REV. FR. MERRIL WIJESINGHE - Parish Priest of Kalutara Holy Cross Church was called to Eternal Rest in the Lord. His mortal remains lie at Holy Cross Church, Kalutara from 9.00 p.m. (26th Sunday) to 9.00 a.m. (28th Tuesday), and thereafter will be transferred to Church of Our Saviour (R.C. Church), Makewita for the Requiem Mass, presided over by His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, on Wednesday 29th June at 3.00 p.m. followed by interment.        187270 

ANTHONIPILLAI - Mrs ANNAPILLAI - (Retd. Teacher, Ilavalai Convent), was called to Eternal Rest in the Lord on 26.06.2011. Beloved wife of late Mr A. Anthonipillai (Retd. Teacher, St. Henrey’s College), loving mother of Philomina Thiagarajah, Maria (London), late A.G. Emmanuel (Graduate Student of Peradeniya University), John Edward (UK), Dr Lurthu, Dr Mrs Gnanamalar Sivagnanam, Dr Jeyrad Charles (Australia), mother-in-law of Thiagarajah, Vasantha, Dr Sivagnanam & Janaki, grandmother of Branavan, Steven Caroline, Duwarakan, Madula, Johana & Susana. Remains lie at the Borella Jayaratne Funeral Parlour from today & Funeral Service will be held on 30.06.2011, 2 p.m. onwards & burial at General Cemetery Borella (Roman Catholic Section).            188655 

CASPERSZ (nee ARNOLDA) - MARY CLARE - Director, Claremont Hotel School (retired), passed away peacefully Sunday 26 June 2011. Beloved wife of the late Col. F.J.G. Caspersz (Joe), loving mother of Garin (UK), Dwight and Trevor (Aust), Lester & Hans (Aust), mother-in-law of Cathy, Teeny, Rosemarie, Prithi and Melinda, sister of the late Pat, Madge, the late Bucky, Earl, the late Anto, Maureen (Aust), and the late Neville, sister-in-law of Eustace (UK), the late Girlie, the late Praxcede, the late Marcelle, the late Shelton, the late Col Babee, Maureen, George (Aust), loving grandmother of Daniel, Benjamin, Johann, Craig, Jaimie, Stefan, Alain, Shanalie & Carly, great grandmother of Jordan & Reuel. Funeral - Wednesday 29th June 2011 - 8.30 a.m. at No.93B, Rampart Road, Ethul Kotte. Cortege leaves at 4.30 p.m. for General Cemetery, Borella (Roman Catholic Section). Past students of the Claremont Hotel School, please assemble at the Roman Catholic entrance by 5.00 p.m.       187889 

FERNANDO - DOREEN (nee LA-FABER) Dearly beloved wife of late Sam, sister and in-law of Sheila and late Kenneth Gauder of Melbourne, Gwen and Christopher (Christo) de Silva formerly of Kiribathgoda now at Brisbane, passed away peacefully on the 24th of June. Funeral service and cremation at the Brisbane Crematorium on the 29th of June Wednesday. Condolences to: Gwen - 00617 547 1131 E-mail: [email protected].       187370 

FERNANDO - MARY (GIRLIE). At rest with Jesus. Formerly at Dictionary Office. Beloved wife of late Cecil S.M. Fernando, everloving mother of late Sisirakantha and of Sumudini, Sisirani, Malika & Ipsitha, mother-in-law of Rev. Daya, Carmaline, Elroy, Sriya & Susitha, sister of late Henrietta, Anton, Doreen & Leo. Cortege leaves residence at 3.00 p.m. Service at Methodist Church, Suduwella and thereafter burial at Moratumulla Methodist Church Cemetery on 30th June, 2011. No. 19B, Sagara Lane 5, Uyana, Moratuwa.     188052 

GUNADASA - W.H. Retired Sri Lanka Navy Officer and beloved husband of Ms. Ramya Siriwardana, father of Haritha Madawa Hewage, Chalani Siriwardena (ITN), passed away. Cremation will be held on 30th June (Thursday) at Kalapaluwawa General Cemetery. No. 580/1, Halgahadeniya Road, Kalapaluwawa, Rajagiriya.           188252 

GUNASEKERA - H.A.S. NISSANKA (Retired Irrigation Engineer). Beloved husband of Greta Gunasekera (Ex Collettes), loving father of Dr Kamani (Sri J’pura Medical Faculty), Dinesh (Janashakthi Insurance), father-in-law of Nilanga (Business Solutions Systems) & loving grandfather of Trevin, son of late Mr & Mrs Baron Gunasekera of Bomiriya, brother of Parakrama, Dr Kamal, Padma, Nihal & Hemali, brother-in-law of Mallika, Swarna, Chithra, Rani, Siriba Weerakkody, late Ridley, late Doreen, late Edna, Yvomi, Swarna and late Irvin Jayasinghe. Cortege leaves residence on Thursday 30th June at 4.00 p.m. Cremation at Borella Cemetery at 5.00 p.m. 34, Asoka Mawatha, Jayanthipura, Battaramulla. [email protected]           188735 

Lion Lady RANEE PERERA (Past Lion Lady President of Lions Club of Kandy), expired. Beloved wife of Lion Lloyd Perera (Past President of Lions Club of Kandy and Past Multiple Council Chairman of Multiple District 305). Cortege leaves residence No. 330/24, Lake Drive, Gorakana, Panadura at 4.00 p.m. Wednesday 29th June for Cremation at Minuwanpitiya Cemetery. All Lions and Lion Ladies please be present. The President and the Lions and Lion Ladies of Lions Club of Kandy.           188130 

PERERA - MILLIE (MAUREEN), (nee DISSANAYAKE). Beloved wife of late Dudley, precious mother of Udeni Liyanage (USA) and Philomina Scharenguivel, mother-in-law of Upali Liyanage (USA) and Ainsley Scharenguivel (JNR), grandmother of Kyle Liyanage (USA) and Joshua Scharenguivel. Cortege leaves A.F. Raymond’s Funeral Parlour at 1.30 p.m. on Thursday 30th June. Interment at Peterson Lane, Wellawatte. 83, Pepiliyana Road, Nugegoda.        187732 

PERERA - RANEE (nee DE FONSEKA) Dearly beloved wife of Lloyd (L.R.L.), precious mother of Niranjali & Dharshini, loving mother-in-law of Dasarath Jayasuriya & Clarence Perera, darling grand mother of Vidura & Sachithra, loving sister of Padma, Seeli, late Raja, Samitha, late Jayantha, Mangalika & Agrabodhi. Cortege leaves residence at 4.00 p.m. Wednesday 29th June for cremation at Minuwanpitiya Cemetery. 330/24, Lake Drive Gorakana, Panadura.          187887 

RASANAYAKY NADESALINGAM (Mrs) - Relict of late R Nadesalingam (Engineer, Irrigation Department), daughter of late Mr & Mrs Kandasamy of Puloly East Point Pedro, daughter-in-law of late Mr & Mrs Ramalingam of Alvai, loving mother of Bhavani Shankar (Manager, Equipment and Sales Administration, Ole Marketing Pvt. Ltd), Lakshmi Prabha (formerly AGM, Credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka), mother-in-law of Tharmini (Teacher, St. Anne’s Wattala), Rajkumar (AGM, National Water Supply & Drainage Board), sister of Ratnasabapathy (Retd. Commissioner General of Inland Revenue), late Kanagasabapathy (Retd. Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Sri Lanka), late Nadanasapathy (Engineer, Sri Lanka Telecom), Ananadasapathy (Retd. Tax Officer, Coopers and Lybrand), Parvathy (Formerly, Ceylon Tobacco Company), grandmother of Gogul, Subakah, Shvani and Satyagit. The cortege leaves Jayaratne Funeral Parlour at 5.30 p.m. for Cremation at General Cemetery Kanatte on Wednesday 29th June 2011.     188835 

WITHANAGE SARATH (Banyan Tree Maldives) and 15 B, Fife Road, Colombo 5 - Husband of Priyani (nee Fernando) - formerly of Hunter and Co., son of Mrs Theresa Withanage and late Siriman Withanage, brother of Anula and Neranjala, son-in-law of Anton and Florence Fernando, brother-in-law of Shiranthi pillai, Shyamalee and Roshan Fernando. Remains lie at Barney Raymonds Funeral Parlour. Cremation at 3.00 p.m. Wednesday 29th June at General Cemetery, Borella.        187272