Obituaries

Mac passed away peacefully in his sleep on May 14.

He loved music and played the piano. On steamboat trips to Iloilo, he sometimes brought his portable piano for singalongs which many passengers joined and even danced to.

A very kind and thoughtful person, he had many friends-old classmates from UP,Virgie Moreno’s UP Listening Center group, the Starving Artists which included character actor Joonee Gamboa and Aro Soriano, the painter. He held officer positions at the Department of Trade and the Department of National Defense under Secretary Orly Mercado. He was a professor-lecturer for graduate students taking Public Administration at the University of Makati.

Mac is survived by daughters Nicole and Simone, who reside in Chicago, and his nephew and niece in Manila, Dr. Greg Anthony Patriarca and Delma Patriarca, his Orendain siblings Joan, Jane, and Chippy, and his loyal caregiver Gina Lagustan. He was the son of Johnny and Louise Orendain, both writers. He lies in state at the Loyola Memorial Chapels in Sucat and will be laid to rest on Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m. after the mass.