Orlino "Arnold" Bareng's Obituary
He was a grandfather, father, brother and uncle. Orlino "Papa Ono" Miguel Bareng, 84, leaves behind family and friends that will miss his smiling face and loving heart, passing away peacefully on Friday, August 5, 2011 at Blossom Creek Memory Care in Wenatchee, Washington.Orlino was born to Jose S. and Leona Miguel Bareng on August 26, 1926 in Kahuku, Hawaii, and attended Kahuku Elementary and High School until his enlistment in the U.S. Army in June of 1945. He was a member of the 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment, 8th U.S. Army, stationed in Leyte, Philippine Islands. He was discharged in January 1946 and was awarded the Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon and the World War II Victory Medal. It was while serving in the Philippines that Orlino met Milagros Piñon Cortez. The chance meeting began a 9-year courtship--conducted solely by letters--that culminated in their marriage in Quezon City, Philippines in July 1955. Orlino's new bride joined him in Hawaii in November 1955 where they settled in Wahiawa, Hawaii, before moving to Moanalua Gardens in Honolulu in 1969. He began a 37-year career with Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in 1948 as an apprentice, became a snapper joiner in 1954 and eventually worked his way up to Shipyard Production Superintendant of the Woodworking Service Shop Group, Shop 64/81, the position from which he retired in January 1985. Throughout his career, received numerous commendations for his craftsmanship and work performance.Orlino was a member of Free and Accepted Mason's Waikiki Lodge No.774, becoming the first Filipino Grand Master of the Lodge in 1982. He was a member of the Aloha Shriners and a lifetime member of the Veteran's of Foreign Wars Post 1572. After retirement, he continued his woodworking by carving driftwood, producing numerous models of whole fish and in relief he also created picture frames and furniture. In a sports career that began as the high school football quarterback, Orlino continued to be active in sports throughout his life. He enjoyed jogging 3 to 5 miles a day, played slowpitch softball and basketball and eventually played on a senior community fastpitch softball team. He and Mila also belonged to a senior bowling league and delivered meals to homebound seniors as part of the Meals-on-Wheels program.After Mila's death in 1997, Orlino moved to Washington State, alternating between Wenatchee and Auburn but finally settling in Wenatchee where he was playmate, companion, teacher, storyteller, listener, cheerleader and proud grandpa to his two grandchildren for the past 14-1/2 years.Orlino was preceded in death by both his parents, his wife, Milagros, a brother, Vicente and his sisters, Felicidad and Delores. He is survived by his son, Gerald, and his partner David Aselton of Auburn, Washington, his daughter, Angela and her husband, Matt Prater of Wenatchee, Washington and the pride of his life: his grandchildren, Lauren and Jacob, also of Wenatchee. He leaves behind his sisters, Pacita Cabbab and Juanita Duldulao, of Kahuku, Hawaii, his brother, Jaime Bareng (Carmelita), of Salinas, California, several nieces and nephews and a lot of uneaten Kentucky Fried Chicken. We lovingly count the staff and administration at Blossom Creek Memorial Care in Wenatchee, Washington as part of the extended family he leaves behind, especially Rhonda Mead Bellinger, Senior Director of Marketing for Blossom Creek Memory Care, who continued to love on him daily even when he kept telling her, "I'm a one-woman man."As our dear friend Shari Hagopian stated, "Grandpa Orlino has been a bright light in this world for a long time, so it's hard to imagine that light dimming. But he's invested his light into all of you, so that after the space of darkness, the glow from you his family will eventually brighten and fill the space again."
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