1. Jose Hontiveros was the father of National Artist of the Philippines for Theater and Film Daisy Hontiveros-Avellana, Filipino Jesuit composer, musician and Presidential Medal of Merit Awardee Eduardo Hontiveros and Philippine Animal Welfare Society Founder and President Nita Hontiveros-Lichauco.
Jose Hontiveros was practicing his profession when the American administration noticed his success, and extended to him an appointment as Justice of the Peace of Capiz in 1913.
Jose Hontiveros was appointed Municipal Judge of Antique, Iloilo, Cebu, Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental and Zamboanga.
Jose Hontiveros accepted the appointment as Auxiliary Judge of the Court of First Instance in 1929.
Jose Hontiveros held several positions in the judiciary before being appointed as an Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals in 1936.
Jose Hontiveros served until 1946, when he was appointed by President Manuel Roxas to become an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, forming part of the First Supreme Court of the Philippines after it achieved its full independence from the United States on July 4,1946.
Jose Hontiveros had the reputation of being a very honest politician.
Jose Hontiveros was an elected delegate of the 3rd District of Capiz to the Philippine Constitutional Convention of 1934 and took an active part in framing The 1935 Philippine Constitution for the government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, a former territory of the United States.
Jose Hontiveros was a member of the Committee on Style.
Jose Hontiveros suffered a stroke prior to his detention and so to stay upright, his two youngest children stayed with him, sitting with their backs to him so that he can lean on them, all together on the floor in a tiny cell with several others.
Jose Hontiveros was married to violinist Vicenta Ruiz Pardo, and had ten children.
Jose Hontiveros' notable sons-in-law include National Artist for Theater and Film Lamberto Avellana and Harvard-educated lawyer and economist Alejandro Lichauco, who was an elected delegate of the 1st District of Rizal to the Constitutional Convention of 1971.
Jose Hontiveros died on 21 May 1954 at the University of Santo Tomas Hospital in Manila after suffering a second stroke.
Jose Hontiveros was buried at Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina.