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← Balita · Issue 3739 · 19 April 2018 Club news

Remembering Vicky: A Nostalgic Sojourn in Humility

A tribute from the Sunshine Committee section to Vicky Montilla, partner of PP Frank Evaristo, who passed away on April 14, 2018.

Remembering Vicky: A Nostalgic Sojourn in Humility

While her partner basked in the limelight of the glitz and glamor of public relations, being the proverbial social butterfly whose day is often filled with functions that hug the pages of major broadsheets this side of tinseltown, she chose to find solace in the background with her meek demeanor depicting a fair lady of substance whose strength emanates from the pureness of heart she naturally possesses through the many charitable causes she has immersed herself in without fanfare nor pomp, traits that have endeared her to the people whose lives she has touched.

Often, women share equal billing with the men in their lives. She dared to be different. She became the sunshine whose all encompassing radiance lit up Rotary in the year her partner led Asia’s First Rotary Club with the grace of a queen who preferred to linger with the community than showcase her regal stature among royalties without sacrificing her support for the man she has showered with the love of a thousandfold.

And now, as you rest in eternal bliss, Vicky, we nostalgically remember that smile of a lady who truly manifested Service Above Self in all its splendor as God welcomes you into the paradise of His abode. Rest well, fair lady as your sojourn in humility has now become a legacy we can genuinely reminisce, not with the grief of a loss, but, with a celebration of a life well-lived.

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