Via InquirerUSA Fil-Am family man evaded 9/11 but not Covid-19
It was another friend of Joesan, Willie Dechavez, also of Michigan, who first alerted this reporter of Joesan’s demise.Born in Pasay City but raised in Sorsogon City, Joesan retired from Daimler Chrysler at the age of 51, after 35 years of service as a business and administrative consultant. Due to the events of Sept. 11, 2001, Daimler Chrysler offered attractive packages for early retirement to its employees, and Joesan grabbed it.
Joesan is survived by his wife, Corazon “Boots” Laroco, a registered nurse who worked at Henry Ford Health Care System also in Michigan; their two children, Joey Gabarda, Jr. and his wife, Erin, and Cristina Gabarda-Elsen, who works at T-Mobile for Business and West Bloomfield School District of Keego Harbor, Michigan; grandchildren; brother Dr. Tony Gabarda and sister, Alma Gabarda. The urn containing Joesan’s ashes will rest at the Columbarium at St.
Joesan L. Gabarda is shown here when he hosted this reporter , extreme left, and Bobby M. Reyes when they attended the August 2011 Convention of the Asian American Journalists Association in Detroit, Michigan. Others in photo are Mr. Curtis D. Jay of the NBC Network-Kansas City, and a scion of the Lee Family of Magallanes, Sorsogon, and Mr. Jay’s friend, Ms. Brooke Camp of CNN now with Coca-Cola Public Relations Department.
Bobby Reyes tried but failed in his attempt to get Joesan interested to be his running mate when he ran for governor in Sorsogon province in the 2016 elections. He told Bobby that he just wanted to help the people of the province in his private capacity.In 2008, Joesan, emailed this reporter, when he launched a civic watchdog, “Cruzada Sorsogon” : “Joseph, “Butangan man sa periodico kay nganing maaraman san mga taga-Sorsogon, Bicolano nan an mga Pinoy didi sa America..
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