Alfredo Lopez Soyangco, M.D., age 92, of 594 Deerwood Drive, Blairs, Virginia, passed away on Friday, January 10, 2025, at SOVAH Medical Center, Danville, Virginia, where he had been a patient for five days.
Alfredo was born on June 20, 1932, in Tortugas, Balangas City, Bataan, Philippines. He was born to Leonardo Soyangco and Maria Lopez Soyangco. He was born the tenth of sixteen children.
In 1942, from April 9th to April 17th, as a child, Alfredo participated in the Bataan Death March where he was among 78,000 prisoners of war of both the Filipino and American persuasion.
Alfredo attended medical school and was a graduate of Far Eastern University in Sampaloc, Manila for his internship. He did his medical residency in Anesthesiology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. After his residency, he began his practice in Anesthesiology Beckley, West Virginia. Then, he moved to Danville, Virginia with his family in 1973 and continued his practice in Danville, Virginia.
Alfredo retired from his Anesthesia practice in 2003.
Alfredo was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, the Danville Pittsylvania County Academy of Medicine, the Foundation Of Southwestern Virginia Association of Philippine Physicians and the Southern Medical Association.
Alfredo is survived by two sons, Alfredo M. Soyangco and Christopher L. Soyangco, and two daughters, Elnora A. Soyangco and Belisa J. Soyangco, and two sisters, Araceli Soyangco Manlapid and Zenaida Soyangco Penalosa as well as several cousins, nieces and nephews.
Alfredo is predeceased by his wife, Florlisa Gamelo Soyangco, M. D. and by thirteen brothers and sisters.
A funeral mass will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church Thursday January 16, 2024 at 1:00pm. A rosary service will be held at Townes Funeral Home on Wednesday January 15, 2024 at 6:00pm with a visitation following until 7:30pm.
The family request donations be made to the Blairs Fire and Rescue in lieu of flowers.
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