Rosario “Inday” Mapa Proudfoot, a long-time resident of Salem, Oregon, passed away on February 2, 2023 at Sweet Bye N Bye Memory Care and Assisted Living, Salem, Oregon where she was confined after a lingering illness. She is survived by her son George and siblings Victorino Paredes Mapa a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, Cornelio Paredes Mapa who lives in Manila, Philippines and Teresita Mapa Salgado of Salem, Oregon. Rose (or “Inday” as she is called by her family and intimate friends) would have been 96 years old on her birthday on August 30, 2023.
Inday is the descendant of an illustrious family from both her parents whose close relatives count with a Victorino Mapa who was Chief justice of the Philippine Supreme Court and Quintin Paredes, a Senate President during the Philippines Commonwealth years. Inday’s father was a renowned judge in Iloilo city where she was born.
Funeral services will be held at Queen of Peace Catholic Church on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 8:30 A.M. Friends and readers of this obituary are kindly requested to pray for her eternal soul.