He died at the age of 76 from heart failure while staying with family in Houston, Texas.
Longtime friend Tony Diaz gave the eulogy for Siguenza right before mass service.
“Getting the right angle and then clicking away shots after shot of people and places,” Diaz described how Siguenza, known by colleagues as “Super Click,” was able to always capture a moment or event in photos.
Diaz further recalled the iconic Siguenza’s time covering the South Pacific Games, Little League World Series and the special moments he shared with the athletes.
“In many ways he was part of the team. No matter what the sport, he was part of the team,” he said of Siguenza.
When speaking to his children and other family members, Diaz learned from chatting with Siguenza’s family that the soft-spoken gentleman shutterbug started tinkering with photography in the late 1950s and was ever humble with his work.
“He wasn’t fancy, flamboyant, high tech nor high browed,” he said.
If there was one thing about Siguenza that Diaz and everyone had come to love and know about was that he was knowledgeable of the happenings on Guam.
“He always knew what was going on,” he said.
Diaz also took time to reflect on other photographers who have passed away and whom Guam has been blessed to have. They include Phil Noble, Paul “PJ” Borja and just recently Roel Santiago.
Monsignor Brigido Arroyo also had some comments to make about Siguenza and how the two of them grew up together in Hagåtña during the homily.
Arroyo shared with family members and friends how the two of them were altar boys and even attended school together.
Following the Mass, Siguenza was buried at Pigo Cemetery. He is survived by his eight children and 23 grandchildren. He is additionally survived by his sister and brother-in-law Olivia S. and Jesus Guerrero, of Nimitz Hill; his brother Antonio Siguenza, of Toto; and sister-in-law Barbara B. Siguenza of Sinajana.
