Assumption 4-4 High School Class of 1977. In memory of Margie Ignacio.

Margie Ignacio graduated from grade school at
Assumption Herran in 1973;
from Assumption High School in 1977;
and, College in 1981.
In her high school yearbook,
her friends had this to say:

"[She is] the shy girl in class
who expresses herself
in the fewest words and emotions...
a great companion
who loves to talk of Nueva Ecija,
her hometown...
[a] romantic gal."

argie Ignacio passed away some years ago. I had the chance to visit her in the hospital. It was so sad. She suffered very much before her death.

Doctors discovered a tumor in her breast while she was pregnant with her third child. The biopsy showed that it was malignant, but she and her husband opted to wait until after the child's birth to attend to it--the child's life before her own. The cancer had progressed very much by that time.

She received massive doses of chemotherapy and had done everything else possible. But it was too far gone. I couldn't recognize her when I saw her. She had lost all her hair, was swollen and in much pain. She was even partially blind, if I remember right.

But she also was also very peaceful with the decision she had made, and radiated with that serenity that we all remember her by. She was watching mass on television when I came to her room. And so we prayed
together.

I sensed that she was ready to entrust herself and her children and all that still lay ahead of THEM to the Lord, whom she knew would not leave them and who loved them with utmost tenderness.

Margie's passing away was much like her living--quiet, heroic and holy.

Say a prayer FOR her, if you haven't done so yet. And say a prayer TO her, to help us with our own decisions, pains and struggles.
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Source: Assumpta Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 4, October 1997.

Sr. Mary Ann Azanza, r.a. graduated from Assumption High School in 1977 and College in 1981. In high school, she performed the unforgettable and downright hilarious song and dance number, "Mr. Postman." She now is a member of the Religious of the Assumption and lives in Worcester, Mass. Friends fondly call her "parps" or "parpol" for the purple color of her nun's habit. She has become a refuge and guide in difficult times and has never hesitated to pray for special intentions. The only thing she still can't do is fly.