Known to family and friends as “Letty” lived a happy and full life. Originally born in Cagayan de Oro in the Southern side of the Philippines, she travelled to the Northern part to pursue a bachelor’s degree in home economics from the University of the Philippines in Los Banos Laguna where she met Teodoro “Teddy” Antonio in 1957. It was love at first sight and the whirlwind romance immediately led to marriage the year after, in 1958, and the couple relocating to Teddy’s hometown in the central Philippines, San Carlos City. They raised their four children there and Letty finished her Bachelor’s degree in Education at the Colegio de Sta Rita. Teddy and their only daughter, Tessa, left for the United States in the early 1980’s. Letty followed them in the mid 1990’s and they settled in New Jersey for the past nearly 40 years. She worked as an elementary school teacher in the Newark public school district for nearly 20 years. Throughout her life, Letty was known to be a very active church member, serving in her local Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church of Secaucus in New Jersey, as lector and reader and very rarely missing Sunday masses and holy days of obligation. Consistent with her favorite color, yellow, Letty was always a joy to be with, and the person to turn to if one needs a kind listening ear. Letty is survived by her sister, Ophelia Turno in the Philippines, her husband Teddy with whom they have 4 loving children, 13 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren: Teoderick and Lorna and grandchildren Germaine, Teoderick IV, Marie, Racquel, Maricris and great grandchildren Lorenzo and Irie , Rafael and Nina; Tessa and Michael and grandchildren Melissa and Samantha; Arnold and Jacqueline and grandchildren Teodoro, Rosabella and Analia; and Jojo and Myrish and grandchildren Miggy, Marcky and Mari. She will always be remembered as a loving mom and grandmother, a devout Catholic, a beloved colleague and compassionate friend.
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