Obituaries

Obituary – Sampath Ratnatunga (September 8, 1958 – January 15, 2021) – by Lawrence Machado Vale dear friend and classmate Sampath Ratnatunga, whom I knew for more than 55 years, starting from our early days at kindergarten at St Peter’s College.  Friends also knew you as Sammy and Sam. In Sri Lanka, you worked in the travel trade for years, including KLM, but later in Melbourne, you completely changed professions, becoming a professional massage therapist, running your own business, Pascoe Vale Sports and Remedial Massage Therapy from your home, until a few years ago, healing and helping hundreds of people. You then showed your dedication to the medical field by donating your body for medical science. Like many of your friends, I cannot believe you are gone and won’t be there for our regular chats about anything which catches our fancy: from family and friends, to sharing a virtual drink, ...

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VALE – RALPH MOLDRICH Today is one of the saddest days in my many years in this wonderful country. It marks 2021 as the year my mate & brother ‘Passed away’ When my Sister in Law (A smart and loving wife to him and a loving mother to her children and Grandmother, phoned this morning. I felt it in my bones, the end was just minutes away. He instigated the formation of The Burgher Association in Victoria, together with others he built a strong and viable Association. He was a strongest supporter of the ACF Inc. and served it well again with a strong committee led by Cecil Dewith- Barbet he helped in engineering the existing ACF premises. he was part of that committee until just two years ago,  His last words to me the day I left (Then Ceylon) was ‘We will join you as soon as possible’ He ...

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Obituary: WELIKALA – VIOLA DORIS WELIKALA – VIOLA DORIS – February 6,​ 1920 – January 1, ​2021. Wife of the late Dr. A.H.N. Welikala,​ Radiologist,​ sister of the late Herbert,​ Berty,​ Shelly,​ and Oliver Gunasekara and Beryl Welikala,​ loving mother of Nirmala,​ Nissanka,​ Roshan and Srimal,​ mother to Anura,​ mother-in-law of late Raju Rasiah,​ Marguerite,​ Ting Welikala,​ Ranjan Hulugalle and lndran (Mousie) Thurairatnam,​ grandmother of Asthika and Tania Welikala,​ Sheyanthi Welikala,​ Ranjan Hulugalle Jr. and Shyamica,​ Ruwan Hulugalle,​ Ramesh Hulugalle and Rehan Thurairatnam,​ great grandmother of Arthur,​ Felix and Tristan Hulugalle. Viola passed away peacefully at home in Las Vegas on New Years day at age 100. Cremation in Las Vegas. Ashes will be interred at a later date in Colombo.002314 ...

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Obituary: Mrs. SYLVIA PEREIRA Deeply  regret  to  inform  you that  SYLVIA  PEREIRA,  wife  of  the  late  FRANK  MORLEY  PEREIRA  OAM ,  Convenor  and  founder  member  of   the  Australian  Old  Boys  Association  of  S.Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia  and  Branches, passed  away  on  Friday, 01st. January  2021. The  funeral  and viewing  will  be  at  3.30pm.  Thursday  07th.  at  Boyd  Chapel, Springvale  Necropolis, and  admission  will  be  strictly  limited  in  compliance  with  the  current  Covid  preventive  restrictions. ...

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Obituary: Susantha DE Alwis Susantha DE Alwis – ST PETERS COLLEGE -PRE Seventies member passed away this morning AT Monash Medical Centre –Clayton  Melbourne after an ILLNESS For funeral details ETC  please contact –His family on this Email Address Dianne Gonsalves dianeg_19@hotmail.com May eternal rest be granted to his soul and may he rest in peace Please pray for SUSANTHA S  FAMILY DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME Take care stay safe with gods blessings ...

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“VALE’ CHRIS.GREET” – By Des Kelly It is with great sadness that I inform all members of eLanka of the passing of not just a very good friend, but also of someone who was a true legend of our beautiful Motherland, Sri Lanka. There were only a very few Sri Lankans of this halcyon era in Lanka that that didn’t know Chris, be it even only his dulcet tones on Radio Ceylon, if not personally. The era I write about was during the 1950’s. We were both young & carefree, Chris, just a few years older than me owned a second-hand Mayflower car, in which he would pick me up in order to attend a few rehearsals of my song Dreamworld, and on the way, the car would inevitably break down, and Chris would then get out, kick the closest tyre and say to me, “don’t worry Desmond, she may ...

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Obituary: Alex Lokuge Alex Lokuge – on 21st December 2020. Beloved husband of Chandani (Monash University), loving father of Shaamini Lokuge-Hayes (Royal Children’s Hospital) and Amaali Lokuge (Royal Melbourne Hospital); father-in-law of Ben Towell and Simon Kinsey; and grandfather of Rohan, Radha, Jaaneka and Rasiker. May he rest in peace. Funeral service on Thursday 24 December, 1.30-3.30pm at: S1 – Springvale Renowden Chapel Entry via Police Road Springvale Vic 3171. ...

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