Sue Bautista (Stepdaughter)

Entered March 27, 2021 from Toronto

My stepfather uncle Lazaro Chan was pivotal in raising my sisters and I after we were orphaned in 1968 (victims of Ruby Tower earthquake disaster). He was a good father to us, and we will forever be indebted to him and my aunt Helen Wong Chan.

I am happy that he is now reunited with his long lost children (George, Elizabeth, Grace and Patrick) along with his parents and siblings.

We love you uncle Lazaro and we will miss you. May you rest in peace.

Deb Eldjarnson 

Entered March 28, 2021

Bob , Jd and I are so sorry for your loss. Our deepest sympathies to you Helen and all the family.
Love Deb Eldjarnson and Bob Hutchings

Kelly Fisher (Sister inlaw)

Entered March 28, 2021

So sorry about your loss our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Vernon Chiang (Nephew)

Entered March 29, 2021 from Markham

My dearest Uncle Lazaro. You and your family welcomed us with open arms when we came to Canada. You always just laughed at problems that came along your away, always jovial whenever I saw you.

You are now in heaven along with our grandmother, grandfather, Uncle Domingo and Uncle Leon. May you rest in peace, and comfort to those you have left behind. Rest easy.

PHILIP BAUTISTA 

Entered March 30, 2021 from Toronto

Marriage gave me a relationship with uncle Lazaro. In the 37 years that I knew him, He remained mysterious to me in his quiet demeanor. Uncle Lazaro let his world know how big and loving his heart was, the same heart that knew when it was time to go to the big Mah Jong Room in heaven.

Until we meet again, May God hold you in the Palm of His Hand.

Uncle Lazaro is a good uncle. He is my father. I love him! He took care of me when my parents passed away at the age of 8. I have a wonderful childhood and thank you to him and Aunt Helen. They raised me well. When he discipline me, he never yell or scold me. He just make a statement. The good memory that I had with him is sitting beside him as he was giving me a ride to my part time job every Saturday morning. I remember thinking "oh thank you so much..otherwise I have to take the bus. Thank you Uncle Lazaro, I will miss you!

My uncle/stepfather Lazaro is described as a quiet man, and in all my life under his care, I have never ever heard an unkind word from him. I can only imagine how he have suffered after losing his own children (and parents and siblings) in the Ruby Tower quake disaster. He was a very strong person to have endured such loss and then deciding to adopt my sisters and I into his family. Words cannot express how much we are indebted to him. Thank you again uncle Lazaro. We love you and will miss you. You are always in our hearts.

SIX months ago, writing a eulogy for Uncle Lazaro would sound unlikely: in fact, it would have never crossed our minds. Although he has known me since my marriage to Susie 37 years ago, I didn't really know him. Marriage gave me a relationship with Uncle Lazaro. In these 37 years, there were four times that I really had a good conversation with him. The longest one was when I drove him (twice) to Buffalo to accompany on his U.S. work pension. It is a 2 hour drive, and with those hours I learned a little bit more about him. From our conversation, he told me about his working days in the Philippines and how he managed to win the Govt Auditors by playing Mah Jong with them. On his family, you can tell how proud he was of his siblings' accomplishments, specially Uncle Tony, and he continuously support them throughout his life. To me, uncle Lazaro remained mysterious in his quiet demeanor for most of these 37 years.

UNCLE LAZARO, the Husband, Father, Brother, Uncle, Grandfather, and Friend. He let his world know how big, mushy and loving his heart was, the same heart that knows when it was his time to go to the big Mah Jong Room/Table in the sky.

The only thing I regret was the last and only time I thanked him for looking after my wife and her siblings was during my wedding. He deserved to be thanked many times for what he had done.

Family meant a lot to Uncle Lazaro. In our grief and fear, we need each other. We will miss him. All of Him.
I will close with an old Blessing;
"MAY THE ROAD RISE UP TO MEET YOU
MAY THE WIND ALWAYS BE AT YOUR BACK
MAY THE SUN SHINE WARM UPON YOUR FACE
AND RAINS FALL SOFT UPON YOUR FIELDS
UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN, MAY GOD HOLD YOU
IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND"

Good Bye Uncle Lazaro. We will miss you.

What I remember of my stepfather uncle Lazaro:

A loving husband; he loved to tease aunt Helen affectionately. He likes to chuckle, laugh and loves a good back scratch, especially when there is an itch that bothered him. He would ask aunt Helen to help scratch his back where he couldn't reach. Sometimes I wondered if he was just faking the itch so that she would give him a scratch or back rub which would elicit a chuckle.

He was an intelligent and smart person; always getting 100% marks on his drafting correspondence course.

A loving father. He and aunt Helen took in three orphaned nieces into their home and raised us as their own. We are very blessed to have had you in our lives.

Rest in peach uncle Lazaro, we miss you and we love you.