OBITUARIES
(E & O.E.)
(FEBRUARY 2023)
PALEWANDREM, Miriam Lucille, wife of Noel (dec), mother and mother-in-law of Heather & Roger (dec), Freeborn & Jeremy and Belinda. Grandmother of Fiona Henderling, Nicholas, Karen and Shivaun, in Brisbane, on December 17, 2022. (‘Silverscene’, Jan/Feb 2023)
BEVEN, George Victor Lorensz (08.06.1929 – 29.01.2023), partner of Wolfgang Stange. Son of the late Lorenz Beven and the late Kathleen Beven (nee Wright), brother of April, in London on January 29, 2023. (Contributed)
CHRISTENSEN, Ann Pamela Joseph (nee FERDINANDS), wife of Ken, mother of Jeremy, Tyrone, Russel and the late Deanne Joseph, grandmother of Steff, Hazel, Bradley, Esherli, Mitch ad Nikolai. Sister of Jim, Willie, Bertie, Maurice, Dorothy (all dec) and George (SL),
in Denmark on January 16, 2023. (Contributed).
MARTYN, George Michael, (15.07.1954 – 21.01.2023, in Melbourne. (Herald Sun)
MACK, Rodney Thomas, Perth, WA. (Contributed)
RANASINGHE, Jude husband of Prilani, loved father of Sashin, Deelia, and Shaili, grandfather of Rachelle. Son of Olive & Genita Ranasinghe, brother of Hyacinth, Felicita, Roche, Augusta, and Anton; brother-in-law of Jayanie, Sumith, Senaka, and Pradeep, in Sydney on 24, January 2023. liver and Genita Ranasinghe. (Elanka)
LA FABER, Sydney Anthony (Syd), (24.09.1946 – 29.01.2023), partner of Judy Lawson, stepfather of Derek, Tash, Simone and Tommy (Tracey), father-in-law of Janelle, John and Mark. Grandfather of Caitlin, Victoria, James, John (BJ), Bethany and Georgia. Brother-in-law of John, Kathy, Rex, Dave, Jen and Terry. (Adelaide Advertiser, 3.2.2023)
KOCH, Shara Louise, (25.03.1980 – 04.02.2023), daughter of Rex & Pam Koch, partner of Fred Cavanagh. Sister of Romina and Brendan, in Melbourne. (Contributed)
CHRISTOFFELSZ, Edward Royston Anthony ‘Tony’ (03.07.1943 – 0202.2023), husband of Diana (nee Floor), father of Wesley (dec), Carolyn Paulas, Roy and Lawrence, father-in-law of Mark Paulas and Steve Caithness, grandfather of Cellina, Hugh, Talin, Jamie, Remy, Joseph, India, Vasu, Nikita and Murphy. Son of the late Eddie & Doreen Christoffelsz, son-in-law of the late Aubrey & Eileen Floor. Brother of Molly De Silva, brother-in-law of Clement De Silva, Laurence Floor (dec), Tony Floor, Louise Mallard, Brian Floor, Veronica Ranasinghe, Andrew Floor and Jacqueline Jansson, in Melbourne. (Contributed)
FURLONG, Michael. (West Australian, 4.2.2023)
MARKUS, John (28./11.1948 – 17.01.2023). (Adelaide Advertiser, 4.2.2023)
ALVIS, Shirane (nee PATHIRANA). wife of Claude Alvis (Joe), mother of Minoli and Jagath, sister of late Linus, Rita, Concy (USA), Annette and late Patrick,. mother-in-law of Srimila, grandmother of Andrew and Jason.- 164/5, Kirimatiyagara, Kadawatha., Sri Lanka. (Daily News, 6.2.2023)
SAMUEL, Dr V.K., husband of Lojini, father of Vasi (Melb), Jeba (Melb), Sarah (Melb) and Kavi (Syd) , father-in-law of Thyalini (Melb) Sumathy (Melb) Dr Thurairajan (Melb) and Lesly (Syd). Grandfather of Dr Surekha/Jaesshanth (Mel), Dr Sanjeev/Dr Piumi (Melb), Pratheep (Melb), Dr Samuel (Perth), Navina (Melb), Andrew (Syd), Dinesh (Melb), Anjali(Syd), Beulah Melb) and Preethika (Melb). Son of late Velupillai and late Florence Annama, brother of late Thavamany, late Parimalam, late Ranji, late Malar and Ian Karan (Germany), brother-in-law of late Arumugam, late Santhirasekaram late Rasiah, late Kumar, Barbara (Germany), Pooranampillai (Bris) and late Manohari, Loganathan and Nithi (Can, in Melbourne on February 3, 2023. (Contributed).
GOMIS, Rt. Rev Dr Oswald Thomas Colman, Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo. Son of late Mr. Vincent Gomis and late Mrs Mary Florida, in Sri Lanka on February 3, 2023. (Daily News 4.2.2023)
PERERA, Vyville Sinclair Aubrey (14.12.1936 – 07.02.2023), husband of Blossom, father of Suresh, Eroma (Aust), Patricia, Suraj (Aust) and Melanie, father-in-law of Lathika, Phillip (Aust), Angelo, Naomi (Aust) and Nirujan. Son of late Victor & late Millicent Perera, in Sri Lanka. (Contributed)
JANSEN, Natalie Joy, (29.08.1978 – 03.0-3.2023), (Adelaide Advertiser, 8.2.2023)
GINGER, Warren (West Australian, 10.2.2023)
BUTTERY, Jean Margaret, (31.03.1932 – 05.02.2023) (Adelaide Advertiser, 10.2.2023)
SCHUBERT, Margaret Elaine (01.08.1934 – 07.02.2023), mother and mother-in-law of Genevieve & Nicholas, Mark & Neryl and Barry (dec), grandmother of 6, great grandmother of 7. (Adelaide Advertiser, 10.2.2023)
HESSE, Gareth Ross Watford (08.02.1938 – 06.02.2023), brother of Craig and Ouida, brother-in-law of Elizabeth. (Sydney Morning Herald, 11.2.2023)
MANGAN, Alastair McKenzie, son of Archie & Jean Mangan (dec), on August 5, 2022. (Sydney Morning Herald, 11.2.2023)
KLEIN, Francis Joseph, on January 27, 2023. Brisbane Courier Mail, 11.2.2023)
RODRIGUEZ, Raj (F.E.R), husband of Juanita, father of Shiara and Delano (UK), father-in-law of Janaka Kumarajeewa and Vinodini (UK), grandfather of Anisha (UK). Brother of Jeyer (Canada), Dhanam, Sunda (Canada), Vijay (Canada), Rajkumar, Lekha (Canada) and Shanthi, brother-in-law of Miriam (Canada), Yasmin, Mirani (Canada), Shanthi (Canada), Roshini, late Mahen, Tania, Rita (Canada), late Marcellus and Tony and of Joy and Marina (UK), in Sri Lanka on 9th February 2023. (Daily News, 11.2.2023)
GEDDES, Josephine (07.09.1939 – 10.02.2023) (The West Australian, 16.2.2023)
JERONIMUS, Mahinda, in Melbourne. (Contributed)
ISAACS, Peter ‘Zac” (28.04.1951 – 13.02.2023), husband of Kaye, father of Kim and Donna, father-in-law of Clayton and Josh. Grandfather of Isaella, Henry & Harrison. (Adelaide Advertiser, 17.2.2023)
BALASUBRAMANIAM, Rajanathan Sri, husband of Gnaneswary (nee Selliah), son of the late Hallock Rajanathan & the late Sivakolundu Ramanathan, brother of the late Rani Jegapathy Naidu, the late Devi Pathmanathan, late Captain Rajanathan Saravanamuttu, late Rajanathan Devasenapathy, late Major Kirupa Rajanathan, late Rajanathan Parameshwaran and late Karuna Rajendra, in Melbourne on 13th February. (Daily News, 18.2.2023)
KOCH, Rev. Neville, husband of Lorraine, father of Nicola Rector and Graeme, father-in-law of Kevin Rector, grandfather of Carter Jane. Son of the late Lawson Koch & Margie Koch (nee Walker), brother of Joan, Romaine (SL) and Cherine (Cana), in Sacramento, California, USA, on February 15, 2023 (Legacy Funeral & Cremation Care, USA)
DE VISSER, Jerome Norman – JEROME NORMAN (30.09.1940 – 16.02.2023), husband of Mary De Visser, father of Angelo De Visser and Ronald De Visser, grandfather of Ethan and Aiden De Visser. Brother of Sheila De Alwis, Malcom De Visser, Rene Mutthumani, Yvonne Fernando and Adrian De Visser, brother-in-law of Lalitha De Visser, late George Mutthumani, Ophelia De Visser and of Nives Fernando. (Daily News, 18.2.2023)
FERNANDO, C.S.T. Mark, husband of Sandra Vanlangenberg, father of Aavon and Farrah Fernando. father-in-law of Zaneth Farr and Shenal Daniel, grandfather of Michael Fernando. Son of Melany Atkins Fernando and late Thilak Fernando, brother of Jackie Garcia and late Marlon Fernando, brother-in-law of Treherne Amarasinghe Fernando and Tony Garcia, Rozanne Jansz, Charmaine Vanderhoeven and late Sonia Thomas, on 14, February 2023. (Daily News, 18.2.2023)
ARNOLD, Sugirtham, wife of late Joel. D. Arnold, mother of Rohan, Jayantha, Chrishantha and Anandan, mother-in-law of Sujatha, Abhiramy, Vinodhini and Meera, grandmother of Rochini, Sujani, Ahran, Ramya, late Dharshan, Vikesh, Suganya, Santhana and Dharman, great grandmother of Thisuli and Senod. Daughter of late Robert Selvadurai and late Lily Selvadurai, sister of Godwin Selvadurai, late Parimalam Bartlett, late Chitran Selvadurai and late Indran Selvadurai, in Sri Lanka, on February 12, 2023, aged 94 years. (Contributed)
MUDALIAR, Stephen Shanmugam, husband of Margaret, father of Ronald and Reginald, grandfather of Brandon, Blake, Nathan and Alyssa, on
February 6, 2023. (Sydney Morning Herald, 18.2.2023)
GARDINER, Mavis Rita (nee Henry), wife of late Cyril Gardiner, mother of Sanjeev, mother-in-law of Surekha, grandmother of Sheanna and Seshaan. Daughter of late Alexander & Mary Henry, sister of Earle, Helen ad of late Anton, in Sri Lanka, on February 20, 2023 (Contributed)
VAN RANZOW, Juanita Irene, wife of Tony (dec), mother of Robin, Fred, Derek and Judy, moher-in-law of Ann, Allan ad Christine, grandmother of Julia, Amanda, Matthew, Lauren, Damien, Sarah and Malia, great grandmother of Ava, Lakey, Duke, Kiala, Parker, Zeke, Leyna, Sonny and Alister. (West Australian, 21.2.2023).
RABOT, Elizabeth ‘Betty’, (29.01.1932 – 15.02.20230, wife of Emeile (Ray), mother and motheer-in-law of Emeile & Christine and Carol & Don, grandmother of Geoffrey, Rebecca and Felicity. (Adelaide Advertiser, 21.2.2023)
MELVANI, Vashdev Suresh Mathuradas Motoomul, husband of Poonam, father of Janak, Heshma and Krishen, in Sri Lanka on Februsry 22, 2023. (Contributed)
BUTTERY, Ralph William, husband of Helen, Father of Julie and Dianne, father-in-law of Jeffrey. Brother-in-law of Brian (dec) and Raymond, on February 19, 2023, aged 89 years. (Adelaiued Advertiser, 24.2.2023)
INMAN, Joan Angela Katherine, ( 04.07.1928 – 20.2.2023). Mlbourne Age, 25.2.2023)
ROOSMALE COCQ, Alistair, (15.11.1933 – 20.02.2023), son of late Jamie & Marguerite Roosmale Cocq, friend and colleague of Nicholas, in Ballarat, Victoria. (Contributed & Age, 25.2.2023))
ABRAHAMS, John Kenneth (17.09.1939 – 22.02.2023), husband of Jenny, father of John, Paul, Scott, Belinda and caroline, father-in-law of Elizabeth, Gabrielle and Andrew, grandfather of Laura, Heather, Luke, Sean Patrick, Ashlee , Isabelle, Marlow, Rafferty and Vivienne. Brotheer of Joy and David. (Melbourne Age, 25.2.2023)
DE ZYLVA, Herman, husband of Eleanor Peitersz, father of Michelle, Melanie, Darrel, Dilanie & Dilan, father-in-law of Suminda, Anuradha, Malintha, Adrian & Anoja, grandfather of Kenneth, Anselem, Oshala, Melinda, Joshua, Matthew, Riley, Rosette, Gisele, Anechka, Mark, Diven, Dave and Jacob.. Son of the late Leonard De Zylva and late Neeta Amarasekera, brother of late Surangani, late Palika, Ravindra, Channa, Niranjali, late Eroja and Ajith, in Sri Lanka, aged 81 years. (Daily News, 25.2.2023)
ATPUTHARAJAH, Rajan, husband of Renuka, father of Sanjay and Doris, grandfather of Priscilla Rose. Son of late Paramanathan and Arulsothy Atputharajah, brother of late Chandran, son-in-law of late William and Rosamalar Mather, on 29 January 2023 in Sydney,
Australia. (Daily News, 27.2.2023)
Note: Spelling of most names as taken from newspapers
