Dominador Acob Sagabaen was born April 15, 1942 in Solano, Nuevo Vizcaya as the oldest of eleven. He then moved to and grew up in Tuguegarao, Cagayan where he and his wife Trinidad lived and raised their four kids - Rowena, Bogie, Archie, and Jaymeeh before immigrating to California in 1991. He lived in San Jose before moving to live with his daughter and her family in Tracy, California. He passed at the age of 83 in the care of Stanford Hospital in Pleasanton on February 6, 2026. He is survived by his wife, his four children, six grandchildren, and nine siblings.