Rita Tabilangan Tottoc was born on April 27, 1931 in Lanai City, Hawaii to Porfirio and Flora Tabilangan. She resided in Solano, Nueva Viscaya, Philippines, where she also became Miss Solano. She later married her husband, Calixtro Tottoc, who preceded her death in 1976. A few years later, she returned to the United States and worked as a housekeeper at Sierra View Homes in Reedley up until her retirement in 2003. Mang Rita, as family and friends call her, is survived by her children: Tadeo Tottoc, Mariflor Liwanag, Calixtro Tottoc, Porfirio Tottoc, Marita Tottoc, and Ferdinand Tottoc; as well as 12 grandchildren, 8 great grandchildren, 3 sisters and 1 brother.