OBITUARIES
(E & O.E.)
(SEPTEMBER 2023)
JOSEPH, Neville Aubrey, (09.10.1938 – 09.08.2023), husband of Scarlet, father of Sharon, Tayla and Nicolette, in Melbourne. (Contributed)
PEREIRA, Lauretta Hyacinth, (03.09.1932 – 09.08.2023), Wife of Benedict (dec), Mother of Brian, Ralph, Lester, Christine, Jude and Michael, Mother-in-Law of Srinika, Veronica (dec), Noeline, Gordon, Ranitha and Eresha, Grandmother of 17 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. (Internet Resources)
PIETERSZ, Ralston Louis, (1959 – 2023), father of Dhillon, brother of Adrian, Hillary, Winston and Eardley, in Sydney. (Contributed)
MOSES, Maureen (née VANDORT), 09.06.1932 – 19.08.2023), wife of Neil Moses, mother of Glenroy, Sylvaine, Vanessa, Pierangeli Hannan, Recshane, Marlon and Sabrina. Grandmother of 17, great grandmother of 6. Contributed)
AGALAWATTA, Somasiri Wimalasena Perera, (17.08.1937 – 27.08.2023), husband of Swarna (dec), father and father-in-law of Dilan and Kim, Gehan and Shayal, grandfather of to Elias, Jai and Kiyan. (Adelaide Advertiser, 2.9.2023)
MORTIMER, Patricia Mary, wife of Bernie (dec), mother and mother-in-law of Paul and Brenda, Philip and Precilla, Anne and John, Stephen (dec), and Sandy, grandmother of Robert, Alex, Emily, Melinda and Kevin, in Sydney, aged 92 years. (Sydney Morning Herald, 2.9.2023)
RATNESER, KULANDRA (KULEN), 18.03.1933 – 21.08.2023, husband of Sujatha, father of Rajiv and Sanjiv, father-in-law of Jane and Monique, grandfather of Grace, William, Teddy, Milo and Lucky, in Darwin on 21st August, 2023 aged 90. (Daily News, 7.9.2023)
MACK, Peter, husband of Fran, father of Dee, Yvette and Maree, grandfather of Stephen, Shannen, Lisa and Michael, on 30th of August 2023. (West Australian, 5.9.2023)
De SAYRAH, Harold “Harry”, husband of Imelda, father of Dilhara and Shéhan, father-in-law of Paul, grandfather of Caden and Rian. Brother of Royston (dec), Anslem (dec), Maureen (dec), Frederick, Anotoinette (dec) and Anoma, in Sydney, on September 11, 2023. (Elanka News)
RANASINGHE, Norman Matthew, husband of Dr. Paxie (Ranaweera), son of the late Richard and Stephanie Ranasinghe, father of Shalendra, Dinuke and Roshie, grandfather of Ruby, Olivia, Ori, Alexander and Joshua.Brother of Leonard (Dec), Anita (Dec), Maurice (Dec) and of Elmo and Iranganie, expired in Sydney Australia. doctorpaxie@aol.com057798 (Daily News, 13.9.2023)
RODRIGO, Clifford Tissa C.T., husband of Hiranthie , father of Chryshan and Rochelle, father – in- law of Suren and Natasha, grandfather of Alicia, Arielle and Alayna. Son of Hector and Grace Rodrigo (dec), brother of Lorna (dec), Cecil, Dawn, Nihal, Sunil (dece), Malini, Jeanne, Kanthi, Rohini, Mohan and Cheryl, in Sri Lanka on 12th September 2023. (Daily News, 14.9.2023)
SATHANANTHAVEL, Apputhurai, (30.04.1944 – 16.09.2023), in Melbourne. (Tamil Thakaval, Obituaries)
BLACKER, Ina Therese Sybil, (18.05.1927 – 12.09.2023, wife of Anton (dec), mother of
Vivian, Gillian, and Paul, grandmother. (Melbourne Age, 14.9.2023)
CLEMENTS, Dr Rex, husband of Jenny, father of Jeremy and Romina, in Warrnambool, Vic. < romina.coomaraswamy@gmail.com >, < jeremy-clements1979@gmail.com > (Sunday Times, 17.9.2023)
VAN ROOYEN, Basil, husband of Pookie, father of Tracy, Lara, John and James, grandfather of Trent, Emma and Jack, on 14 of September, 2023, aged 84 years. (Sydney Morning Herald, 19.9.2023)
BRITTO, Theresa Marie Celine (Celine), (West Australian, 19.9.2023)
JURIANSZ, Llewellyn Harold, (18.06.1937 – 14.09.2023), husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather in Melbourne. (Daily News 21.9.2023)
MAHENDRAN, Arunachalam, (14.09.1939 – 21.09.2023), husband of Sivanudevi (Anutha), father of Pranavan, Karthihan and Sanjivan, father in-law of Anusia, Rebecca and Kevin, grandfather of Jagen, Darshan, Kishan and Ashwin. Brother of Ambika (Canada), Manjula (Canada), and the late Balendra, Ramachandran, Baskari, Pathmasani and Ravichandran. Son of the late Arunachalam and Ganeshwari, son-in law of late Sivaramalingam and Yogam. (Tamil Thakaval Obituaries)
DE BRUIN, ‘Cherie’ Gerharda Lambertha Aleida Maria (Née BOUWMEESTER), 12.04.1944 – 05.09.2023, wife of Tonnie, mother of Karin, Margaretha, Wietze, Robyn, Ronald, Linda, Adrian, Oma of many. (Adelaide Advertiser, 23.9.2023)
ERNST, Christopher Ian, (02.9.1976 – 15.09.2023), husband of Kerryn, father of Ethan & Callum. Son of Ian and Susan, brother of Antony. (Canberra Times, 23.9.2023)
HOLMES, Jean, (09.01.1935 – 19.09.2023), Wife of Gordon, mother of Vivienne, grandmother of Stacey and Alex, great grandmother of Sebastian and Samantha. (West Australian, 25.9.2023)
GOONEWARDENE, Avis Ninette (née GERREYN), wife of the late Douglas, mother of Daphne, Christopher and Romayne (Dec.), mother-in-law of Frank Soertsz. Sister of Daisybelle Othen, Kingsley (Sonny), Dolores Wait, Alistair (Pinky, (all dec) and Pamela Blake (Canada), Desmond (Sydney) & Russell (Perth), grandmother of Natalie, Michael, Karina, Gareth, Damon & Jordan, great grandmother, on 21st September 2023, at Castle Hill NSW, Australia. (Daily News, 26.9.2023)
LOURENSZ, Blossom.. (West Australian, 27.9.2023)
SELLATHAMBOO, Joseph Emmanuel Rajendra, husband of Christine Vasanthy, father of Mary Joanne. Son of late Xavier Mark Sellathambu and of late Mary Josephine, son-in-law of Christie Moses and of late Teresa, brother of late Mahendran and Indranee, brother-in-law of Manjula, Leslie, Suresh and Premila, in Sydney, Australia on 27 September 2023. (Daily News, 29.9.2023)
BENNETT, Olive Enid (née SCHOFIELD), (23.08.1928 – 26.09.20223), mother of Sandra, Richard (dec), Susan and her husband Owen, David, Sharon and her husband Neil (dec), Danielle and her husband Philip, grandmother, great grandmother and great great grandmother (Adelaide Advertiser, 30/9/2023)
- JOHN, Barbara (née Beckett). wife of David (dec), mother of Helen and Margaret, mother-in-law of Jeff,
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