THE STORY OF ROSITA DUMAPLIN URSOS AND CESAR PENASO
ROSITA URSOS PENASO
LOLA ROSITA URSOS PENASO
- YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF ITAY IYONG AND INAY JUANA
- YOUNGEST SISTER OF 13 CHILDREN NAMELY ALBINO URSOS ,
MINAY URSOS LUNGAY, MANDING TUA URSOS SENTE,
FEDERICO URSOS KNOWN AS "DIKOY",
DOROTEO URSOS KNOWN AS " INKO DOROT,
SERGIO URSOS, BENJAMEN URSOS,
PERSIDA URSOS GALO, REVEREND RICARDO URSOS,
AMANDO URSOS AND ESPERANZA URSOS PURACAN
ROSITA THE YOUNGEST CHILD OF IRENEO AND JUANA...
WHILE MOST OF HER BROTHERS AND SISTER WERE FINDING THEIR DESTINY
SHE WAS LEFT BEHIND TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF HER BELOVED PARENTS IN UBAY
ALBINO BEGAN HIS LIFE AS MATANSERO SA MERCADO BEFORE THE GREAT WAR
AND LATER ESTABLISHED HIS BUSINESS IN THE MARKET AND MARRIED MARIA DEGOLA
MANDING TUA AND NAY MINAY MARRIED EARLY.... THEIR DESTINY ARE DEPENDENT
HOW melecio lungay husband of nay minay decides what life ahead
and of rosendo sente to take care of his wife manding tua...
lately some of their children were settled in Basak pardo Cebu
DOROTEO KNOWN AS INKO DOROT .. WAS INTERESTED IN TOILING THE LAND YET HE SENT SOME OF HIS CHILDREN TO SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY TO FIND THEIR DESTINY...
LIGAYA DANIEL AND REV FELICIANO URSOS THUS STAYED IN SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY FOR A LONG TIME
FEDERICO KNOWN AS DIKOY ALSO STAYED IN bohol...YET HIS CHILDREN WENT EVERY WHERE...
MERLINDO AND MERLITO WENT TO CEBU
ROGER URSOS WENT TO DINAGAT ISLAND
MARCIANO WENT TO AGUSAN
AND MANY WENT TO TAGUM AND PANABO
SIXTO...THE FIFTH CHILD OF ITAY AND INAY DIED WHEN HE WAS THREE YEARS OLD
SERGIO...WAS RECRUITED BY THE US NAVY AND HE STAYED IN HAWAII FOR 21 YEARS
BENJAMEN...WAS A SKILLED MAN , A JACK OF ALL TRADE...
HE WAS A CARPENTER , A FARMER, A PREACHER,
WE WENT FAR AWAY THAT NOBODY KNOWS WHERE HE WAS.....
LOLA PERAN....WAS MARRIED TO ELPEDIO PURACAN AND WENT TO SURIGAO SUR
MANO CADONG WENT TO SILLIMAN DIVINITY SCHOOL
AMANDO...( MY GRANDFATHER ) WAS RECRUITED IN THE US ARMY
HE WAS ALSO IN A MISSION BY HER MOTHER TO LOOK INTO A POSSIBLITY
IF HE COULD CLAIM THE LANDS THEY HAVE IN BUTUAN CITY
THE MARKET PLACE OF BUTUAN CITY IS SUPPOSED TO BE OWNED BY INAY JUANA
THEN....THE GREAT WAR BEGAN IN 1941.....
THE CHILDREN OF INAY AT ITAY WENT TO THEIR DESTINY IN ORDER TO SURVIVE....
ROSITA DUMAPLIN URSOS WAS A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN WHO WAS STUDYING IN BOHOL HIGH SCHOOL DURING THE WAR BUT HAD TO STOP AND STAY AT HOME IN BASIAO ...
DURING THE WAR.... HE MET A DASHNG ROMEO ( HE HE ) .. CESAR PENASO , HAILED FROM GUINDULMAN BOHOL, A MEMBER OF GUERILLA ORGANIZATION AGAINST THE JAPANESE ARMY.. HOLDING THE LINES WAITING FOR THE RETURN OF GENERAL DOUGLAS MC ARTHUR...
LOLO CESAR PENASO COURTED NANAY ROSITA AND THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1945 THEN THEY STAYED TOGETHER WITH ITAY IYONG AND INAY JUANA TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF THEM...
IN 1946, AFTER THE WAR....TATAY CESAR WAS APPOINTED AS TEACHER SO NANAY ROSITA CONTINUED HER STUDY EVEN IF THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN ( ESTHER AND CESAR JR) AND FINISHED HER HIGH SCHOOL THEN SHE ENROLLED AT ABRAHAM LINCOLN COLLEGE IN UBAY WHERE SHE FINISHED ELEMENTARY TEACHER'S CERTIFICATE IN 1950..
During her graduation she was pregnant with their 3rd child.she passed the Civil Service Examination and was employed as teacher in Ubay District. She continued the Bachelor of Science Course together with Tatay Cesar by attending Saturday classes in Tagbilaran City. They both finished their course after 5 years. Tatay Cesar became Principal 1 and Nanay Rosita became Master Teacher 1/Special Music Teacher. Nanay was our choir directress in Basiao UCCP church.she can read notes! when they retired from teaching..they stayed with Tess in Davao. Nanay died in 2002 due to lung cancer..and tatay died in 2006 due to old age..
a great story.... retold by Tess penaso....
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