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2007.04.29: April 29, 2007: Headlines: COS - Philippines: Safety: Crime: Murder: Journalism: ABS CBN News: Members of the Filipino and Filipino-American community attend Memorial held for Peace Corps Volunteer Julia Campbell in Fairfax Virginia, Embassy members conveyed their sympathies to the Campbells at their residence on Tuesday
Members of the Filipino and Filipino-American community attend Memorial held for Peace Corps Volunteer Julia Campbell in Fairfax Virginia, Embassy members conveyed their sympathies to the Campbells at their residence on Tuesday
When Julia Campbell told her family she was going to be a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines they did not know whether to "seek professional help for her or admire her for leaving it all behind to serve people half a world away in a developing country." Her mother and father visited her in the Philippines in August and the three planned to visit the Banaue Rice Terraces but were unable to because of rains. So when the family received word of her disappearance in the Banaue area they were not surprised as she wanted to visit "the rice terraces, one of the most beautiful places in the Philippines also known as the stairway to heaven."
Morris said one of the most familiar phrases Filipinos say when asked how they are is: "Eto, buhay pa (Here, still alive)." He said though Julia’s body was no longer "here" her spirit will continue to live forever. "Your family and friends will ensure that in their hearts you are always ‘buhay pa’," Morris said.
Members of the Filipino and Filipino-American community attend Memorial held for Peace Corps Volunteer Julia Campbell in Fairfax Virginia, Embassy members conveyed their sympathies to the Campbells at their residence on Tuesday
Memorial held for Campbell
By JOSE KATIGBAK,
STAR Washington bureau
The Philippine Star
WASHINGTON — Four days after her remains were cremated in Manila, a memorial service for US Peace Corps volunteer Julia Campbell was held at a Roman Catholic church in Fairfax, Virginia where she was extolled for making the world a better place to live in.
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Conspicuous by their absence were members of the Filipino or Filipino-American community in the Washington D.C. area.
The only Filipinos seen at the memorial service were Enrico Fos, administrative officer at the Philippine embassy; Marites Cardenas Branigin, an official of the National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA), and Miriam Ladiao Katigbak, wife of the STAR Washington correspondent.
Seeking to explain the absence of embassy members Fos said Ambassador Willy Gaa and members of his staff had already conveyed their sympathies to the Campbells at their residence on Tuesday. The family requested that the visit be kept private and not be announced, he said.
Branigin said the family’s desire for a low-key memorial service and the lack of publicity were the reasons for the negligible Filipino presence.
"We are grateful to the thousands of Peace Corps volunteers who have served the Philippines since 1961. Due in large measure to her selfless dedication to help the Filipino people, Julia represents the best traditions of the Peace Corps," Branigin said in conveying NaFFAA’s sympathies to the Campbells.
In his eulogy Morris said when Julia Campbell told her family she was going to be a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines they did not know whether to "seek professional help for her or admire her for leaving it all behind to serve people half a world away in a developing country."
He said her mother and father visited her in the Philippines in August and the three planned to visit the Banaue Rice Terraces but were unable to because of rains.
So when the family received word of her disappearance in the Banaue area they were not surprised as she wanted to visit "the rice terraces, one of the most beautiful places in the Philippines also known as the stairway to heaven."
Morris said one of the most familiar phrases Filipinos say when asked how they are is: "Eto, buhay pa (Here, still alive)."
He said though Julia’s body was no longer "here" her spirit will continue to live forever. "Your family and friends will ensure that in their hearts you are always ‘buhay pa’," Morris said.
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