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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:750px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1756210755052viber_image_2025-08-26_19-40-07-688.jpg" style="width:750px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Judy Araneta-Roxas, the mother of former Interior secretary Mar Roxas, passed away Tuesday morning, her family said.  <em>Handout photo/file</em> </span></span></span></div><p>MANILA -- Judy Araneta-Roxas, the mother of former Interior secretary Mar Roxas, passed away Tuesday morning, her family said.  </p><p>She was 91 years old.</p><p>Mar Roxas confirmed the information through a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mar.roxas.official/posts/pfbid0BqMqhDKJLSChSbwiHnXDj5QJmvMZrhVHwDy5v1Ua8MnqQ3ahRBFVgQgUsmXAVfFql?rdid=iUxfaDRXNz0gJIx9#">social media post</a>.</p><p>&quot;We are very sad to share that our mother Judy Araneta Roxas passed away peacefully this morning, surrounded by family and loved ones. Please include her in your prayers.  Wake details to follow,&quot; he said.</p><p>Araneta-Roxas was the vice chairperson of the Araneta Centre Corporation. She was also the beacon of the Liberal Party, and the widow of former senator Gerry Roxas.</p><p>She was also president of the J. Amado Araneta Foundation, president of the Gerry Roxas Foundation, and vice-chairperson of the Araneta Group Management.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/focus/02/25/18/the-unsung-heroines-of-edsa">READ: The Unsung Heroines of Edsa</a></div><p>Both Gerry and Judy were injured during the 1971 Plaza Miranda Bombing.</p><p>The Roxas couple had three children, Maria Lourdes, Gerardo Jr., and Mar.</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/S2preWyaPX8?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Judy Araneta-Roxas, the mother of former Interior secretary Mar Roxas, passed away Tuesday morning, her family said. She was 91.</p>

Judy Araneta-Roxas, the mother of former Interior secretary Mar Roxas, passed away Tuesday morning, her family said. She was 91.

Judy Araneta-Roxas, mother of Mar Roxas, passes away

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Judy Araneta-Roxas, mother of Mar Roxas, passes away

Rose Carmelle Lacuata,

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Published August 26, 2025 08:08 PM PHT

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Updated August 27, 2025 08:20 PM PHT

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