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Lourdes Lapuz Obituary

Dr. Lourdes Vera Lapuz

Passed away peacefully on January 14, 2017 at Seton Hospital in Daly City. Beloved wife of the late Dr. Bienvenido Oreta Lapuz, Lourdes is survived by her children, Pancho and Prima, her daughter-in-law, Nini, son-in-law, Conrad, two grandchildren Chelsea and Jake and their spouses Marvin and Tasha, and, lastly, by her beloved great-grandchildren, Isaiah and Jaykob, from whom she derived endless joy!


Dr. Lapuz graduated from the University of the Philippines, College of Medicine in 1949.
She headed the psychiatry department in her alma mater (1971-76), at St. Luke's Hospital in Quezon City (1985-2000), where she also co-founded and headed the Institute for the Neurosciences, and at the Medical City Hospital (1996-2002). She wrote and published 3 books on psychiatry and one collection of short stories, and contributed various articles. She moved to California in 2009 and continued to write throughout her retirement.
A memorial mass will be scheduled for a later date.

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Published by San Francisco Chronicle from Jan. 27 to Jan. 29, 2017.

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