Nanay at 88 on August 15, 2005. It was her last birthday.

She peacefully passed away on June 17, 2006 at St. Luke's Medical Center.

Nanay (left) on her 88^th birthday last August 15, 2005 ) with Tia Seding (Mercedes Lopez, 90 yrs old).

Tia Seding and Nanay are the children of the union of widower Gerardo Beley and widow Faustina Lopez.

They have siblings on their mother's side as well as siblings on their father's side. Yours, mine and ours total 15. Nanay is the 15^th and that is why I have cousins who are nearly her age and nephews and nieces who are about my age.