Misalucha first met Canilao in June 1985 during a Philippine Independence Day celebration at the consulate. I never heard her raise her voice,” Misalucha said, adding that “the pillars of her life were the consulate, the church and her family.” “She was such a gentle spirit, very kind. Canilao’s two daughters and son could not attend in person. “She was always concerned for the other person, going out of the way for the other person.” - Dominic Olaso, head of the Diocese of Hawaii Evangelization Task ForceĬanilao had been suffering for years from Parkinson’s disease, according to a statement written by her daughter Mary Francis Schwartz and read aloud on her behalf at the memorial service held Saturday at Co-Cathedral of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus in Kalihi.
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She was so quiet about her personal life that even some of her closest friends were taken aback by TV news footage in which people at her Ala Moana apartment building mentioned that she had been receiving food from a hospice service and check-ins from neighbors prior to her death. She served on assignment to the state’s Philippine Consulate General in Honolulu until 1986 when she became a permanent local hire there as a secretary.Ī devout Catholic, she made her mark by working humbly in the background. Theresa’s College in Quezon City in Manila. She said Canilao fostered continuity among consuls general by helping them with her institutional memory, cultural context and wisdom on the nuances of working with the Filipino community in the island state.Ĭanilao joined the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs after graduating from St. Teresita “Tessie” Canilao, center, joined an outreach trip of the Philippine Consulate in Hawaii to Maui. Bennette Misalucha, who received this year’s Presidential Banaag Award from the Philippine government for advancing the cause of Filipinos overseas. “Everybody who’s had dealings with the Philippine Consulate knew her,” said state Sen. Her 81-year-old estranged husband, Rogelio Guevarra Canilao, has been charged with second-degree murder in her death.
Canilao, known as Tessie to friends and family, served numerous consuls general and became a fixture in the island’s growing Filipino community over a career spanning 48 years.įriends, family and colleagues in Hawaii and her homeland were devastated when she was killed on Oct. She moved to Honolulu in 1974 to work at the Philippine Consulate General of Hawaii. Teresita Canilao, 76, was from Batangas, a Tagalog-speaking province south of Manila but spent most of her life in Hawaii.
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