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 ...
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SRI LANKA NEWS IN BRIEF (SEPTEMBER 2017) Compiled by Victor Melder Alleging that the army continued to hold about 85,000 acres of land in the North, Northern Province Chief Minister and former Supreme Court judge C.W. Wigneswaran, sought the intervention of most Ven. Tibbatuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Thera of Malwatte Chapter to shift troops out those lands. CM Wigneswaran claimed that only about 5,000 acres had been so far released to their original owners. The Chief Minister placed the strength of the army deployed in the Northern Province at 150,000. Asserting that there was no requirement to maintain such a large force in the Northern Province, Wigneswaran called for their removal. The Mahanayake thera told the CM to make representations to President Maithripala Sirisena as he could solve the problem. The prelate emphasised that the army could not be removed from the Northern Province. CM Wigneswaran told the Mahanayake that ...
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Read More →Francis Ranjith Anandappa, age 72, dearly beloved husband of Christobel Ranjani (nee Jacobs), cherished father of Cassandra and Miranda, father-in-law of Kyle, and grandfather of Wesley, son of the late Ernest and Estelle Anandappa, and beloved brother of Eugene, Indrani, Marie, Jacinta, Nihal, and Xavier, passed away peacefully on September 27, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. ...
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