Delfina Tuncap Guerrero

Delfina Tuncap Guerrero
First Lady of Guam
In role
January 20, 1963 – July 20, 1969
GovernorManuel Flores Leon Guerrero
Personal details
Born(1915-03-09)March 9, 1915
Guam
DiedJanuary 5, 2004(2004-01-05) (aged 88)
Guam
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
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(m. 1934; died 1985)​
Children7
Parent
  • Dolores Namauleg Tuncap (mother)
OccupationFirst Lady of Guam
Other namesDelfina Guerrero, Delfina Tuncap, Delfina T. Guerrero, Delfina Tuncap Leon Guerrero

Delfina Tuncap Guerrero (1915 – 2004) was First Lady of Guam from 1963 to 1969.

Early life

On March 9, 1915, Guerrero was born as Delfina Tuncap, a Chamorro, in Agana, Guam. Guerrero's mother was Dolores Namauleg Tuncap.

Career

In 1961, when Manuel Flores Leon Guerrero was appointed by President John F. Kennedy as the Governor of Guam, Guerrero became the First Lady of Guam on January 20, 1963, until July 20, 1969.[1][2][3]

Personal life

In 1934, Guerrero married Manuel Flores Leon Guerrero, who later became a Guamanian politician and Governor of Guam. They had seven children, Alfred Delfin (b.1935), Lolita Mariguita (1936-1982), Rudolpho Beltram (1938-1988), Evelyna Rebecca (b.1940), Teresita Recqual (b.1946), Manuel Flores (b.1947), and Patricia Christine (1953-1984). Guerrero and her family lived in Agana, Guam.[1][2][4]

Guerrero's daughter Lolita Leon Guerrero Huxel (1936-1982) became a Chamorro linguist and professor at University of Guam. She died in Hawaii.[5][6][7]

Guerrero's daughter Dr. Teresita L.G. Cottrell became a neuropsychologist.[8]

On January 5, 2004, Guerrero died in Guam. She was 88 years old. Guerrero is interred at Pigo Catholic Cemetery in Hagåtña, Guam.

References

  1. ^ a b "Governor Manuel FL Guerrero". guampedia.com. August 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Commissioning - Biography on the Governor of Guam, Manuel F. L. Guerrero". ussguam.org. 1962. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  3. ^ "Guam Gov. Manuel Flores Guerrero". nga.org. 5 January 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
  4. ^ "Nomination for Governor of Guam: Hearing Before the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Senate, Eighty-eighth Congress, First Session, on the Nomination of Manuel F. L. Guerrero to be Governor of Guam. February 8, 1963". U.S. Government Printing Office. 1963. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  5. ^ "Role of Education in the Preservation of Guam's Indigenous Language". guampedia.com. 22 August 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  6. ^ "Senora Lolita Leon Guerrero Huxel". issuu.com. 1982. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  7. ^ "National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii". interment.net. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  8. ^ "Dr. Teresita Guerrero-Cottrell, PHD". sharecare.com. Retrieved October 31, 2021.