Arturo Sazon Esguerra

South Portland - Arturo "Art" Sazon Esguerra, 79, died on Monday, May 31, 2021, at home, by his wife's side. Art was born on September 17, 1941, in Manila, Philippines, the youngest of seven children of the late Gorgonio and Gregoria (Sazon) Esguerra. Art attended local schools and graduated from the University of Santo Tomas with his Bachelor's degree in Business. In September 1967, Art moved to the United States where he graduated from St. John's University with a Master's degree in Business Administration and later earned Registered Health Underwriter and Certified Financial Planner certifications. In 1971, Art was the first Filipino to represent the State of New York in the US Jaycees National Speak-Up Competition, winning first place. Art was then elected director of the New York Jaycees, an organization that helps young and developing leaders. In the late 1970s and into the 1980s Art was a General Manager for the New York Life Insurance Company in Brooklyn, New York. He was a reader at Mass for many years at his local Catholic parishes, a Past Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus John W. Mackay Council #2310 in Roslyn, New York, and a former member of the Joseph Barry Council #2520 in Hicksville, New York. Later in life he joined the Secular Franciscan Order. In his free time, he attended Mass and prayed five decades of the Rosary daily, frequented the community center in South Portland with his wife Ana Maria to play their weekly bingo, played pinball, and watched the NBA, especially the Knicks. He will be remembered as a loving husband, Tatay (father) and Lolo (grandfather). Art was predeceased by his siblings Brigida, Federico, Rafael, Renato and Delfin. He is survived by his loving wife Ana Maria; three mga anak (children) and their spouses, Aristotle and Joy, Adrian and Kyla, Anne Therese and Cory William Koch; seven mga apo (grandchildren); sister, Remedios Esguerra Lorenzo; brother, Fr. Gorgonio "George" Esguerra, S.J.; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Visiting hours celebrating Art's life will be held on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, from 4-7PM, with a Family Celebration at 6:30PM at the Conroy-Tully Walker South Portland Chapel, 1024 Broadway, South Portland. Prayers will be recited at the funeral home at 9:15AM on Thursday, June 10, 2021, followed by a 10:00am Mass of Catholic Burial at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 307 Congress Street, Portland. To view the livestream of the Mass, please go to https://portlandcatholic.org/online-mass . Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery, South Portland. All indoor services are mask-optional. We kindly request that the immune-at-risk wear a mask and that the immunocompromised attend remotely rather than in person. To view Art's memorial page, or to share an online condolence, please visit www.ConroyTullyWalker.com. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Save the Children Philippines - Project ARAL https://donate.savethechildren.org.ph/campaign/projectaral/