Death of Sithie Tiruchelvam

Mrs. Sithie Subahanya Tiruchelvam, Attorney at Law passed away yesterday. She was 69 years and was a founding partner of Tiruchelvam Associates, the law firm she started with her husband, the late Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam, PC, MP.

Mrs. Tiruchelvam qualified as an attorney in 1968 and was a law graduate of the University of Ceylon. In addition to her legal career, she was a non-executive director of John Keells Holdings and the Galadari Hotel. She also served on the boards of several non-profit organisations, including the Nadesan Centre for Human Rights and South Asians for Human Rights, and was a founding member of Foundations for Peace, based in Northern Ireland, and the Neelan Tiruchelvam Trust.

She is survived by her sons, Nirgunan and Mithran, daughters-in-law and four grandchildren, two sisters, Naima Sidique and Fauzil Sahideen, and a brother, Nadhir Dean. The late Zarook Dean was her brother.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the children's charity of your choice.

The remains will lie at her residence at 48 Rosmead Place, Colombo 7 and the cortege will leave the residence today at 10.30 a.m.

Cremation at 11 a.m. at the General Cemetery, Kanatte.