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EILEEN MARY SIBELLE DE SILVA (nee DISSANAYAKE) – 29 September 1922 – 6 April 2018 – A Woman of Value an Appreciation written by Mohini Gunasekera                                                                                                                    EILEEN MARY SIBELLE DE SILVA (nee DISSANAYAKE) 29 September 1922 – 6 April 2018 A Woman of Value Eileen Dissanayake was my English Literature teacher and later my class teacher in the HSC1 class at Holy Family Convent, Bambalapitiya, a prestigious Roman Catholic school in Sri Lanka. Eileen had her primary and secondary schooling at Holy Family Convent and had a brilliant academic record throughout.  She won ...