Cesar Dalipe
Uncle Cesar Dalipe is a close friend of my father, Loreto Provido, since their early days as Camp Roxas workers living in the same Quonset hut. Together with Jovito Malilay (husband of Pilar Poblacion Malilay) and the Muyco brothers, Pacifico "Pacing" Muyco and Teodolfo Muyco, they are life-long friends who immigrated from the barrio towns of Dingle and Pototan in Iloilo.
Uncle Cesar is described as having a coy and humble demeanor as a young contract worker in Camp Roxas. He married my Auntie Cerila "Ila," a registered nurse who retired as an administrator from Guam Memorial Hospital.
The Dalipe family settled in Tamuning, not far from our own Tamuning home. During the 1970s construction boom on Guam, Uncle Cesar utilized his Camp Roxas expertise to own and manage a construction company.
After retirement, Uncle Cesar and Auntie Ila returned to the Philippines. They travel often to Guam and the U.S. mainland to visit family and friends. To this day, their daughter, Catherine "Coty" Dalipe, remains one of my closest childhood friends.
- - - Bernie Provido Schumann, producer
