Ligfinio "Ray" Raymundo's Obituary
LIGFINIO (RAY) RAYMUNDO Past President Union City Historical MuseumRay, as everybody calls him, holds the rein of the Union City Historical Museum. He won re-election for the year 2005 – 2006.Ray decided to make his own green pastures. To him, America is a place of good opportunities, so he set his goals, made his determination and planned to pursue them. He knows that there was no short road to success. He decided to work hard. The year 1971 found Ray and his family enroute to Alameda, California. They eventually bought a home in Union City, where they stayed up to the present.Since that time, Ray and his family had never gone back home to the old country, the Philippines. He said he really enjoyed his new country, but someday, maybe, he might pay a visit.Ray worked for the U.S. Naval Base, Subic Bay for 17 hears before coming to the United States. He had the position of Fire Training Chief and was responsible for training the U.S. Naval Base fleet personnel. He was also responsible for the indoctrination of civilian employees of the U. S. Naval Base, Subic Bay.Upon arrival here in the United States, he immediately landed a job in a Printing and Publication Company in Berkeley, California. At the same time, he worked in an Insurance Company selling life insurance. He was an Executive Director with insurance agents working under him. Ray used to work in an Insurance Company in the Philippines.Ray attended the University of the Philippines in Los Banos, Laguna and studied Agriculture. He then attended Far Eastern University and shifted to Foreign Service.Ray is married to Myrla Raymundo (author of this book) and they have two grown sons, Dante and Dennis. Dennis is married to Barbara Perez and they live in Stockton, California. Their sons attended Alvarado School, Cesar Chavez Middle School and Logan High School.Ray retired in 1993 from the Provident Credit Union and Myrla, from the County of Alameda in 2001.Community involvement is number one on Ray and Myrla’s list of things to do after doing all their housework.Ray is the founding president of the Subic Bay-Olongapo Association. The association’s main objective is networking among their former co-workers promoting unity amongst themselves and helping the community. Ray was a director of the Fil-Am Council of Union City and presently a director of the Filipino-American Association of Alameda County.Ray loves to travel with his family. They go to the different cities to educate themselves on what the other places look like and how the people there live.In the earlier years, Ray took his family to Las Vegas, Phoenix, Arizona, Utah, Canada and Tia Juana, Mexico. They also took vacations once a year in Lake Tahoe and Reno, Nevada.Recently Ray and Myrla went and visited New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C. He said that the Hawaiian Vacation and the Mexican Riviera Cruise were the most enjoyable ones.Ray is again instituting his strategic plans for the Museum. He had done a lot of improvements in the Union City Historical Museum and will continue to follow up on his strategic plans.
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