Obituaries - December 11, 2016 at 01:51PM

AKMEEMANA - WIJENDRA SRIYANI - Wife of late Piyadasa, beloved mother of Hemantha, Shiyamale, Thishan & Chaminda, mother-in-law of Minoli, Anura (late), Hemamali and Priyadharshini, grandmother of Anitra, Anneli, Senura, Seniya, Naveen, Ashen, Ranul & Vinuki. Remains lie at A.F. Raymond’s Funeral Parlour. Cortege leaves the Parlour at 3.30 p.m. on Monday 12th December for cremation at General Cemetery, Borella at 4 p.m. 173982

ARYASINHA - DULCIE - (Retired Teacher, Clifton Balika Vidyalaya). Beloved wife of late S.D. Lionel (Meteorological Dept), loving mother of Ravinatha (Ambassador - Geneva) and Saumya (HNB), mother-in-law of Nirmala, sister of Dr. Kingsley Ranasinha and late Dr. Hilda Jayawardene, sister-in-law of Surangani and late Dr. Cleobis, grandmother of Rahul, Kithmina (IPS), Abishek and Aarthi, grandmother-in-law of Nisha, great grandmother of Haridra and Yadav. Cortege leaves residence at 3.45 p.m. on Wednesday, 14th December for cremation at the Geneal Cemetery, Kanatte, Borella at 5 p.m. No flowers by request. 49, 1st Cross street, Pagoda Road, Nugegoda. 173983

JOSEPH - MARY NESAM - Beloved wife of the late C.M. Joseph, loving sister of Joe Edward, Christabell Emmanual and Ranjan Edward, loving mother of Bernadette, Bernard, Benedicta, Bede and Benita, mother-in-law of Pathinather, Vanathi, Deni Jenniffer and Michael, passed away peacefully on the 8th of December 2016 in Toronto, Canada. Contact: Bernadette Pathinather on 905 794 4739 and/or Bernard Joseph at 416 727 5904. 173840

PIERES - MRS XENIA - Dearly beloved wife of late Leslie, precious mother of Lester, Charmaine, Jennifer and Christopher, expired. Remains lie at Jayaratne Funeral Parlour, Borella on 11th and 12th December 2016. Cortege leaves at 4.00 p.m. for burial at General Cemetery Kanatte (RC) Section on 12th December at 4.30 p.m. 173955

SILVA - GRACE - Beloved wife of late George Silva, loving mother and mother-in-law of Nihal and Yasmin, Nilani and Jayantha, Nirupa and Prasanna, Rohan and Luanna, Roshan and Shiromi, precious grandmother of Nishi and Asitha, Nadi and Gayan, Manuja, Manisha, Shanika, Nashali, Ashenka, Shoshanna, Ashera and Elisha, beloved great grandmother of Aanya and JJ. A private funeral was held on Sunday 11th December. 173978

SRISKANDARAJAH - SASHIKALA. Safe in the arms of Jesus on the 10th of December, 2016. Loving wife of Rev. Sriskandarajah, loving mother of John Sailesh, Aaron Kane and Timothy Dwain, daughter of late Gnana Subramaniam and Vasanthradevi, sister of Mahaluxmi, Suthamathy, Vatsala Sharmila Geetha and Muruguvel, daughter-in-law of late Sinnathurai Kandasamy and Winy Freeda, sister-in-law of Chandrakumar, late Sritharan, Benedict, Jebamohan, Sripathmarajah, Sripriyarajah and Sanjeewan, Hasanthi, Thushari, Ajantha and Shamini Jeyakumari, aunty of Shamini, Jeba Keshini, Ashvini, Kishani, Gration, Elakiyan, Caviyan, Athiyan, Jehan Rahul and Dilakshan Rehan, mother-in-law of Satheesan Nadarajah and grandmother of Siddarth Abimayu. Her remains will lie at A.F. Raymond, Borella on the 11th December 2016 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and thereafter will be brought to the Colombo Gospel Tabernacle, No. 80, Manning Place, Colombo 6, on the 12th of December 2016 at 9 a.m. Farewell Service at 3 p.m. Cortege leaves Church for burial at Galkissa Cemetery.173981