We have a cache of fond memories of you as well, dear Eric, years spent together building up the Goan Association of New York, that we were involved in founding, and also years spent in building up Xavierites in North America, which we also helped to found. The soft strains of Chopin melodies that will now occasionally fill my house will come no longer from Lea's hands, but from our daughter Eva's. Much love, Victor
________________________________ From: eric pinto <ericpin...@yahoo.com> To: GOA2 <goa...@goanet.org> Sent: Saturday, September 3, 2011 9:03 AM Subject: [Goanet] Lea Rangel Ribeiro. We extend our sympathies to Victor. Lea was indeed a gentle person. I have witnessed the slow demise of the small community of portuguese speaking Goans of Bombay over the decades, an asset as I saw it. They came largely from a small base in Goa: Assagao and Porvorim, Saligaoand Porvorim, Benaulim, Carona and Curtorim come to mind. The large families of the old gentry were willing to spare a few sons to the 'inglese' world that was gently disdained. They flourished out of nice homes in the old haunts I cherish and miss, from far away. It has been a slow farewell to Mount and Nesbit, Club Back and Claire, Apollo and Napier, Laburnum and Wodehouse, where you could count on picking up the soft strain of a Chopin melody on a sunday morning. Farewell to Lea, also, and thanks for the memories. eric.
