NEWS UPDATE: The 2014 Model Mother of The Year (Ulirang Ina ng Taon) will be given each to Cresencia Amboy-Sauza y Amboy (Cavite), Maria Remia Taoy-Gamotin y Solivar (Misamis Occidental), Melinda Lontoc-Testa y Keil (Marikina City), Rosa Peganto-Masiong y Malinay (La Union) and Severina Aparece-Lofranco y Torrefranca (Bohol).
Info of them including their respective genealogies will be posted soon. They were nominated on line for this category. Our 12-person panel of judges came from 10 countries across the globe.
Starting 2014, the Top 5 nominees will receive each The Model Mother of The Year (Ulirang Ina ng Taon).
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The 2013 Model Mother of The Year (Ulirang Ina ng Taon) was given to GAUDENCIA BERNARDO y ISANAN y DE JESUS of Binangonan, Rizal Province, The Philippines.
She is the widow of Severo Benardo y Arabit, the son of Jeremias Bernardo and of Macaria Arabit y Maybituin, the daughter of Juana Arabit y Maybituin and of Don Jose Ynares y Granados, the son of Doña Elang Granados and of Don Juan Ynares y Sauza, the eldest son of Don Castro Ynares y Lopez and of Doña Margarita Beatriz Sauza y Ynares, the eldest child of Doña Delfina Ynares y Antazo and of Don Xystus Amadeo Celestino Sauza y Berenguer de Marquina, the sixth child of Don Santiago Sauza y Delos Rios and of Doña Ysabel Berenguer de Marquina y Sumulong, the only child of Doña Demetria Sumulong y Lindo and of Señor Felix Berenguer de Marquina y FitzGerald, the 55th Governor-General of the Philippines of Alicante, Spain and from The Royal.& Noble House of FitzGerald of Ireland.
Raising her children into well mannered and successful individuals is a proof that motherhood is one of the best acts of love in the world in spite of the trials of life. Gloria who is a benevolent minister and a Bible reader in Methodist churches, Boy who is a San Carlos barangay kagawad, Virginia who is now into philathrophy, Liza who is working overseas, Myrna who is the international sales manager of Monte Carlo Hotel in USA, Sally who is an educator, Lenny who a National Housing Authority officer, Joey who is an engineer and Ramiro who is an outstanding Mitsubushi employee.
For posthumous, The 2013 Excellence in Model Mother of The Year (Ulirang Ina ng Taon) was given to LOURDES TUNGUL-GARCIA y MIRAFLOR of Malolos, Bulacan, The Philippines.
She was the only daughter of Juan Tungul y Patiag (second Husband) and of Susana Miraflor y Alcasid, the daughter of Maria Alcasid and of Juan Miraflor y Villanueva, the 3rd child of Policarpio Miraflor y Guanzon and Doña Catalina Villanueva y Sauz, the daughter of Doña Lucia Villanueva and of Don Juan Ruperto Sauza y Tuazon, the eldest son of Doña Matilde Tuazon y Dela Peña and of Don Miguel Juan Santiago Sauza y Berenguer de Marquina, the seventh child of Don Santiago Sauza y Delos Rios and of Doña Ysabel Berenguer de Marquina y Sumulong, the only child of Doña Demetria Sumulong y Lindo and of Señor Felix Berenguer de Marquina y FitzGerald, the 55th Governor-General of the Philippines of Alicante, Spain and from The Royal.& Noble House of FitzGerald of Ireland.
Raising a children of 10 was not an easy task, but she was able to raise her children together with her late husband Juanito Garcia y Flores into hardworking, God-fearing and well-mannered individuals. Up to now, she is very much loved by her household though she left into eternal rest in 2012.
You can now nominate for The Model Mother of The Year. This award is given to any living female descendant of the Sauza family and of the Familia Sauza-Berenguer de Marquina who gave / gives remarkable contribution / contributions for the social development of her child / children / household who eventually gave / gives / give social welfare and development for the community he / she / they belong. A deceased female descendant of the Sauza family and of the Familia Sauza-Berenguer de Marquina can also be nominated provide she died not more than (3) three consecutive years during her nomination.
Nominate On Line
When answering the Nominate On Line, the nomination should tell the story of what your nominee has done in the reference of the award you are nominating him / her for. Kindly give examples of how this excellent quality has been demonstrated. Kindly show your nominee has
* contributed in a distinctive way to improving the lot of those less able to help themselves;
* devoted herself to sustained and selfless professional / voluntary service;
* shown innovation or creativity in delivering lasting results;
* described as vividly and precisely as possible the difference her contributions has made: How were things before they began? How are they now?;
* earned the respect of their peers and become a role model for others;
* produced, perhaps against the odds, sustained achievement that has required moral, courage, vision and the ability to make tough choices or determined application and hard work.
Your identity as the nominator is kept confidential by the 2014 Las Familias Unidas Secretariat and Committee on Awards.
The Sauza and Berenguer de Marquina ancestry of your nominee will be checked by our archives-in-charge for reference and for award qualification.