Andrea A. Sagisi, Filipino civic leader, dead at 70
By Curtis Lum
Advertiser Staff Writer
Andrea Asuncion Sagisi, a leader in the Filipino community and founding member of the Catholic Daughters of America-Hawai'i Chapter, died Jan. 23. She was 70.
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Sagisi was born in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines, on Nov. 30, 1932. She married former Bacarra Mayor Sabas Sagisi and the couple had one child, former television news reporter Sandra Sagisi.
In 1973, Andrea Sagisi was one of five women who founded the Catholic Daughters of America in Hawai'i.
In Hawai'i, Andrea Sagisi worked for several financial institutions, including American Security Bank, First Interstate Bank and First Hawaiian Bank. She retired from First Hawaiian Bank's Lihu'e branch.
In 1973, Sagisi was one of five women who founded the Catholic Daughters of America in Hawai'i. The organization has an estimated 150,000 members nationwide.
Sagisi also served on the board of the United Filipino Community Council of Hawai'i.
She held leadership positions on the Kaua'i Filipino Community Council, Kaua'i Filipino Women's Club and the Miss Kaua'i Filipina Pageant.
Sagisi is survived by her daughter, Sandra; granddaughter, Ashley Moser; brother, Miguel Asuncion; and ex-husband, Ricarte Tumacder.
Visitation on O'ahu will be at 5:30 p.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hawai'i Kai Ward; services at 7 p.m. On Kaua'i, visitation will be at 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 3 at the Garden Island Mortuary in Lawa'i; service at 7 p.m. Visitation also at 9 a.m. Feb. 4 at the Immaculate Conception Church in Lihu'e; Mass at 10:30 a.m. Burial at Kaua'i Memorial Gardens.
