Nenita Q. Bactad

January 9, 1949 - November 1, 2019

Nenita Quilalang Bactad was the third child and first daughter of nine born on January 9, 1949, to Julian and Leonora Quilalang in Panan, Botolan, Philippines. Nenita grew up as a young adult in northern California helping to care for her six younger siblings until she met the love of her life in San Francisco in 1973. They dated for a couple of months and were married in December of the same year in Reno, Nevada. They welcomed their first son in 1974. Living the life of a loyal navy wife, she followed her husband all over the globe from numerous naval bases in the Bay Area to Okinawa, Japan, where she gave birth to their second son in 1976. They returned to the Bay Area before being shipped off one last time to Sugar Grove, West Virginia, and finally settled back in the Bay Area to retire when she gave birth to their last son in 1988. Nenita could light up a room with her shining smile and the twinkle in her eye and was always looking out for everyone else’s needs before her own. She loved tending to her garden, watching the hummingbirds on their daily visits, playing her piano, ballroom dancing and visiting with her congregation at Kingdom Hall. Nenita is survived by her mother, Leonora; her siblings Moises, Angelo, Paz, Prima, Helen, Ruben, Rodel, and Raymond; her sons Christopher, Jerry, and Stefan; her grandchildren Frances, Jade, Christian, Julian, Layla, Rezilyn, and Charlotte; her great-grandson Jayden; and her husband of forty-six years minus one month, Warner.