VALLEJO, California—Carmen Atencio Maske, widow of US Air Force Major Ernest Jay Maske and former teacher in the Philippines, died 6:30 am Saturday (California time), her family announced.
Maske, born in Moncada, Tarlac, and has lived in the United States since 1974, is survived by her two daughters, Caren Jay and Catherine Jay, sons-in-law Russell and Kyle, five grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.
She is also survived by her two sisters — Gertrudes Atencio, Maria Rosa Cabie — and brothers-in-law Isidro Maen, a US Navy Vietnam War veteran, and Honor Blanco Cabie, Opinion Editor of the Manila Standard; nephews Orville, Michael, Andy Lord; nieces Harmony and Hermione, nephews-in-law Chris and Gerry, nieces-in-law Lui and Shirley.
Maske finished Education at the Nicanor Reyes University in Paniqui, Tarlac and taught for a while in Tarlac before she migrated to San Francisco where she briefly worked as an educator before working at the San Francisco General Hospital. She eventually found her niche in the retail industry and found her calling as a lay minister at the Saint Catherine of Siena in Vallejo.
Maske was one of four daughters of Feliciano Marquez Atencio, former Moncada town Mayor, and the former Zenaida Alegre of Paoay, Ilocos Norte.
Cremation and funeral arrangements have not been announced but her remains will be buried alongside her husband’s at a Catholic graveyard in San Francisco.
