Francisco Lacuesta Concepcion

Francisco Concepcion was born the 5th of 8 children (4 girls, 4 boys) to the late judge Felix Concepcion and Rosalia Lacuesta on Sept 20, 1925, in San Antonio, Zambales married my mother Pajita Agustin in 1947 and had 4 children, He was preceded in death by all his siblings, my mother , my older brother Nestor, and my older sister Emma and survived by me the 3rd from the eldest and my brother Frank Jr. , 10 grandchildren and 11 greatgrandchildren , would have been 12 great grandchildren but sadly recently preceded in death by our beloved grandson Jordan Caoile

He worked at the Veterans Administration in Manila before transitioning to politics in our home town of San Antonio. Served as Councilor and Vice Mayor, worked as Secretary to the Mayor , then at the Treasurer’s office . Worked at the Accounting department of the Navy Exchange in San Miguel US naval base where he retired then came to the US in 1989, that’s one year after my mother passed away.

Lived with us since then and helped in caring for the kids while I worked night shift in the hospital while my husband being in the navy was out to sea or overseas duty stationed. He was responsible in taking the kids to and from school when they were young. The snacks or merienda of pansit or adobo or egg rolls was always ready when they came home from school. While I worked at night and slept during the day I didn’t have to worry about the well-being, safety, schoolwork and care of my kids. He acted as father, mother and grandfather to my kids. He had devoted his life in America for the goodness of my kids and helped us raised them to how every parent would like their kids to be in-spite of the limited time that me and my husband had for them.

There was always food at the table. My father loves to cook and on top of it all, he enjoys gardening. All those time that he worked at the office in the Philippines he would wake up early around 5 a.m. and went to the field to tend to his plants and back again to the field in the afternoon after office work. In fact he is the only one in his family who had stepped into the rice fields. He pursued his passion for gardening as we would always have fresh home-grown vegetables from our backyard.

Despite of his stroke in 2010, he rehabilitated and gained back his strength through his strong determination, he lived a healthy good life. He never lost his memory until his health started deteriorating January of this year. My father would tell me stories about World War II , how the Filipinos endured the pains of the war, he is so knowledgeable about the early townspeople of San Antonio. He knows who married who and would tell me if a family is original or a migrant to the town. He is like a walking encyclopedia of the history of our hometown of San Antonio. He knows where the fields like Namanaan , Kiling, Loong, tubo tubo etc and you name it and would even know who originally owns them. He practically can draw a map of San Antonio.

If I have to make a family tree, it will show how we are related to a big majority of the town. My family is so blessed to have him, we owe him a lot to be in where we are right now. I can go on and on for all his accomplishments and deeds and how he has touched the hearts of many and for all the endless good times he shared with grandchildren and great grandchildren. Forever we’ll treasure the fond memories and imprints that he left in our hearts. To you Dad, grandpa and Gramps as how the great grandkids call him, we love you, miss you and thank you for everything.

A visitation for Francisco will be held Saturday, July 1, 2023 from 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Montecito Memorial Park and Mortuary, 3520 E Washington St, Colton, CA 92324.

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