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Betan Rites

Brampton Funeral Home & Cemetery

10061 Chinguacosy Road, Brampton, Ontario

January 4, 2018

[Photos from Vivo Chua]

Family & Fraternity Photos from Boygee's Collection

From Warren Ganza:

Here is a link to the video that we will be showing at the viewing, the password is “sheringham”: vimeo.com/249568686

Here is the current make-up of our family:
Bibiano / Teresita Ganza
o Daughter - Theresa Ganza (husband Kevin Passley); children - Brooklyn, Illyana and Daenerys.
o Son - Warren Ganza (wife Michelle); children - Sarena, Tristan and Jasmine.
o Son - Justin Ganza (wife Raquel).

Here is a picture with our family:
o Top row: Justin, Raquel, Teresita with baby Jasmine on lap, Bibiano, Theresa and Kevin.
o Middle Row: Warren and Michelle.
o Bottom Row: Tristan, Sarena, Illyana with baby Daenerys on lap and Brooklyn.

This frat photo is posted in Memory Lane 1.

Front row: Melvin Nase'63, Jun Advincula'63, Alex King'61, Kiko Chavez'59, ?
Middle row: Mando Enrico'63(?), Boygee Ganza'62, Babes Ranada'63, Jeje de la Santa'61 (standing).
Back row: Buddy Garbanzos'63, Pong Lustre'60, Amir Tapia'63, Mel Rosales'62, Danny Labadan'64, Boy Vera'64, Louie Alano'62.

l-r: Boygee Ganza'62, GP Pabs Pañares'57, Johnny Chiuten'60 and Paddy Padlan'64 (kneeling).

This frat photo is posted in Memory Lane 2.

Circa 1965 with mostly Diliman'64 new brods.
l-r: Boy Morales'60, Boygee Ganza'62, Boy Valdez'64, Ed Maaba'64 MD,
Gilbert Dulay'64, Manny Cajigal'63 MD, Bobby Camins'62,
Drigs Bayot'64, Bart Gacad'64.

With Brod Ninong Jopet Laraya'63.

With Brod Bart Gacad'64.

With Brods Bogs & Agnes Cabanatan'65, Benild & Laila Pires'64 and Ben Ustaris'48.

Home sweet home - Basilan, Philippines.

Boygee totally at home climbing a tree in Basilan hometown.

A true fighter to the end! We love you and miss you, Boygee.

Messages

Brod Kabatch,

FYI- Boygee is now in palliative care, and all medications have been withdrawn.
Let us all continue to pray.
Phone calls from brods - gives him strength.
Thanks brod.
No cheers this time.

Brother,
Brod Boygee passed on today, Dec 29th before noon.
No cheers!!!

Bogs Cabanatan'65

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Brods,

Brod Bibiano “Boygee” Ganza UPD 62a from Brampton, Ontario, Canada passed away today Dec 29 at Etobicoke General Hospital, per Bogs Cabanatan. He had cirrhosis of the liver.

Boygee was a UPBS SOMA blackbelter and was a very close protege of Master JC in Area 11. He was from the College of Fine Arts.

Our prayers and condolences.

Norman Bituin'65

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UPBSI-International website

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Boygee was one of the most loved Brods during our time. He was one of the silent yet most hardworking brothers. I only have fond memories of him.

Tatang Vergara'67

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Please extend our sympathies to the family of Brod Boygee. We will be praying for the repose of his soul

Willie Ramos UPD67b

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Sad news brod! "Bibi na Ganza pa", according to Jess Abrera.

Arbor Day 1962 - Boygee & us bagong batch

Boygee far right corner, Jolly Silverio holding the other corner of the streamer, Boya, Adi, Dick Garcia, Vic Ramos & me '62A
Ely Santiago, M Pareal, Ting Valdez, Nelson Guerrero, Jeje de la Santa, Mario Pasamba, Billy Gurango, Lirio Ancheta, Boni Castro,

Gody, Oca Dizon, Winston Acevedo, Butch Bautista. Sorry brod hanggang diyan lang kaya ng memory ko.

Nelson Rivera'62

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It is a very sad day, indeed, for the Fraternity to end the year 2017 with the demise of
another dedicated Betan. I am fortunate enough to meet with him a couple of times while
attending a fraternity ball in Canada. Brod Boygee was soft spoken and quiet yet a very dedicated
Betan. He will surely be missed. May his soul rest in peace.

Jose Llames'61

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Sincerest sympathy and condolences. May his soul rest in peace.

Carling Taguinod UPD'57

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My sincere condolences and prayers. May our Brother rest in peace.

Rene Gallardo'78

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I felt sad to learn about my batchmate’s demise. I have been worried about his health during the past few years. I would often ask brods who had met with him to send me pictures of Boygee. The last one was from Brod Wally R.
I will continue to pray for him.

Vic Ramos'62

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In behalf of the officers, board of directors and members of the UP Beta Sigma International, our sincere condolences and prayers to the family of Brod Bibiano "Boygee" Ganza UP'62A who passed away December 29 in Ontario Canada.
May his soul have an eternal peace in the Kingdom of the Lord.

Memories of my close practices and hard work outs with Brod Boygee under the strict guidance of late Master Brod Johnny at Area 11 came fresh and almost in chronological way after knowing his passing.

I have to pause and pray…

He was part of my martial arts upbringing since we were in the same house with our master in Area 11 for more than a year. Brod Boygee was among the most advanced senior students of the UP Beta Sigma Kungfu Karate Klan when I re-entered the school in 1965.

I learned from him not only critical techniques taught to him by Master Brod Johnny Chiuten but other traits as a practitioner in the art: the needed humility when conquering, handling of defeat with resolve, compassion to friends, and sharing with others.

We both craved for our own perfection in martial arts under out strict mentor but our competitive attitudes were always friendly no matter the outcome.

The last time I saw him was in 1990 when I visited Toronto while I was doing a marketing survey on the goat meat consumption in Canada. This was for a related project on Boer Goats for my Goat production venture.

I called on him and he sent Brod Bart Gacad to pick me up at Super 8 hotel where I was booked for a week.

He then offered me to stay at his house to which I obliged. I had enjoyed the food and his family hospitality. My visit included a memorable visit at the Toronto Zoo with his family. The highlight of my stay was for some very serious dissections of martial techniques we both had “mastered” as taught by late master Brod Johnny F. Chiuten, Jr.

About three years ago, I talked with him upon learning that he had some “serious” health issues. He was reassuring that everything was all right and he was doing well.

I have wished that I could have connected with him more.

I will sadly miss a friend, a humble and proud brother in the fraternity and in the UP Beta Sigma Kungfu Karate Klan.

Noli H. Nolasco'62B

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Thanks for sharing, Brod Noli. Boygee indeed personified what Brod-Master JC had instilled rather passionately into the hearts of those who aspired for higher realms. There were lesser hard-headed mortals like me and my peers in the golden 60s who could only watch in awe and inner joy as more serious and engaged Betan martial arts warriors like you climbed the demanding, punishing barriers.

We bid adieu to Brod Boygee and remember...

Somehow there is that silent, inner joy and gratitude for having been an audience to such depths of humility that can stem only from warriors with pure hearts of peace, die-hard confidence and goodwill....
Tight abrazos, Brod!

(I apologize for getting carried away...)

This frat photo was posted at Memory Lane 1.

Bal Villanueva'60 spars with Sluggo Rigor'60 while Boygee Ganza'62 watches at back left.
From Sluggo Rigor, 8-28-09: Sparring photo between me and Bal. At right of photo are Banz Bañez (father of Malmon) and Boya Macandog.

It was a typical Sunday morning (from 10 AM till 12 noon) at Area11, home of Johnny Chiuten and Boygee Ganza on UP Diliman campus.

*Web note: Incidentally, all these karatekas were from the College of Fine Arts. Master JC was from College of Pharmacy.

Sluggo Rigor / upd60

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I was able to speak to Boygee's wife Tessie and his son Justin this afternoon and extend to them the words of deep sympathy and the
prayers of the brods. They were both very touched by the love and support. The other night when I was talking to Tessie at the hospital,
when all the children were around, she said that even with the morphine and other painkillers, Boygee was still suffering. Over the phone,
I could his cries. Now the Lord has given him eternal relief and we pray for him and his family.

Some brods have expressed their wish to send personal words of condolence. These are Tessie's contact info: email 'tess.ganza@gmail.com';
cell# (647) 646-4178.

Justin said that he will send to me his dad's memorabilia. I told him that they will be included in the International website's 'In Memoriam'.
In the meantime, let me just append a couple of shots taken at Toronto in Sept. 2016 (posted in Chapters>Southern California>Jopet's Dragon
Tiger Kung-fu Club Celebrates 40th in Toronto) when Jopet Laraya, Bart Gacad, Bogs Cabanatan and I had a lunch reunion with Boygee and Tess.

l-r: Norm Bituin'65, Bart Gacad'64, Jopet Laraya'63, Boygee & Tessie Ganza'62 and Bogs Cabanatan'65.

P.S. I most especially remember Boygee from our makiwara-hitting and karate practice sessions in Area 11 and being his partner

in kata/sparring exhibitions in the campus. I am very thankful to Boygee for "adopting" me letting me stay with him at his townhouse

for a few weeks until I found my own place when, as a single new Canadian immigrant, I moved and drove solo cross-countries from

Vancouver-SF-LA-Toronto in the 70's. Here are some "oldies" shots.

At Boygee's townhouse at Jane Street in Downsview, a Toronto suburb.

*Left: Norm, Jopet & Boygee, 1974. *Right: pear picking with a playful Boygee using the pears as "props" for a naughty play.

Now married and living in LA, Cherry and I visited Toronto and Boygee's young family in 1980. As usual, we had fun sharing food, drinks, frat jokes and stories like old times.

Norman Bituin'65

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I join Brod Noli Nolasco and the rest of the Beta Sigma Fraternity and the UP Beta Sigma Kung Fu Karate klan in sending my deepest condolence to the family of Brod Boygee Ganza who passed away recently. May his soul rest in peace.

Mon Ventura, BlackSaints 65

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THIS IS TO EXPRESS OUR SINCERE SYMPATHY FOR YOU ALL.

LOVE,

LETI AND JIMMY DE LUNA, 65

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Sharing a rare candid pic of UPBSKKK (Kung-Fu Karate Klan), circa 1965.

In action: Jopet Laraya'63 and Ben Santo Domingo'64.

Seated: Bobby Camins'62, Boygee Ganza'62, Chax Baldoria'65, and Paddy Padlan'64.

Jopet Laraya'63

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Please convey heartfelt condolences from the Black Saints.

Summing up, Boygee Ganza is one of many reasons for anyone to want to join Beta Sigma.

Pol Moral'65

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My sincerest condolences and prayers, Sister Tessie and family. May the soul of our dear Brother Boygee, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. You will remain in my thoughts and prayers dear brother.

Cesar Antonio'57

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My condolence to Brod Boy Gee.

Brod Ted Topacio, Vet Med '49

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My sincere condolences to the bereaved family of brod Boygee Ganza, and my prayers for the eternal repose of his soul.

Rene de Rueda'64

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I shall say a prayer for Brod Boygee.

Jay Jay Jayme'16

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In our times at UP most especially at the old Johnny-Boygee haunt at Area 11 where all of us came to practice kung fu every Saturday morning, it is so very sad to know that the old maestros residing there are gone now.... I am so teary-eyed to let Boygee go, such a sweet and caring brother to all of us then young Betans. Thinking about it now in these moments of loss and pain, I am saddened to note that the latter generations of brods did not get to know our beloved Boygee, one of our true treasures in the 60s. I am sure they will all agree that he was an outstanding pillar of the fraternity's glorious past......am sending a famous picture of the frat's more famous karatekas circa 1966 with the original caption I made then, right after I "borrowed" the picture from an unsuspecting Jun Advincula.

This frat photo was posted at Memory Lane 1.

Seated: Boygee Ganza'62, Paddy Padlan'64, Noli Nolasco'62, Master Johnny Chiuten'60, Jopet Laraya'63 and Ben Santo Domingo'64.

Standing: Chax Baldoria'65, Oyet de Guzman'66, Bobby Camins'62, Charles Macalalag'65, Dick Encina'63, Jimmy Yambao'63, Joe Agulto'63,

Laverne Munsayac'63 and JunAdvincula'63.

Bobby Manansala'67

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Thank you Brod Bobby Manansala for your brief but emotion-filled account of Brod Boygee. Truly, he is another frat icon of humility, obedience, work, tenderness, and dedication to the martial arts, and for that matter, one of Master JC’s favorites. The Brods who came after him surely missed the experience of his company. Yet Boygee with his passing is now bigger than life. By his death, he is now elevated to the ranks of our frat legends and his name is forever etched in our proud history.

May God bless and keep you Brod Boygee.

Tatang Vergara'67

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Kabatch Tatang, Bobby Ahas - your words embody the very same emotions that I have re the passing of brod Boygee. We were lucky that we had his company and knew him personally in Diliman, more precisely in Area 11. Rest in peace, brother. No cheers.

Jun Rafael'67

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This frat photo was posted at Memory Lane 2.

Sharing a photo at wedding of Babes Ranada'63 with Brod Father Rod Guillermo'48 officiating.

Kneeling: Mon Carpio'63, Fr. Rod Guillermo'48, Mario Pasamba'58, Boygee Ganza'62 and Naning Austria'57.

Standing: Nolet Hidalgo'63, Jelly Nacino'57, Milton Mendoza'63, Hermie San Luis'58, Tito de Santos'63, Jun Gomez'63,

Dolf de la Rosa'63, Bal Villanueva'60, Babes Ranada'63, Wally Rodriguez'63, Titing Valdez'61, Eding Hizon'63 and Ben Balbenta'62.

Wally Rodriguez'63

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Laila and I last spoke to Brod Boygee when we phoned him on December 2 to greet him on his birthday. He was in his hospital bed with his wife, Tess, by his side. While he was weak, he was in good spirits. He was awaiting the arrival of his children with the birthday cake, but said they would not be able to enter his isolation chamber. Tess explained to us his serious health condition. We ended the phone call with my expression of confidence that we will see him when we visit Toronto in June 2018.

Laila and I were indeed fortunate, with the dedicated help of Brod Bart Gacad, to have dinner with him, Brod Bart and their wives in October 2016. We had a grand time and even sang "Cheers, Cheers to Beta Sigma" in the restaurant as we drank beer like the good old days at Diliman. Precious memories. We enjoyed his warm fraternal hospitality and that of his family a few times when we visited Toronto in the 1970s and 1980s.

Brod Bibiano "Boygee" Ganza was a role model for me when I joined the fraternity in 1964. He was the guardian of the coffers that academic year and in 1965-66, when I served as master of the rolls. He was also a member of the International Club of U.P. when I was the club president and in 1966 he was the deserving recipient of the club's "service" award.

He proudly wore his fraternity pin, as our credo states, "knowing that it represents all that is good and noble in man." His kinship towards me, a non-Filipino, was "predicated on sympathy, understanding, friendship and equality." I am missing him deeply. I take solace that Brod Boygee is now resting in peace.

Visiting Boygee in Toronto in October 2016 with batch mate Bart Gacad'64.

Left: a classic and unmistakably Ely Santiago'58 caricature of 1966 ICUP Service Awardee Boygee when Benild was ICUP president for three terms.

Right: a frat group picture - in front with 1964 GP Pabs Pañares, sweetheart Tootsie del Castillo, adviser Dr. Mag Albarracin'55, Boygee Ganza and Bobby Pecson.

Benild Pires'64

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Hi Tito Norman,

On behalf of the Ganza family, we would like to extend our thanks to all of my father's Beta Sigma Fraternity brothers. We received a tremendous support for the 6 weeks my father was in the hospital. Tito Bart, Tito JoMari Azzaraga, Tito Art DeVera and Tito Bogan visited my dad many times and kept in contact with my mother, Tessie, regarding my father's condition almost every day. We received phone calls from many brods including yourself, Ben Pires, Eding Hizon. I apologize if I'm missing anybody else.

We are extremely grateful for each and every brod that came to the wake and performed the "Last Rites" ritual. It was an amazing ceremony and my father wouldn't have wanted it any other way. He was a proud Beta Sigman and days before he departed he sang the "Betan Drinking Song" during Tito Bogan's last visit with Tito Jesse (unsure of last name). To the Beta Sigma Eastern Canada Chapter, you have been like family to us. Growing up, we saw you on a regular basis at meetings and parties, however after his minor stroke it became less frequent.

If you or any brods have any stories about my father, I would love to hear them. He has told me many stories about the late Johnny Chiuten at Area 11, my Ninong Jopet Laraya, my late Ninong Papu Leynes, the late Boy Morales, the late Banz Banez, Noli Nolasco, just to name a few. He spoke of his many memories of his years within the fraternity and was always excited to share some of his experiences.

Thanks again for the support.
Justin (youngest son of Boygee) on behalf of the Ganza family.
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We have all the love and respect for your dad. He was an honorable and compassionate person and brother. Boygee will always be in our hearts as he joins our Creator in eternal life. May God bless us all.

Norman

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