Vito Villamor celebrates his birthday with a big bash

LW BIRTHDAY

On May 1, Vito P. Villamor of Mutual 4 celebrated his 85th birthday with friends from Cerritos and Leisure World at a big bash. A live band provided music for dancing and a sit-down dinner for 150 guests, with uniformed servers delivering delicious food, including fresh fruit, green salad and cake.

Vito was born in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, one of the 7,000 beautiful islands in the Philippines. He married his high school sweetheart, Linda, after they graduated from college. Linda graduated from University of Santo as a medical technologist while Vito graduated from Far Eastern University, College of Commerce. The two immigrated to the United States in 1971 and established their residence in the city of Cerritos. Vito and Linda have two adult sons and six grandchildren. Vito also has a sister living in Oxnard.

Vito worked with the Mon- tebello Unified School District until his retirement in 2002. After he retired, he was asked to come back as a part-time consultant, and he stayed for a few more years.

During the early years of Vito’s marriage with Linda, they made a pact with each other that whoever was still alive at the age of 85 must celebrate with a big bash. Linda passed away four years ago, and Vito stayed true to their pact.