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AL-HAJ I.L.M. KAIR MOHAMED (Ex-Inland Revenue). Beloved husband of Hadjiani Ummu Ruwaisa, precious father of late Reza, Rifki (Hunters), Razana and Reyaz (Kuwait), son of late Ibrahim Lebbe Marikkar and Fathumma (of Totawatta, Panadura), son-in-law of late O.L.M. Mohideen and Noorzavahira, brother of late Shamsudeen, late Ahmed Ismail, late Ummu Razeena, late Sharefali J.P., late Waffa J.P., Yehiya (Attorney), Sithy Waseela, late Sanoufha, father-in-law of late Fidha Salih, Hassan Sirry, Nehaza and Silmiya, loving grandfather of Hafsah, Hafiz, Ruqaiyah, Shafeeqah, Zainab & Rahima, brother-in-law of late Sainulabdeen, late Ajward, late Sithi Raheema, late Samha, Noorsaffa, Fowzia, Nazneen, Zohara, Siddique, Razick and Salih Mohideen. Janaza took place at 9.00 a.m. on Tuesday 24th January at Dehiwela Jumma Mosque. No.26, Kawdana Broadway, Dehiwela. Inna Illaihi Wa Inna Illaihi Rajihoon. 

ATAPATTU - AGNES (nee ABEYWICKRAME GUNARATNE) of Issadeen Town, Matara. Beloved wife of the late Don Piyadasa Atapattu (former master, Rahula College, Matara), loving mother of Manel, the late Asoka, Swarna, Nihal, Mangalika and Chandrakanthi, loving mother-in-law of Jackson, Therese, Dayananda, Vijayanthi and Gamini, loving grandmother of Indunil, Thusitha, Nuwan, Buddhika, Suranga, Tanya, Tharanga and Surani and great-grandmother of Anushi, Ryan, Amelie and Charls, passed away peacefully on the 17th of January 2006 and was cremated on the 20th of January in Switzerland according to Buddhist rites. 50,Chemin Ami-Argand, 1290, Versoix, Geneva.  

BHAHIRATHAN - RAJAYOGINI (nee Sivagananathan) passed away in London on 26th January 2006. She is the wife of Dr M Bhahirathan and the eldest daughter of late Mr K Sivagananathan and Mrs Jothy Sivagananathan. She leaves two loving children, Yalini and Arun. Funeral will be held in London at 4 p.m. on Monday 30th January 2006. Message by Sudha, Arul and Piranavan (Nathan).  

DAYAWATHIE WICKRAMARATNE GUNASEKERA - Beloved wife of late Don Francis Nanayakkara Kuruppu, loving mother of Meththananda (USA), Pemasiri, Seetha (USA), Sirisumana, Upali (USA), and Dr Kalyani (USA), loving mother-in-law of Sujatha (USA), Vijitha, late Amarasiri, Kalyani, Himali (USA) and Dr Vidyarathne (USA), precious grandmother of Maduka (USA), Gayanie (USA), Lasanthi, Hiranthi, Yajitha, Sachini (USA), Chamali (USA), and Omesh (USA). Burial takes place at 4.00 p.m. on Monday 30th January at Family Burial Ground. "Walakandage Watta", Naimbala, Thihagoda. 045 2245392. 

FERNANDO - TILDA Beloved wife of late P.J.A. Fernando, precious mother of Preminda, beloved mother-in-law of Dilrukshi, fond grandmother of Randima and Gihani, beloved sister of late Dunstan and Denzil and of Swinitha, Norman, Rene, Rohini and Susila. The Remains will be at 49A, Hotel Road, Mount Lavinia from 10.00 a.m. on Saturday 28th and the Cortege will leave  at 9.30 a.m. on Sunday 29th for Cremation at Galkissa Cemetery at 10.00 a.m. No flowers by request. 

GUNASEKARA - RAJEEVA. Stretchline, Biyagama, son of Kerlin (Lak Pohora, Ratnapura) and late Violet Perera (Retired Staff Nurse, General Hospital, Ratnapura), husband of Manori, father of Hasvin Apsara, expired. Funeral Sunday 29th General Cemetery, Ratnapura. Cortege leaves residence at 4.00 p.m. 12/2, Goodshed Road, Ratnapura.  

HERATH - THILAK (Doolwela Estate - Kandy). Beloved husband of Priya nee Aryaratne (Hoodvian and Company), loving father of Kavindi (Royal Institute), Rashmini (Bishop's College) and Isuru (St. Thomas' Prep), passed away. Funeral takes place at 5.00 p.m. "Nilmini", Meepitiya, Kegalle. 

JAYAWARDENA - WALTER Beloved husband of late Piyaseeli and loving father of Nalani (Oman), Lal  (Australia), Dhammika (USA) and Kapila (Citibank), loving father-in-law of Ranjith Uduwawela (Oman), Liz (Australia), Gemunu De Silva (USA) and Preethi, dear grandfather of Nilmini, Nisha, Vincent, Amy, Charitha, late Avanthi and Dasun. Cremation General Cemetery Kanatta on Sunday 29th at 11.00 a.m. Cortege leaves residence at 10.30 a.m. 34, Ramya Mawatha, Subuthipura, Battaramulla. 2885959.  

JAYEWARDENE - NALINI (nee Jayasinghe) Wife of the late Wilmot, precious mother of Manuja, Wimal and Nallinka, expired on Saturday 21st and Cremation  held  on Sunday 22nd January at Kanatte Borella. No. 108, New Airport Road, Ratmalana. 

PATTERNOT - STANLEY KENSLY - Beloved husband of Indra, father of Avril, Neil Michelle, father-in-law of Kapila Silva, Bradly Batcho, Virginia, grandfather of Roveena, Shan, Shevon, Trevon, Brayan, Rijk, Selini, expired. Cortege leaves residence on Sunday 29th at 4 p.m. for Burial at Dikhetekma Cemetery. 452, Pitipana North, Homagama. 

PERERA - MRS HELEN MARY. Eldeniya Kadawatha. Mrs Helen Mary Perera, beloved wife of late Mr H.M. Perera, loving mother of Patrick, Rose, Bridget, George, Jennet, Nimal and Hector, loving mother-in-law of Audrey, Christie, Malcolm, Premani, Waruna, Kanthi and Pathma. Funeral Sunday 29th at 4 p.m. Cortege leaves residence for burial at R.C. Section Eldeniya Cemetery, Kadawatha. 

PERERA - MRS PREMA (nee Illukkubura) - Relict of Dr P.A.D. Perera, beloved mother of Damayanthi, Vijitha (AIS), Ramya, Prof. Athula (University of Peradeniya), Dr Srilal (World Bank), and Senaka UK, mother-in-law of Dr Chandra Meemaduma, Dr Ranjan Jayaratne, J. Salwatura (Attorney-at-Law), Ira, Yaeko and Dr Dora (UK), beloved aunt of Sarath Illukkubura, much loved grandmother of Dr Nalaka, Dr Dinusha, Chandika, Arrvinda, Sanka, Dr Sayuri, Hiroshi, Takashi and Dilani. Cortege leaves residence at 4.30 p.m. on Monday 30th for Cremation at Mt. Lavinia Cemetery at 5.00 p.m. 22/1, Araliya Mawatha, Sirimal Uyana, Ratmalana. 

PINTO - MRS DONA CHARLOTTE Wife of late Pandit Anson Pinto of Sree Palee Kandana, mother of Cicira, Chandrika, Swarna, Keerthi, Indra & Narendra, expired. Cortege leaves residence 74, Rodney Street Borella at 6.00 p.m. on 29th Sunday, Dec. 2006 for Cremation at 6.30 p.m. at General Cemetery Borella.  

RAJARATNAM - E.P. (Rtd. Central Bank). Dearly beloved son of  the late Mr & Mrs A.B. Rajaratnam (Koiyathotam Jaffna), son-in-law of the late Mr & Mrs B. Gnanapragasam (Kotahena), darling husband of Mary (Pearly), ever loving father and father-in-law of Denzil and Trixie, Priya and Rochelle, Balraj and Caroline (all of U.K.), Rajeev (HNB - SIG), and Anusha, Angelo, precious grandfather of Shavonne, Sabitha, Shawn, Priyanka, Radika, Jonathan and Joshua, loving brother and brother-in-law of Wijeyanathan and Rebecca, the late Anjeline and Anthonypillai, Kamala Shanmugalingam and Stella Rajaratnam. Cortege leaves residence 120, Old Road, Nawala at 4.00 p.m. on Sunday 29th January. Burial at General Cemetery Borella. (R.C. Section).

SOYZA - VERNON Beloved husband of Patricia, loving father of Nuwan, Lakshani, son of late Mr & Mrs Vincent Soyza, brother of Rienzie, Donald and Princy, expired. Cortege leaves residence No. 90, Vystwyke Road, Mattakkuliya at 3.30 p.m on Sunday the 29th of January  for  Madampitiya Cemetery.  

THIYAGARAJAH - MUTHIAH THIYAGARAJAH BA Cey. FCA Eng. & Wales. Beloved husband of Usha (Suthantara Devi), loving father of Anji, brother of late Muthiah Chinnah and Mrs Navam Paramanathan, passed away peacefully at home in London on the 13th November 2005. Cremated on the 17th November 2005 in London. Email ([email protected]). 256, Carshalton Road, Sutton, Surrey SM145B UK.  

AHAMAT - HAJIANI  AMEEN Beloved wife of  the late T.M.V. Ahamat, darling mother of Hajiani Marzooka, Mirza, Munzeer (Car Mart) and Vazeer (New Zealand), dearly beloved mother-in-law of  the late Mohammed Shamsudeen, Zubeida, the late Rehana and Dr Zeeny (New Zealand) beloved sister of  the late A.M. Anver (Attorney-at-Law - Matara) beloved grandmother of Zareeha, Ruzly, Faraz, Azhar, Aidha, Safraz, Azzam, Shafeenaz, Shaheen, Shalan and Azra, loving great-grandmother of Arshad Sadiya, Althaf, Rasheeda, Ashfaq, Aqeela, Adilah, Aneesa, Farzad and Farheen. Janaza took place at 5.30 p.m. 26th January 2006 at Muslim Burial Ground, Dehiwala. 85/1, Watarappola Road, Mount Lavinia.  

FERNANDO - SHEILA JOYCE At rest with Jesus. Beloved wife of  the late Demetrius (Demy), loving mother of Kuleena (Eswaran Brothers), the late Sanjeewa, mother-in-law of Champa, grandmother of Rangika, sister of Ronald, Clive, the late Eustace, Marlene and Greeta. Funeral service commences at 3.00 p.m. 31, Uswatta Circular Road, Moratuwa, burial at St Sebastian's Church Burial Ground, Moratuwa on Sunday 29th 3.30 p.m. 

HERFT - EUNICE nee ROOFF Beloved mother of Maureen (Australia) and Tressert, sister of Violet, Sister Zenobie, Olive and Mavis, mother-in-law of Anton Peterson (Australia) and the late Eric Kleyn, loving nana of Cheryl (Australia), Adrian (P and O Port), Marlon and Russel (Qatar), expired. Cortege leaves A.F. Raymond's Funeral Parlour at 3.30 p.m. on Sunday 29th January 2006. Cremation at General Cemetery Kanatte at 4.00 p.m. No flowers by request.  

KANDASAMY - PARIMALAM. passed away on 28th January 2006. Beloved wife of  the late S.V. Kandasamy (Colombo Municipality), daughter of  the late Mr & Mrs D.N. Veerakathi, sister of late Nagaratnam, the late Muthamma, Sukirtham (Australia), Pushpam (Canada), Rasamani (Canada), loving mother of Muthunayaki (Canada), the late Selvanayaki, Chelvanathan (Canada), Ratnanathan (Malship Group), Rajanathan (Male Ship Group), mother-in-law of M. Karthigesu (Canada), V. Somasundaram (Canada), Yogeswary (Canada), Loganayaki (State Hindu College), Loganayaki, adored grandmother of Manjula, Gajan, Hariharan, Luxmanan, Vathsala, Anushiya, Anjala, Anjanan, Nirushan, Varshan, Sinthuja, Darshan, Yathushan and Abarna, great-grandmother of Senthuran, Saigeethan, Darani, Anjali, Selvi. Cortege leaves Mahinda Funeral Parlour Mt. Lavinia on Sunday 29th at 3.30 p.m. 

KANESHALINGAM - KANDIAH. Project Director, Care International, Sri Lanka; former Coordinator Forute; (former District Sec. National Co-operative Council). Beloved husband of Balasaraswathy, loving father of Kalaivany (Canada), Ananthakumar (UK), Srivany (UK), dearest brother of Shanmugalingam, Mahendralingam, Muththukumaralingam and Dr (Mrs) Suthiragamany Shanmugarajah, brother-in-law of Jeevagan (UK), Vijayaluxmi Tharmalingam (UK), Jeyaluxmi Kanagaratnam, Rajaluxmi Thevalingam, the late Jegathevan (Canada) and Navukkarasu (Norway), loving father-in-law of Naguleswaran (Canada), Shanthi (UK) and Ilanko (UK), dear grandfather of Niluxan, Indnujan, Jeevakan and Abinaya, passed away on 26-01-2006. Funeral  service will be at Mahinda Funeral Parlour, Mt. Lavinia at 1 p.m. today (29-01-2006) and cremation will be at Kirulapone Crematorium, Poorwarama Mawatha, Kirulapone at 3 p.m. Intimated by: family. 21 3/1, Fredrica Road, Colombo-6. 011-2586388/0777-341998. 

KULASEGARAM - SATHASIVAM (Retd. Teacher - Royal College & Hindu College), passed away in Chennai on 26-01-2006. Beloved husband of Poompavai, loving father of Kalaimamani, Kulabhushany, Kulapoopathy, Kulasegary, Kulanayaki, Kulasunthary & Kulamurugan, father-in-law of  the late Thanjavur Kalyanaraman (Sangeetha Vidvan), Mathivathani, Mahesan, Vivehanandan, Premachandran & Ambiha, much loved grandfather of Shiva Shanker, Shivaganesh, Abirami, Jayanthan, Geethan, RaviRaj, Janani, Gowshikan, Arani & Arabi. Funeral will take place in Chennai on Monday 30th Jan. 2006. Cont: Kalaimamani Bhushany Kalyanaraman, Flat 4F, Samudra, 44 KK Road, Valmiki Nagar, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai. Tel: 00914455299505 Mobile: 00919840305139. K. Kulapoopathy Tel: 2595169 (Sri Lanka). 

PONNAMPALAM - KAMALAMPIKI of Champion Lane, Kokuvil, expired in Canada on 24-01-2006 Tuesday. She was the beloved wife of  the late Arumugam Ponnampalam, loving daughter of  the late Ponniah and Amuthu, loving sister of Soupakiywathi, Varatharasa, Saraswathi and Tharumalingam, cousin of Sivalingam, Ratnasothi, Shunmugarasa, beloved mother of Kamalambiki (Ratha - Canada), Balakumar (Rajan - U.S.A.), Sounthararajan (Raguh - Canada), Nanthakumar (Ravi - Canada), Suseendradevii - (Ranji - Colombo), Arunadevi (Rasini - Canada), Raj Kumar (Raman - U.S.A.), Puvendrakumar (Ruban - U.S.A.), loving mother-in-law of Thananayagam, Pangayaselvi, Subathra, Meenalogeni, Nathan, Ganananthan, Thevarajani, Sapitha, loving grandmother of Gangasuthan, Gayathri, Eesan, Uma, Praveen, Samanthi, Vicknes, Mayuorika, Kapilan, Parvatha, Abarana, Prami. Funeral takes place on 29-01-2006 Sunday at Highland Funeral Home Canada between 10 a.m. - 12 noon. Intimated by: S. Nathan - Colombo TP: 2552830. Canada T.P. 0014164382091. 

WANIGARATNE - SHEILA Beloved wife of Maurice (Hubert), precious mother of Renuke (Dept. of Pensions), Shamil (Italy), mother-in-law of Rangika and Shirani, grandmother of Jude and Shenali, sister of Dougie, Neil, Ossie, Beeta, Annette and Bonnie, expired. Cortege leaves residence at 4.00 p.m. on 30th January for burial at St Mary's Church Burial Ground. 114, Welivita, Kaduwela.

DE SILVA - CHANDRA nee SAMARASINGHE (Senior Nursing Consultant, Open University). Beloved wife of P.L.N. de Silva (former Chairman, Ayurvedic Drugs Corporation), mother of Mihiri and Sanja, mother-in-law of Ranjith, loving grandmother of Methma, sister of Nissanka and the late Nanda, expired. Cortege leaves residence at 4 p.m. on Monday 30th for cremation at Borella, Kanatte 5 p.m. 622/5A, Bangala Junction, Kotte Road, Kotte.

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