OBITUARIES: Compiled by Victor Melder (E & O.E.) (SEPTEMBER 2017)
ISAAC – PAUL PETER, son of Mr & Mrs Peter, in Sri Lanka on September 1, 2017. (Sunday Observer 3.9.20170
FERNANDESZ – VIRGINIA (nee Schokman), wife of Anton, mother of Ramona and Jackie, mother-in-law of Tyronne Francisco (Italy), grandmother of Ryan, Marianne and Shashi. Daughter of late Cecil and Nunnie, daughter-in-law of late Mervyn and Ada, sister of Anton and Joyce, sister-in-law of Elizabeth, Carmen and Jennifer (SL), Elmo, Carmel, Benny, Celine, Franklin, June, Walter and Doris (Aust), in Sri Lanka. – 530/3, Lake Way Terrace, Lake Road, Wickramasinghepura, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka. (Daily News 5.9.2017)
DURAISAMY – GORDON JEYARATNAM, husband of Caterine, father of Suhen and Nirmala (Aust), Ravin and Dharshana (Can), grandfather of Manju and Michael, Jeshu and late Roshi, Jerry and Noah, great grandfather of Sebastian and Isabela. Brother and brother-in-law of late Sam and Lily (Can), Nesam and late Christmas (Aust), late Jeya and Bubby (Aust), Devi and Chelvam (Aust), Raju and Malar (Aust) and Ranji and Leslie (DSL), in Sydney. (Daily News 7.9.2017)
MOLDRICH – BURTON CHALLICE (15.01.1937 – 02.09.2017) ,husband of Monica, father of Dmitri, Druvaan, Natasha and Jude (deceased), father-in-law of Bill and Michael, grandfather of Chayna, Daniel, Matthew, Mackay and Sienna, in Sydney.. Email: moldrichm@gmail.com (Daily News 12.9.2017)
KANTHASWAMI – MAHADEVI, wife of late Mr. C.K. Kanthaswami, mother of Dhayananthan (Sydney), Shantini (London), Abhiramy (London), Vaheesan (Brisbane) and Geethanjali (Sydney); mother-in-law of Vijayalakshimi, Dr. Kandiah Sivakumar, Dr. Jayantha Arnold, Dhushyanthi and Nirmalarajan, grandmother of Gajenthiran, Janarthani, Branavan, Sivahamy, Ahran, Ramya, Ahrani, Hariharan, Bhargavi and Sindhura, in Sydney. (Daily News 12.9.2017)
BARTLETT – SAMUEL “SABA” SABARATNAM (18th August 1921 – 8th August 2017). Husband of Mani Bartlett. father of Shirani, Suresh, Priyani and Rohan, grandfather of Praveen, Amrith, Hamish, Shaun, Anita, Shannon, Esther and Joel, in Melbourne. Unit 2, 561 Grimshaw Street, Bundoora, Vic 3083. (Daily News 12.9.2017).
THOMASZ – WILLIM RICHARD (Bunny), husband of Cynthia, father of Cheryl, in Sri Lanka. (Daily News 15.9.2017)
PESTONJEE – IRIS (Nee Joachim), daughter of late Dr A.W.R.Joachim, and Lucille, wife of Rutton, mother of Noshir and Kashmira (USA). Sister of late Rosemary Dias, Yvonne Ranasinghe, Ninette Joachim, Dr Michael and Marina Wijesekera, mother-in-law of Jennifer Pertonjee and George Reid, in Hawaii, USA on September 16, 2017. (Daily News 19.2.2017)
SPAAR – MIGNON NELL GERALDINE (nee Melder). Daughter of late Jerry & Pansy, wife of Lorenz, sister of Joan & late Ernie Boustead (Aus), Frankie & Valerie Melder, late Derrington & Judy (Can), Daryl & Dougie De Zilwa (Aus), mother of Karen & Jefferson, Keith & Christine, Gerald , Gillian & Prasad , grandmother of Keryn & Ryan , Jared & Dr Nethmini, Joshua (USA), Gareth & Dan, in Sri Lanka. No 8/1, 3rd Lane, Jambugasmulla Mawatha, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka. (Daily News 19.9.2017)
ABEYAGUNAWARDENA – DON SAMSON (1.5.1929 – 19.9.2017) in Canberra. (Canberra Times 23.9.2017)
LA’BROOY – MARIE EUPHRASIE, (10 May 1925 – 23 September 2017), wife of Brian dec), mother and mother-in-law of Jeanne & Collin Macpherson, Genevieve & James McCaughan, Etienne & Sarah La’Brooy. Grandmother of Caitlin & Ben Paton, Siobhan & Anthony Sadler, Lachlan, Cameron, Brynna, Ewen, Elspeth & Jeremy Bell, Ailis, Calum & Eadana Macpherson, Daniel, John, Rioghnach & Kamil Wegrecki, Mairead, Eamon, Colm, Cormac & Siobhan, Oistin, Criostoir, Finbar & Monie (dec) and Liam La’Brooy, great grandmother of Angus, Anna, Catherine, Thomas & Brigid Paton, Patrick McCaughan and Aurelia Wegrecka, in Sydney. (Sydney Morning Herald 27.9.2017)
COLLOM – EVERLYN ANNESLEY, (Malcolm), son of the late Eddie & Ruby Collom, brother of Patrick (dec) and Ivor, in Sri Lanka.. (Daily News 30.9.2017).
Note: All spelling of names as taken from Sri Lankan newspapers
