGA, AND ONE SON ISMAEL B. BANAGA. ANOTHER BLESSING FOR LEONILA WAS THE GIFT OF TWELVE GRANDCHILDREN AND TEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

FORTUNATELY, LEONILA ENJOYED WHAT SHE DID FOR A LIVING. SHOWING A STRONG WORK ETHIC, LEONILA WORKED DILIGENTLY AND DID HER BEST TO SUCCEED IN HER CAREER. HER PRIMARY OCCUPATION WAS BEING A BUSINESSWOMAN. SHE HAD OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN AGRICULTURE AND THE PIGGERY FARM BUSINESS. LEONILA ALWAYS SOUGHT TO BE A TEAM PLAYER, DOING WHAT WAS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO GET THE JOB DONE.

LEONILA ENJOYED HER LEISURE TIME BY TAKING PART IN VARIOUS HOBBIES. HER FAVORITE PURSUITS WERE SEWING, TENDING TO HER PIGGERY FARM. SHE WAS CONTENT IN ENJOYING HER FAVORITE PASTIMES EITHER BY HERSELF OR WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

LEONILA PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY 3, 2013 AT HER HOME IN SPRING VALLEY, CALIFORNIA.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER CHILDREN ELMA B. AND PORFINO BUENAVISTA, PERLA B. BANAGA VDA. DE UBALDO, VIOLETA B. AND VICTOR IBARRA C. BISA, EDNA ZORAYDA B. BANAGA AND ISMAEL B. AND MARIA IMELDA L. BANAGA, AND HER TWELVE GRANDCHILDREN JOHN DENNIS B. BUENAVISTA MARRIED TO MYLENE D. BUENAVISTA, EUNICE B. CHIN MARRIED TO VICTOR A. CHIN, RIO JASON B. BUENAVISTA MARRIED TO TRINA BUENAVISTA ALEXIS ZADA U. ABAS MARRIED TO RAYMUND ABAS, MAIA ODILLE U. ASISTOL MARRIED TO DEODORO ASISTOL, DISA GAY MAHARLIKA B. BANAGA, VICTOR CARLO B. BISA, MARIA LEONA PAULA B.BISA, ALYSSA VIOLA B. BISA, BIANCA VICTORIA B. BISA, JUAN MANUEL L. BANAGA, JUAN MIGUEL L. BANAGA, AND TEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: JHENNALIN MAE BUENAVISTA, JILLIAN DENISE BUENAVISTA, DYLAN TIMOTHY CHIN, KATHERINE ABIGAIL CHIN, JACOB RIO BUENAVISTA, KAYLIA MAHAL BUENAVISTA, KAIU RAY BUENAVISTA, DAVID MATTHEW, MARK DANIEL ASISTOL, RAPHAEL ANTHONY ABAS.

SERVICES WERE HELD AT GLEN ABBEY MEMORIAL CHAPEL. LEONILA WAS LAID TO REST IN GLEN ABBEY MEMORIAL PARK ON FEBRUARY 11, 2013.

LEONILA WAS A GOOD AND KIND PERSON, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED BY HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS AS BEING A CARING AND GIVING PERSON, SOMEONE WHO BECAME AN IMPORTANT PERSON IN THEIR LIFE. LEONILA LEFT A LEGACY OF LIFE-LONG FRIENDSHIPS AND MANY CHERISHED MEMORIES.

LEONILA BANAYOS BISQUERA BANAGA: A DEVOTED MOTHER, A PRINCIPLED WOMAN, A SELFLESS MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY, A HUMBLE EXAMPLE OF KINDNESS AND LOVE AND A MONUMENTAL FIGURE OF ENDLESS CHRISTIAN FAITH.