| Delfina Tuncap Guerrero | |||||
| Office: | First Lady of Guam | ||||
| Governor: | Manuel Flores Leon Guerrero | ||||
| Term Label: | In role | ||||
| Term Start: | January 20, 1963 | ||||
| Term End: | July 20, 1969 | ||||
| Birth Date: | 9 March 1915 | ||||
| Birth Place: | Guam | ||||
| Death Place: | Guam | ||||
| Mother: | Dolores Namauleg Tuncap | ||||
| Party: | Democratic | ||||
| Occupation: | First Lady of Guam | ||||
| Children: | 7 | ||||
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Delfina Tuncap Guerrero (1915 – 2004) was First Lady of Guam from 1963 to 1969.
On March 9, 1915, Guerrero was born as Delfina Tuncap, a Chamorro, in Agana, Guam. Guerrero's mother was Dolores Namauleg Tuncap.
In 1961, when Manuel Flores Leon Guerrero was appointed by President John F. Kennedy as the Governor of Guam, Guerrero became the First Lady of Guam on January 20, 1963, until July 20, 1969.[1] [2] [3]
In 1934, Guerrero married Manuel Flores Leon Guerrero, who later became a Guamanian politician and Governor of Guam. They had seven children, Alfred Delfin (b.1935), Lolita Mariguita (1936-1982), Rudolpho Beltram (1938-1988), Evelyna Rebecca (b.1940), Teresita Recqual (b.1946), Manuel Flores (b.1947), and Patricia Christine (1953-1984). Guerrero and her family lived in Agana, Guam.[1] [2] [4]
Guerrero's daughter Lolita Leon Guerrero Huxel (1936-1982) became a Chamorro linguist and professor at University of Guam. She died in Hawaii.[5] [6] [7]
Guerrero's daughter Dr. Teresita L.G. Cottrell became a neuropsychologist.[8]
On January 5, 2004, Guerrero died in Guam. She was 88 years old. Guerrero is interred at Pigo Catholic Cemetery in Hagåtña, Guam.
