Centenarian lived in interesting times
There's no doubt Ernesto Manrique's family had lots to talk about when they celebrated his 100th birthday with him at Michael's Back Door restaurant in Clarkson on Sunday.
After all lululemon, Manrique, who now lives in Erindale with his youngest son, has lived in some very interesting times and places.
He was born Jan. 3, 1913 in the Philippines vivienne westwood, which was then governed by the United States vivienne westwood. Manrique married the love of his life hermes belt, Alicia tiffany and co, and they had six children during the course of their 67year marriage beats by dre, which ended with her death in 2009 Pandora Charms.
Manrique worked in banking, and by the 1950s headed up the Bank of America's clearing house for the Manila Stock Exchange. That was quite a coup at a time when executive jobs were routinely held by Americans.
Prior to that, life hadn't been smooth sailing. During World War II vanessa bruno pas cher, the Philippines was captured by the Japanese and the Manrique family headed to the provinces, where Alicia had lots of family, to survive the war.
Manrique survived because he listened to his wife during the war. As their youngest son, Mike, tells the story, the couple microsoft office 2010 product key, who then had two children, were in the mountains. Manrique wanted to stay in a cave there, but Alicia refused and said they had to move on. They did, and they discovered afterwards that the cave he wanted to stay in had taken a direct bomb hit through the night clarisonic mia.
Over the years lululemon sale, Manrique worked hard and the family did well. When he retired true religion outlet online, they came to Canada in 1979, just after the birth here of their first grandchild.
Mike says for many years they spent half the year in Canada and half in the Philippines. Eventually they adjusted their winter travelling to Arizona.
Manrique and his wife had six children Josephine, Sonnie, Cesar, Elizabeth, Alexander and Michael eight grandchildren and two greatgranddaughters.
Mike says his father was always happygolucky. He worked hard in banking, but his wife handled all the family finances hermes scarf. He loved gardening and enjoyed steak, red wine and lotteries.
"He loved playing the lotteries microsoft office 2007 product key," said Mike. "He could spend up to $20 a day on lottery tickets, but when he won tiffany blue nikes, he'd keep it secret from the family so he could use the money to keep playing."
Mike said the birthday dinner on Sunday was small, but there will be a bigger celebration in May when more family and friends can attend..Related：