EDMONTON – The four Filipino temporary foreign workers killed in a crash near Leduc on Nov. 22 will be remembered at a service in Edmonton this weekend.
A memorial service will be held at Hainstock’s Funeral Home at 9810-34 Avenue on Sunday, Nov. 30. The chapel will open at 3 p.m. and the service will begin at 5 p.m.
The head-on crash killed Eva Caperina, Rosalina Tipdas, Archie Bermillo and Romil Mose, according to the Edmonton’s Filipino community.
All four were heading out to Kingman Saturday morning when they hit a patch of ice on Highway 21 near Leduc, causing their vehicle to swerve and slam into a tractor. All of them were declared dead at the scene.
Caperina and Tipdas both worked as caregivers. Caperina’s husband died from a motorcycle accident last year in the Philippines. Her cousin told Global News her two teenage children still live there.
“It’s really tragic. She planned to bring her kids here, but that’s not going to happen because she’s gone,” Caperina’s cousin Marie Iquin said on Monday.
Bermillo and Mose, both men under 35, worked as cooks at Fatburger restaurant and lived together.
“They both have a spouse and a child in the Philippines,” said Dianna Lasenby, a spokesperson for Fatburger. The company is working with the Philippine consulate to make arrangements with the families, she added.
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All four of the victims had been working in Canada since 2012. Initial reports indicate only Mose was able to secure life insurance since coming here.
The office of the Philippine honorary consul based in Edmonton is working with the victims’ employers to immediately repatriate the remains.
Concerned members of the Filipino community have pitched in, as well, by setting up an account for donations for the families.
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