In memory of Aldrico Azagra , 47, Quezon High grad from Lucena,  who passed away in a car accident during the thick of  Sunday's snowstorm near Sarnia, Ontario on the way from Toronto to Michigan,  the Quezon National High School Alumni Association in Ontario is accepting financial donations in behalf of the deceased's family.  The contributions will be remitted to the elder brother - Gilbert Azagra, class 71 who now resides in Manila.

Please send your checks payable to QNHS STRIDES  100  ACCOUNT # 2904-8516-021, and make a note at the bottom:  In Memory of AL AZAGRA.

Remit your check to:

Bank of Montreal, Transit 2416
155 Rexdale Blvd, Toronto,  Ontario, Canada   M9W 5Z8
Attention:  Cris Reyes, Assistant Branch Manager

Both wife and Al were traveling as tourists to Toronto last Sunday night during the thick of snowstorm, their first time ever to set foot in Canada!  Apparently a cancelled trip to California made them decide to drive to Canada from Detroit.  It was at 7:45 pm Sunday, February 25th in the thick of a major snowstorm rising from Detroit to Southern Ontario Canada when the car they were driving spun out of control and settled in a ditch.  All the car's occupants survived, got out of the car to flag attention.  One hour later while standing in the highway side roads, another car hit the same ice patch and hit Azagra and another friend who is a Tayabas resident now living in Michigan.  Temperature was minus 22 degrees Celcius (-7.6º F), howling winds and freezing rain compounded the snow blizzard that evening.  Motorists were forbidden to travel in a weather alert as early as Thursday of that week.

The Lucena City Association of Ontario and Quezon High alumni are in hand in hand with assisting the family.

I DO NOT SLEEP Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow; I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain; I am the gentle autumn's rain. When you awaken in the morning's hush, I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft star that shines at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there; I did not die. Author unknown Al in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Feb. 2003

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