Willie Viray
married Maria "Baby" Mansour in Manila. Willie served in the
Philippine Navy, then went into private business. With a civil
engineering degree and a masters in math & physics, he ventured into the
cargo shipping and container yard business, working as a naval architect and
ship builder, and marketing luxury yachts.
Willie was a proponent of seapower as well as a generous civic action
leader of programs that help improve the health of poor people. He served two terms as president of Manila
Bay’s historic Army & Navy Club. Willie died on September 8, 1982 due
to cirrhosis.
Daughter Vicky provides the following information about
the four Viray children: “Vicky and husband Jojo live in Vienna, Virginia. Both earned masters degrees from George
Washington University. Vicky is an Operations Analyst, and Jojo is an Editorial
Systems Specialist. Maria and daughter
Josephine live in Makati, Philippines.
Josephine earned a degree in political history at UC Berkeley, graduating
with honors. Daughter Anna, a freelance
writer and businessman husband Franz live in San Francisco. Anna earned her masters in International
Affairs from Syracuse University. Son
Wally and wife Michelle live in Orange County, CA. Wally is a Program Manager and Michelle a
housewife and mother of Mark William, Willie's first grandchild. Wally earned
his MS in computer science and PhD from Buxton University, and a second PhD in
information management in the UK. We
always include grandpa Willie in our prayers.
We strive to achieve as he would have wished, that he might be proud of
us. And together in spirit we hail, Go
Navy!!!”