Ignacia was the daughter of Baltazar Bordallo, a Spanish immigrant to Guam, and Pangelinan from the village of
Sumay. She attended high school in the Philippines and returned to Guam at the age of 17. A year later, Ignacia married Chester Butler, a sailor from
Fort Worth, Texas. The two moved to
Hagåtña, where they started a
dry goods store called Butler's Emporium in 1936. The business specialized in bringing in goods that were previously not available in Guam, especially soft drinks like Coca-Cola. When Chester Butler was taken to Japan as a
prisoner of war during
World War II, Ignacia continued running the store throughout the
Japanese occupation, as well another store, a warehouse, and a movie theater. She also resisted the Japanese occupiers by hiding the emporium's goods and keeping radio operators in touch with American news outlets to keep them updated on the situation in Guam. Despite Butler's Emporium being destroyed by American bombardments of the island in 1944, family land being seized for use as military installations, and Chester passing away from pancreatic cancer in 1952, Ignacia reconsolidated the business and kept operating it in the post-war years. She moved to its current location in
Sinajana and reincorporated it as Butler, Inc. Ignacia continued to operate the business until her retirement in 1982, when she moved to California where she lived until her death in 1993 at the age of 95. == Legacy ==