ABEYASINGHE HARISCHANDRA NOEL (NJP)  Beloved husband of Rohini, loving father of Manisha, brother of Florence, late Brenda, Mervyn and Colin, passed away peacefully. Cortege will leave Jayaratne Funeral Parlour on Saturday 1st at 9.30 a.m. for cremation at the Kanatte Crematorium at 10 a.m.

BIYANWILA - JOSLIN The death is announced of Mrs. Joslin Biyanwila, beloved wife of D.G. Biyanwila (deceased) mother & mother-in-law of Thomsan (deceased) & Rani, Beatrice & Godwin, Sister Leonilda, Carmel Convent, Borella, Jacintha (Polwaththa Maha Vidyalaya) & Ranjith Fonseka, Lusida & Ranjith Fernando, grandmother of Chanaka, Avanthi, Prageeth, Dinari, Dinesh, Chinthaka, Thiraj & Praboth. The burial will take place at St. Francis Desale Church, Dalugama, Burial Ground at 3.00 p.m. on 1st of September. No. 372, Kandy Road, Mahara, Kadawatha.

DE SILVA - MRS. E.A.C. Beloved wife of late H.S. de Silva, loving mother of Chandrika, Sena, Grace, Douglas (deceased), Dayaratne, Kalpa, Neil, Lalitha, Sujatha & Ranjith, loving mother-in-law of Granville, Lorna, Padmalal, Jayanthi, Renu, Sumathi, Haffeela, Udaya, Rohan & Swarna, loving grandmother of Lahiru, Rachel, Dinusha, Laalitha, Yasodha, Nirodha, Rochini, Charith, Subodha, Sharlin, Suchitra Sujani, Madusanka, Shashini & Lakkhana, loving great-grandmother of Garrett & Tiana, expired. Cremation will take place on Saturday, 1st September at 5.30 p.m. at the General Cemetery, Borella, Buddhist Section.

DIAS - RODNEY Beloved son of late Rienzie and late Rene, brother of late Neville, Trevor (Germany) and Sabrina (Cindy). Cortege leaves Jayaratne Funeral Parlour at 10.30 am on 1st Sept. for burial at General Cemetery Borella R.C. Section.

FERNANDO - BERNARD (Retired Teacher). Beloved husband of Monica (nee Perera), loving father of Chryshanthie, Priyanthi (The Finance - Negombo), father-in-law of Neil (CDB - Negombo), Karunathilaka (The Finance), loving grand father of Kavinda, Kanishka & Melisha, son-in-law of Mary Elizabeth, brother of late - Antony & Godfrey, Joseph, Peter, Boniface & Antoinette, brother in law of Rita, Concy Rev. Sister Anne PH, Bridget, Antony, Kingsley & Richard, expired. Burial Saturday 1st September 3.00 p.m. at General Cemetery Negombo. Cortege leaves residence 14, De Silva Mawatha, Negombo.

FERNANDO HERBY - Safe in the Arms of Jesus. Beloved husband of Somila, son of late Mr and Mrs W.H.O. Fernando and of Cilnet, loving father of Heshantha, Shanika (Seylan Bank) and Surangi (Reckitt Benckiser), father-in-law of Sanjika, seeya of Heshmanthi, brother of Ruzzita, Herly, Hercil and of late Ruzzini. Funeral on Sunday 2nd September. Cortege leaves residence 122, De Soysa Rd, Rawatawatte, Moratuwa at 3.30 p.m. for Service at Holy Emmanuel Church,, Rawatawatte, Moratuwa and Burial thereafter.

FROUSE SAHEED  - Husband of Zeeniya, son of late Ahamed and Fatheela Saheed, brother of late Fauz and Kaizer, father of Bathul and Shameema, father-in-law of Reza and Shaheen, grandfather of  Raqib, Asma and Suhaila, brother-in-law of Rehana, Shanaz, Hyder and Ibthizam. Died and buried on August 31, 2007 at Dehiwela Jumma Mosque Burial Ground.

JAYASEKERA - NOEL  (retired Teacher St Aloysius College - Galle  and Prince of Wales College - Moratuwa). Beloved husband of late Mary Philomina, loving father of Susith (Waste Management Authority, W.P.) father-in-law of Ipsitha (Sri Lanka Standards Institution), grandfather of Suchintha and Ruchindra (St Sebastian's College), brother of late Victor, Stanley late Lesly, Irine and Basil brother-in-law of late Joseph, late Theresa, Francis, expired. Cortege leaves residence for Burial at St Mary's Church Katukurunda, Moratuwa on 1st September 2007 at 4.00 p.m. 66/1, Katukurunda, Moratuwa.

JONES - STANLEY HUGH  was called to eternal rest peacefully in God's care on Thursday, 30 August 2007, in Australia, dearly beloved husband of the late Daisy Therese Jones (nee Edmonds), loving father of Clifford, Jeanne, Bryan, Sheila, Fatima, Arlene, Terrence, Elmo and Rienzie, father-in-law of Marie Jones, Percy Perera, Una Jones, Travis Jansz, Bryan Christoffelsz, Srinath Jayawardena, Hazel Jones and Aurelia Jones, grandfather of Marian Jayalath, Philip Perera, Shane Herft, Andre Christoffelsz, Damian Jones, Natalie Jones - Jayasinghe, Nathan and Bianca Jayawardena, Emma Gallus-Jones, Sabrina Jansz, Jacqueline and Sarah Jones.

PERERA - ANNE  Dearly beloved wife of late Hector S.A. Perera (Crown Proctor & J.P.U.M.) loving mother of Sharma, Hector (Jnr), late Shireen and of Shamista, mother-in-law of Rohan Cooray (Attorney-at-Law, Kalutara) and Tamara, darling Archchi of Shenuka & Shanil Perera and Shehan Fernando, daughter of late Mr & Mrs L. Solomon Fernando of Katana, sister of late Inez and of Joseph. Cortege leaves residence "Florinden", Kuliyapitiya on Saturday the 1st of September at 10 a.m. for burial at the General Cemetery, Kuliyapitiya.

PERERA - REGINOLD (formally of Richard Peries Company Limited). Beloved brother of late Agnes, Annie, late Herman, Mervin, Wimala, Chandra and Chithra, brother-in-law of late Meithrinanda, Rani, Hema, Sena, late Jayathilake and Nanda, expired. Funeral will take place on the 1st of September 2007 at the General Crematory, Gampola at 4 pm. No.23, Nuwara Eliya Road, Parakeda.

PROFESSOR JAYASEKERA - U.D. Formerly at University of Colombo and Peradeniya (Faculty of Education). Beloved husband of late Eva, loving father of Kithsiri, Jayantha (Chief Engineer, Therika Shipping Corp. HK), Ajith (Manager, Sampath Bank), Dr. Prasanna (General Hospital, Matara) & Chandana (Australia), father-in-law of Menik, Namal, Umangi, Seya and Champika, expired. Remains lie at Jayaratne Funeral Parlour, Borella. Cortege leaves at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday 01st September for Cremation at 3.00 p.m. at Borella Kanatte.

RAJAH - V.R. (Retd. Chief Clerk, Verellapatna) (Ledgerwatte Estate). Beloved husband of late Meenambal, loving father of Rajan (Central Finance, Badulla), Renuka, Manjula, Kohila (UK), Krishanthi, father-in-law of Yoga (Fashion Scale - Badulla), Pragash (Wattala), Sasi (UK) and Suba, loving grandfather of Thoushini, Krithish, Branith, Susan, Nimasha, Mothesh, expired. Cortege leaves residence 40A, Kalugalpitiya, Badulla at 10 a.m. on Sunday 02.09.2007 for Cremation at Badulla Cemetery. 94-55-2229846.

RAJARATNAM - RAYMOND BALASINGHAM   - Son of late Mr & Mrs Rajaratnam, beloved husband of Jemima Shanthini Rajaratnam, loving father of Navean Emmanuel Rajaratnam, Praveena Christine Rajaratnam, Varun Aaron Rajaratnam, loving brother of Edward, Ravi, Rani Lazarus, Leela Ramiah, Selvi, Abraham, Nalini Therakirubai, brother-in-law of late Marcus Lazarus, V.A. Ramiah (Wattala), S.T. Abraham, Therakirubai and B.J. Chelliah entered Rest on Aug. 29, 2007. Funeral will be held at Mahinda Florists, Wattala at 1.45 p.m. on Sept. 1. 54/48A, Church Road, Wattala.

RANADEERA - RANJANI SILVA (Retired Teacher, Sri Jayawardhanapura Balika Vidyalaya, Kotte). Beloved wife of Basil (Aiyar & Company, formerly Accountant BMC), loving mother of Hasitha (Huegins Group), Chalani, Sasanka (Hilton), mother-in-law of Priyantha (Sunbeam Clothing, Gampola), Roshini (De Soysa & Company), Anoja (Aitken Spence). Cortege leaves 224/2, Thalawathugoda Road, Mirihana, Pitakotte on 2nd Sept. at 2.15 p.m. for Cremation at 3.00 p.m. General Cemetery, Nawala.

SERESINHE - NOELINE At rest with Jesus. Beloved wife of late Duncan loving father of late Shankilal & of Thakshala, Sampath & Lasinee, Manjula & Ranjith Ranasinghe, Niranjan & Chandra, Nirmala & Palitha Welikala, darling achchi of Shalini, Deshika, Avantha, Nishantha, Dilshan, Rasika, Roshindra, Shashindra & Ruvini. Cortege leaves residence 25/8, Bogahahena Road, Battaramulla at 3.30 p.m. on 2nd September for burial at St. Matthew's Church Cemetery, Battaramulla.

SIVAPURATHTHARASAN (ARASAN) Retired Senior Deputy Post Master General, passed away on Tuesday August 28th, 2007 in Melbourne. Son of the late Mr & Mrs R.V. Arumugam of Manipay, son-in-law of the late Mr & Mrs K. Rajaratnam of Araly North, beloved husband of Rajeswary, father of Citharanjan (Melbourne) and Sumetha (New Jersey), father-in-law of Chithra and Sivakumar, grandfather of Brindhan, Byron, Cynthia and Gopi, brother of Sivamangayarkarasi, Sivaveerasingham, Dr. Ramanathan, Valemurugan, Sivadevy and Dr. Sridevy (Sydney), brother-in-law of Pathmanthan, Kandasamy (UK), Nageswary, Naguleswary and Sabanathan; Navaratnam, Leela, Parameswary, Thiagarajah and Dr. Sriskandarajah (Sydney). Cremation will take place on Monday, September 3rd in Melbourne. S. Citharanjan, No.4, Barnsley Place, Endeavour Hills, Melbourne, VIC 3802, Australia. Tel: 0061-3-97003618. Informant: Dr. Ramanathan.

VISWALINGAM (Proprietor of the then M.R. Transport Service of Udapussellawa). Beloved son of the late Mr & Mrs M. Ramalingam, beloved husband of Annette, beloved father of Sabitha, Raymond Suresh, Suganthy & Sanjay, beloved father-in-law of Anton Arthur, Vasantini & Rafeek, beloved brother of R.M. Namasivayam, R.M. Sounderarajan, Thavamoney Ramanathan, Dhanaluckshimi Mahalingam, Thilathambal Ponniah, late Kamalam Rengasamy, late Manonmoney Renganathan and Mangalam Thiyagarajah, expired. Cortege leaves residence at No. 41/2B, Ratwatte Mawatha, Badulla on Saturday 1st August - 2007 at 3.30 p.m. for Burial at the General Cemetery Badulla (Roman Catholic Section).

COORAY - FELICITY (GIRLIE) (nee De MEL)   Beloved wife of the late Clarence Cooray (Retd. Asst. Signals Officer - Dept. of Civil Aviation), loving mother of Sharma, Chrysantha (Nawaloka Industries), Sobana (formerly Commercial Bank), mother-in-law of Fanita, Princeton (Wood Crafts Lanka), sister of Ninette and of the late Ashley and Adolph, grandmother of Fionie, Cosima, Natasha, Praharsha. Cortege leaves A.F. Raymonds Funeral Parlour at 3.30 p.m. on Saturday 1st September. Burial at General Cemetery, Kanatte (Christian Section).

SAMARADIWAKARA - HILTON (Project Manager, Modern Interiors Pvt. Ltd.). Eldest son of late Mr & Mrs D.D.P. Samaradiwakara (Dehiwala), beloved brother of Chandra, Ananda, Tissa, Padmini, Indrani, Mahinda, Sunethra and Manel, brother-in-law of Herman, Chandra, Sita, Tudor, Kumari, late Ranaweera and Nimal, expired. Remains lie at Jayaratne Funeral Parlour, Borella. Cremation at 3 p.m. Sunday 2nd September at Borella Kanatte.