La célébration de
Honor Palafox
16 mai 1937 –
29 juin 2019
On Saturday, June 29, 2019, Honorato (Honor) Naidas Palafox, loving husband, father of two and grandfather of four, passed away at age 82 after living with Alzheimer’s disease for many years. Honor was born on May 16, 1937 in Manila, Philippines, to Colonel Prudencio and Donata Palafox. Having survived World War II during childhood as part of the Philippine Resistance Movement and the untimely death of his father as a teen, Honor received a degree in aeronautical engineering, and subsequently completed training as a commercial airline pilot. After migrating to Canada in 1973 to join his sister in Toronto, he retrained as a computer programmer and married Flora Pineda Estravillo on October 19, 1974. They raised a daughter and a son, Donna and Benjamin, on Stoney Creek mountain. Honor had several passions. He loved everything tennis and was an active member of the Valley Park Tennis Club for years. He was also a keen student of aviation and wartime history. However, he drew most joy from life’s simple pleasures: singing along to classic crooners on the car radio; eating, drinking and talking countless evenings away with family and friends; regular dim sum Sunday lunches; and cruising the halls of his beloved Mohawk College where Honor spent the final years of his working life. He will be remembered for his generous spirit, wit and analytical mind, and among those who knew him best, for his determination (read: stubbornness) and sometimes prickly temper. Honor was preceded in death by his father, mother and sister, Mobina. He is survived by his wife Flora; his children, Donna (Clayton) and Ben (Vanessa); his grandchildren, Parker, Rafael, MacKenna and Gabriel; his siblings Consolacion Feraren, Cmdr Benjamin Sr, Nenita Carpio, in-laws, many cousins, nieces, nephews and godchildren spread across the globe, including in Canada, Great Britain, the Philippines, United States and Austria. The Palafox family convey their deepest gratitude to the staff of Ridgeview Long Term Care Home, the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant LHIN and Fr David Freitzel of Our Lady of Assumption Parish for Honor’s exceptional physical and pastoral care. Visitation at Bay Gardens Funeral Home – « William J. Markey Chapel », 947 Rymal Road East, HAMILTON (905.574.0405) on Wednesday, July 3, 2019 from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm and from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Vigil Prayers at 8:30PM. Funeral Mass will be held at Our Lady of Assumption Parish, 63 Highway 20 East, Stoney Creek, ON, on Thursday, July 4, 2019 at 11:00 am. Reception to follow. A private family interment to take place at a later date. For those who wish, memorial donations made to the Alzheimer’s Society would be appreciated.
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Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de Honor Palafox 16 mai 1937
29 juin 2019..
Décès pour la Ville:Hamilton, Province: Ontario