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ROYAL PRIMARY SCHOOL 1953-58 & ROYAL COLLEGE 1959-66 |
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IN MEMORIAM They have moved on, and, we will surely follow! |
1960l Call |
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R J de Silva 2. Thusitha Cooray (RPS) 3. Mahinda Jayasinghe (RPS) 4. Punyasiri Kiriella (RPS) 5. Wilhelm Koch - Wilhem early 80s soon after a good promotion in the pharmaceuticals sales field - caught under the boat which capsized during a casual boat ride during the course of his training in Brisbane, Australia 6. Mohamed Jezli Hussain (RPS Class of 1953) - died in Sri Lanka 7. S Selliah
8. Mohamed Nizam Jaimon - Athlete (relay) and formidable wing three quarter at Rugby Football. Major in the Sri Lanka Army. Was afflicted with Parkinson's disease and died in Sri Lanka
9. Rohan M Perera - Was employed at the French Embassy in Colombo as the Press Officer. Died in Sri Lanka. Died of Cancer in 1999. Was the inaugural President of the '59 Group for several years during which he rallied round the old chas to come together and initiate the coveted Library Project for the school which is still on-going successfully.
10. R S Ramlal Gunewardene - Athlete and Rugby Football player. Was attached to the Sri Lanka CID and assigned to the Human Rights Commission on Bosnia-Hercegovina at the Hague. Died in Switzerland in 1999 after a bout of Malarial fever on his return to his work station from Sri Lanka after a short holiday at Yala. 11. Radhan Rajaratnam - Passed away in 1999 having suffered poisoning. 12. D Mahinda Jayasinghe - Passed away in 1999 after a bout of Cirrhosis of the Liver 13. Naween Rajapakse - Passed away in December 2000. Naveen (Kunni, affectionately to all of us) was a most friendly , relaxed guy. Fne baila singer with a long list of them which had got indelibly committed to a clear memory. He and Panna Gooneratne would stand at a piano or with a band and go on for hours. Naveen, who was trained in accountancy at Cecil Arsecularatne & Coy, and qualified as a Chartered Acountant, started his working life as Finance Manager at Pegassus Reef hotel. He quickly matured into hotel directorships with Mercantile Investments, and was responsible for the building and running of its many hotels. He was working on the sixth one when he was sadly grabbed from us. The first and most well-known hotel of his, at which he arranged for his batchmates of the 59 group to meet for a weekend in mid 1998, was Tangerine in Kalutara. Naveen was a very vocal figure at the Roy-Thos of the sixties. Indefatigably on his feet with a blue & gold wrapped round his meagre frame. Cheering and generally batting until he was hoarse and dumb. But next day, he was fresh as a daisy for day two. A glutton for delightful punishment if ever there was one. After lectures at the accountancy institute, he would waste no time in getting home, and completing what study-related tasks he had. One day I delayed him by tempting him for a cup of tea at the cafe there. He wasn't a happy boy: "fanatic, maniac,.." were some of the words I copped.
My wife and I were on the second day of our honeymoon at Pegasus Reef. The phone rings - too early in the a.m. ! Kawda? Kunni. We are invited to the executive suite for brekkie. And I was surprised as I hadn't known Kunni was there, let alone having informed him. He had spied the old name from the daily guest list and taken the initiative. A few nights later he was at the Home Coming and never left the side of the pianist until the wee hours.
His great love in recent years was tutoring his daughter in the same line as he followed - accounts. His dear wife Ayanthi and the girl live down Frankfurt Place, Wellawatte, where another very fond and active 59ner lives - Nihal Canagasabey, with wife Therese and their two boys. Skandakumar has also moved into the same street in recent times.
Very sadly surgical misadventure during a silly bile duct operation left him bleeding and thus caused the loss of an enormously promising and productive life. It was not cirrhosis as many surmised because Naveen was given to having a good time at gatherings, and that with or without the stuff that cheers. 14. Aubrey Norman Willis - (RPS Class of '53) Was with the Class of 1953-58 at RPS. Passed away in UK on May 7 2002. Obituary appeared in Sunday Observer of May 19 2002 as follows:- WILLIS AUBREY NORMAN Dearly beloved husband of Joyce (UK), much loved father of Sharon and Mervyn (UK), loving son of late Sydney and Iris Willis, caring brother of late Tyrone and of Darrel, June, Russel, Orvyl, Arlene and Tyrell (All of UK), passed away in London on 7th May, 2002. Funeral will take place on Tuesday 21st May at Beckenhan Cemetery, South London. 3A, Sherborne Road, Sutton, London, SM 3 9QA (London papers please copy). 15. CJL Wijeratne 16. HASSW Bamunawela: 2002, Passed away in Sri Lanka after a long illness caused by a brain tumor. 17. Iqbal Najumudeen
– 2004 Passed away in
Sri Lanka 18. Jeeva Satchithananthan - 2005, Passed away after a long illness 19. P Chandrakanthan. 2005, Passed away in Canada 20. Sarath Ambepitiya - 2005, Assasinated by gangsters in Colombo when dealing with a massive drugs case as Justice 21. Rama Sellamuttu - 2008. Passed
away in Sydney Australia - June 2008 after a prolonged
illness for almost 10 years. 22. Priyanath Dias – 2009 Dec –
Passed away in his sleep at his home in Panadura after having enjoyed
a great hopper dinner with his family the previous
night. 23. S. L. Gunasekera – Jan 14 2010 –
Passed away in Colombo, Sri Lanka 24. Sunil Abeysundera – Apr 12 2010 –
Passed away in the UK From:
sue To:
4s7cf@sltnet.lk Sent:
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 12:34 AM Subject:
Demise of Bill I wish
to inform you with a sense of sadness of the demise
of my husband Dr. Bill Benson [Sunil Abeysundera]. He passed away
recently( 12 th April) and was cremated
at a private ceremony according to his wishes. Prior to
his passing he provided me with a list of those he
wished me to inform via email. If you
know of any others who may wish to know of Bill's
passing please inform them. Some of
you may have known him as "NibiruET"
on the Internet forums he participated in. If so
kindly notify the membership, particularly the
"PCLOS Backroom Forum" members. Sincerely Sue
Benson 25. Robert Shanthikumar Daniel – Sep 7 2010 –
Passed away in Melbourne, Australia obit: DANIEL - ROBERT
SHANTIKUMAR Passed
away peacefully on Tuesday Seventh September 2010
surrounded by his loving family in Melbourne,
Australia. Beloved husband of Beatrice Ranji Daniel,
cherished and adored father of Sharon and Anne,
father-in-law to Wilhelm and Richard and loving
grandfather to Michael, Kayne
and Ave. Viewing Service will be held on Thursday
9th September, 7.00 p.m. at John Allison Monk House,
Melbourne, Australia. Funeral Service will be held
on Friday 10th September, 2.00 p.m. at All Saints
Anglican Church, Melbourne Australia. Telephone:
0061-3-88027765.
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