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Margaret Machado – A life very well Lived for the glory of God The outpouring of grief, messages of sympathies, assurances of masses and prayers, and the most amazing and touching tributes from all the world only emphasises what we have lost when our beloved Mummy breathed her last on Monday, November 1. Fittingly, Mummy died on the morning of All Saints Day as she was Our Saint for many, many years. Margaret Mary Therese Little Flower Machado nee Roche passed away aged 96, in Melbourne. She was the last in her wonderful family to leave this world for her Heavenly Home. Born on October 17, 1925, Mummy was the daughter of Pagnani and Annie Roche, and sister to Gerard, Bertie, Matilda, Sr Fortunata and Joe. She studied, and later taught at the Holy Cross Convent in the south Indian city of Tuticorin, before moving to Sri Lanka, along with ...