FAMILY

FAMILY BACKGROUND

PARENTS AND SIBLINGS

JOSE C. GLINOGA, Teresita’s father, originated from Pitog, Quezon. He had degrees in Geodetic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering major in Designs at Feati University. He became an expert in the field of Industrial Engineering. He was a businessman in Lago, Nigeria where he built machines, among them sewing machines. During his retirement in the Philippines, Mr. Glinoga had built himself a motorboat for fishing. He was not only prayerful and religious, but spiritual, as well.

FELINA F. BAUTISTA, Teresita’s mother, studied BS Pharmacy. Her dedication and diligence in fulfilling her duties as a wife, a mother and a business woman can never be measured.

TERESITA GLINOGA-HIZON is the third of five siblings of women. The eldest, NERISSA G. ROBERTO, completed MS Economics at St. Theresa’s College. The second is GERTRUDES G. TAN, finished her BS Math at Maryknoll College (now Miriam College). The fourth is ANNA MARIA G. UDARBE, who completed BS Nutrition at the College of the Holy Spirit and who is now living in Melbourne, Australia. The youngest is MARIA REGINA G. ALCABAZA, who took up BS Fine Arts at the College of the Holy Spirit.

MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS

AGRIPINO D. BAUTISTA served as the first Interim Governor of Bataan. He was one of those who passed the Constitution of the Democratic National Party which is now the Liberal Party. He was councilor of Manila. He was a labor leader who served honestly to the poor, to the nation and to the Church. He founded the Knights of Columbus in a few cities in the Philippines.

GERTRUDES FRANCISCO was a philanthropist, who helped many finish their education. Through her, Teresita learned the lesson on charity which was passed on to her by her mother: “Charity is when your pocket hurts”.

PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS

JOSE E. GLINOGA finished a law degree at Ateneo de Manila and served as the first judge in Quezon.

RITA M. CORREA was a housewife. Her mother was esteemed as “Golden Mother” because she raised 11 children who all graduated from college due to her hard work, patience and perseverance through looming of fish nets. One of her children is Dr. Milagros M. Correa, the first woman who passed and placed first at the Medical Board exam. Later, she founded and built a hospital in Lucena, Quezon that is now known as Mt. Carmel General Hospital, which she dedicated and donated to the Church when she entered as a nun for the Carmelite Order. She chose to give up worldly pleasures and fame in favor of living a life as a sister for the order. She is now Mother Catherine, the Prioress of Carmel of Our Lady in Gumaca, Quezon. She is known as the matriarch of the clan. She had enormous contributions as far as an influence in their faith. Men in Teresita’s family entered the seminaries and the women attended schools at different exclusive Catholic private schools for girls. In her clan, there are four nuns, three priests, one Brother. They have 25 medical doctors, lawyers and politicians in Quezon; some relatives are teachers and some are from other professions.