Sol Faenconi Aguinaldo
HAMPTON Sol Faenconi Aguinaldo passed away Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, at Sentara CarePlex Hospital after a long battle with stage 4 lung cancer at the tender age of 67.
Born in Manila, Philippines, she was the daughter of the late Leopoldo and Maria Mamon Faenconi.
Sol dedicated more than 32 years of service to the Veterans Health Administration; first, caring for others as a bedside nurse, and later, taking positions in Quality Management, Utilization Review, Medical Care Cost Recovery, as a clinical reviewer, case manager, patient transfer coordinator, bed czar and investigator.
Her public service also had her working directly under the director’s office, chief of staff, business office, nursing department, patient representative and other national positions for the VA up and down the East Coast for many years, ultimately retiring her service at headquarters in Washington, D.C., in 2015.