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'Presy' Lopez-Psinakis, ABS-CBN board member, passes away

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MANILA - ABS-CBN board member Presentacion Lopez-Psinakis passed away on July 25, 2017. She was 81 years old.Lopez-Psinakis was the third child and only daughter of the late Eugenio H. Lopez Sr., founder of the Lopez Group of companies, and his wife Pacita Moreno Lopez.She also served as chairperson of Lopez Inc, a private holding company of the Lopez family, and president of Griffin Sierra Travel Inc., a travel agency. She was married to the late <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/03/15/16/freedom-fighter-steve-psinakis-passes-away" target="_blank">Steve Psinakis</a>, a Greek-born American who died over a year ago. The couple lived in Greece where she opened an Asian boutique that carried her name. Lopez-Psinakis imported handicrafts, art objects and antiques from the Philippines and other Asian nations. They moved to the US in 1974 when her father fell ill and her elder brother, Eugenio &#x27;Geny&#x27; Lopez Jr., was imprisoned during martial law. They bought a fast-food restaurant in San Francisco&#x27;s financial district which they managed for 3 years while helping the anti-Marcos movement in the US. Mr. Psinakis would later help in the escape of Lopez Jr. and former Senator Sergio &#x27;Serge&#x27; Osmeña III from military prison in 1977. After Cory Aquino assumed the presidency following the 1986 EDSA revolution, Lopez-Psinakis resumed her work with the travel agency which she started in 1967 and oversaw its eventual partnership with Griffin Marine Travel. The partnership helped provide the lowest sea-crew fares. According to an article in the Lopez Group of Companies&#x27; online newsletter, Lopez Link, Presentacion, fondly called Presy by family, friends and colleagues, was a woman who valued hard work and making a change in the world.&quot;I enjoy working and this was inculcated in me by my late dad, who conducted business at the luncheon table. I could hear him talking business all the time. Sierra gave me a channel to practice what I really believe in: the ethics, the values the example taught to me by my dad,” said Psinakis during an interview about her work at Griffin Sierra Travel back in 2015. “I feel that whatever you do in life, you have to do it with passion,&quot; she once said. Former Sen. Sergio Osmeña III, once said of her, “I’ve always known that the people with the greatest courage in the Lopez family are the women, and Presy is foremost among them.”For her 80th birthday last year, she was given a surprise party by family and friends at the Rockwell Tent. Instead of gifts, donations to Phil-Asia Assistance Foundation Inc. (PAAFI), which Lopez-Psinakis chaired, were accepted. PAAFI provides financial assistance to public school students from elementary to college.Lopez-Psinakis&#x27; remains lie at the Capilla dela Virgen of Santuario de San Antonio, Forbes park, Makati where Holy Mass will be offered at 7 p.m. every night until July 28, Friday.There will be a funeral mass at 9 a.m., July 29 at the Santuario de San Antonio before the cremation at 11:30 a.m. at Manila Memorial.ABS-CBN is part of the Lopez group of companies.

ABS-CBN board member Presentacion Lopez Psinakis passed away on July 25, 2017. She was 81 years old.

ABS-CBN board member Presentacion Lopez Psinakis passed away on July 25, 2017. She was 81 years old.