Paterno M. Sope : A Hardworking Man of Honor and Wisdom
Paterno Mayordomo Sope A Biographical Account Paterno in his aging years (74 yrs. old) Paterno Mayordomo Sope (born on August 29, 1940 – died on October 19, 2015) was a father of seven children and a husband of Presentacion Cayetuna Navarro. He was Filipino entrepreneur, a former Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) and a skilled carpenter. Paterno was also known as Tatay Pater by his relatives and Lolo Pater by his grandchildren or mga apo . Biography Paterno was born on August 29, 1940 in the municipality of Oton, a town in the Province of Ilo-Ilo in the Panay Island, Visayas, the Philippines. His father was Bonifacio Sope, an Ilonggo from Parian, Ilo-Ilo who married Perpetua Mayordomo of Oton, Ilo-Ilo. The family of Paterno went to Island of Mindanao, a southernmost part of the Philippines. They settled in outlying barrio in th...