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Lucian Nethsingha 1936-2021 Source : smcsociety It is with great sadness that we were informed of the death, on Friday 12th February 2021, of Lucian Nethsingha. Lucian had been in poor health for a while, and latterly had been in a hospice in Cambridge. Born in Colombo, Ceylon, in 1936, Lucian was educated at S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia, (STC) Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). We, together with the Thomian family and Lucian’s friends around the world fondly remember, with admiration and thanksgiving, Lucian Nethsingha, the extremely talented, successful Organist and Masterful Trainer of Choristers. He was a gentle, humble loyal Thomian gentleman, in every sense of the word, and a fellow chorister with many of us in the era of Chaplain and Choirmaster, the Rev’d Roy H. Bowyer Yin. Lucian was also an organist of S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. Lucian Nethsingha’s ...

R.I.P. Lucian A. Nethsingha (1936-2021) – Lucian Nethsingha funeral Eucharist Dear Friends in and of the Thomian Family, I am pleased to share with you the details of the Funeral Service for Old Thomian, Lucian Nethsingha, which will be held at St. Bene’t’s Church in Cambridge today at 12:00 Noon GMT. It will be live-streamed on the following link if you wish to join in from home, live: https://youtu.be/uyBXgPNm-LY . Please check your local time equivalent to 12:00 Noon GMT today. By my calculation, it will be livestreamed at 11:00pm AEST tonight, for those of us in the Eastern states of Australia. Please double check! Also attached is a copy of the Order of Service for the Funeral Eucharist. You will note from it that the Organist is Glen Dempsey, former Organ Scholar of St John’s College, Cambridge. His profile is copied below FYI and interest. Julia and I received a very nice email from Andrew Nethsingha ...