Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Dela Cruz, Marcelino Tugade  October 17 2004
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The Bakersfield Californian
Marcelino T. Dela Cruz
June 12, 1920 October 17, 2004

A Rosary and Mass will be recited on Friday, November 5, at 4:00 p.m., at 
Guadalupe Church in Delano. Marcelino will be laid to rest on Saturday, 
November 6, at 11:00 a.m., in the North Kern District Cemetery in Delano. 

Marcelino Tugade Dela Cruz, 84 years old, a farmer, rancher, respected 
government official, and political adviser in Pangasinan, Philippines, joined 
his Creator on October 17, 2004, in Delano, California.

He was born on June 12, 1920 to Isidoro and Ciriaca Tugade Dela Cruz in Bani, 
Pangasinan, Philippines. He established his own agricultural family business, 
farming vegetables and breeding cattle. This fostered his lifelong belief in a 
good work ethic, which was subsequently passed on to his eight children, who 
went on to attend college despite all odds. He migrated to the United States in 
the early 1970s, and lived in Virginia and the California cities of Salinas, 
Bakersfield and Delano. During his lifetime, he had a number of interests and 
had a good ear for music. He taught himself to play the trumpet, a natural 
talent he displayed every morning and occasionally in large social gatherings. 
Always the social butterfly, he demonstrated his love of ballroom dancing on 
the dance floor; even at home, he listened to tango tracks on his stereo.

He is survived by his loving wife of sixty years, Edita Abelon Dela Cruz; 
children, Brudenil Nil Dela Cruz, Perla and Bernard Dela Cruz, Eudocio Buddy 
Dela Cruz, Zenaida Zend Dela Cruz, Jesusa Susie and Rodrigo Cantorna, Calvin 
and Veronica Dela Cruz, Merilin Dela Cruz, Aurora Aurie and Samuel Jawili; 
grandchildren, Richard and Ruby Dela Cruz, Noel Dela Cruz, Blue, Cysky and 
Sharon Marders, Michelle and Jimmy Suggs, Mark Dodek, Melissa Sy, Rhisie, 
Russell and Jarold Cantorna, Monica, Vivian, Kevin and Kenneth Dela Cruz, and 
Mary Ann Jawili; great-grandchildren, Sachi and Bishop Dela Cruz and Serena 
Suggs; sisters, Pascuala Natividad, Eustaquia Alon and Salustiana Dela Cruz and 
loving nephew, Seville Dela Cruz and wife, Rose and their children, Michael, 
Mitchell, and Michelle; numerous nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. 
Marcelino will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

Visitations will be held at Delano Mortuary Chapel on Thursday, November 4th 
from 1 to 8 p.m.; Friday, November 5th from 2 to 4 p.m.; and Saturday, November 
6th from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m.

Delano Mortuary 


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