Eulogy by Rosalie B. Faderon

Dean and Professor, Institute of Library and Information Science

These qualities of Vina are the ones that I cherish most and will remember forever.

1. Her commitment and dedication to her responsibilities as a teacher and as an administrator. True to her calling as a teacher, she never abandoned her students for as long as she could withstand the pains and suffering. True to the oath she took as Dean of ILIS, she was committed and dedicated to her responsibilities, notwithstanding the four long flights of steps she had to climb daily to reach the ILIS office and the fact that she just underwent chemotherapy the day before.

2. Her genuine care and concern for other people. Even before and during her illness, Vina had always shown deep and genuine concern for us, her colleagues, the staff, students and friends. She would always ask, "Kumusta ka na?" "Kaya mo na ba talaga?" "Nagpatingin ka na ba sa duktor?" I fondly remember those days when she was just learning how to drive a car. She served as our driver whenever we visited our colleague, Patc Cariño, who was also a victim of this dreadful disease.

3. Her display of charity and gratitude. Blessed with material things, she always shared these with all of us at the Institute—be these in the form of food, clothing, bags, recipe books, condiments from McCormick and others.

Her display of gratitude is exemplary. No good deeds of the students, staff, and faculty were left unrequited. There was always her gesture and words of "Thank you." There were more of these "Thank you's" during her illness, even when she could no longer utter them clearly.