Col.Baltazar,80
Chess patrons Colonel Estanislao Baltazar,of Laoag City,Ilocos Norte,father of National Arbiter Ernie Baltazar of the Philippine Chess Federation,died last January 6,2010 at the age of 80.He is survived by wife Avelina,children Col.Evelyn Bautista,Flordeliza,Ernesto,Nerisa,Enrico and Elmer,and grandchildren Ivy,Irish,Jayvee,Ever,Dan dan,Kevin,Mac-mac,Sharmaine.Dianne and Melwyn Kenneth.Interment will be on January 12,2010 9:am at the Libingan ng mga Bayani,Fort Bonifacio,Makati,Philippines.Colonel Baltazar is a Mechanical Enginner graduate at the National University.