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'Esteban Solano Granada'

A good son, a good husband, a great father, a good public servant.

The eldest, of a brood of six. Born in the island of Camotes, Cebu, Philippines in the 2nd of September 1936 from parents, Vicenta Rosal Solano and Gregorio Wenceslao Granada. He was married to Paulita Rocabela and had eight children. At the time of his death he had twenty-seven grandchildren.

As a son, he was always there to help his parents, very helpful and generous to the extent of sacrificing his right to a good education to get employed and earn money so he can help his parents send his other sibling to school.

As a husband, to start with, he saved a lady from marrying the man she did not love and eloped with her on her supposed wedding day with the wrong man. He fathered eight kids, Aracelie, Josephine, Noel, Elsa, Maria Rebecca, Nelson, John and Sheila. He was a great provider, not only for his big family but also to his parents and did all sorts of things to earn a living. He finished a vocational course, tailoring and opened the Joymar Tailoring in Camotes hiring three sewers. He was a very good tailor and very popular to the locals within the island. When his eyesight was fading, he ventured into motorcycle transport and opened a sari-sari store. He pioneered in the motorcycle and tricycle transport industry in the town of Tudela. In the peak of his business, he had two motorcycles and three tricycles until one motorcycle was stolen and he developed a lung disease for the loss and the business brokedown. He had the first kerosene operated fridge in the island back in the 1970's.  It took him years to recover and then opened up a retail merchandising business with the help of his brother. Then, he ventured into buying and selling copra in one of the barangays in Tudela but abandoned it when they were robbed one night that almost cut his life short. Then he ventured into a small eatery in the town proper.

He was always a responsible father and a great provider. He always wanted to see all his children have a good education and be self-sufficient but some were not interested. He wanted them to be able to stand by themselves.

He was a good community man. He held various positions in voluntary community organizations including a chairmanship of the local parents and teacher associations while he was in the barangay and held some other positions in the community. He was a barangay captain, a sangguniang bayan member for three consecutive terms. He was a very resourceful member of the Sangguniang Bayan securing funding for a lot of projects for the improvement of the lives of the people in the community. He was a reluctant candidate for a mayorship position and luckily, became the mayor for one term. At the time of his death, he was the incumbent vice-mayor. He suffered diabetes from his late 40's and later developed complications that affected his heart. He died of a heart attack a few days after one of his toes got amputated.

He died on the 31st of October 2003. He died a very great man.