Nicely said, FN. I played many a bridge rubber with Olfie, a gentleman who enjoyed the game with a wry sense of humour. A very polished man who shared much wisdom as he chatted about village affairs and life in general.
He was the last of that generation of Bridge players. RIP Olfie. Sent from Outlook Mobile On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 9:21 AM -0800, "Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا " <[email protected]> wrote: Sorry to inform you all about the death of Uncle Olfie D'Mello, Gerard and Sheela's dad (father in law of Stephen Vaz). He passed away early Tuesday local time. The funeral is on Thursday, I was told. Sorry to have missed out on other names of the family, but will update you on that once it's in the newspapers. U. Olfie was a nice gent, a kindly grandfather figure, whom I long knew in the village. Our paths crossed since at least the early 1980s, when I guess he must have retired back to Saligao. I gather (though might be wrong on details) that he was the Post-Master General of Maharashtra at Bombay, which was a very senior post. Maybe someone in the family could give us more details. Till a few weeks back, I would run into him at the occasional function I attended, and he invariably wore a smile and offered a good word. His memory was sharp. He lived a full life, going at the ripe old age of 95! What more could one ask for! But there's another memory too. If not mistaken, U. Olfie was one of the few elders in the cast of the Agatha Christie English-language play (*Murder Is Easy*) put up by Angelo Faria, Patsy Saldanha, my brother Ricky and others youth, staged both at Saligao and Mapusa in the early 1980s. (I cut out page after page of stencils to be cyclostyled for them, which is how my typing speed improved to be better than that of most professional typists! Even today....) Would often run into him in the Saligao Institute, when the elders would allow us schoolboys to join them on the Bridge table only very occasionally, when they had a partner short. (Of course, we lacked any technique and only knew the rudiments besides making foolishly bold and undeliverable bids, so their 'discrimination' was not based on age but on merit!) A good, soft-spoken and kind man of few words but many good intentions, he will be remembered with happy memories. Frederick Noronha. -- -- Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe email [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe email [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
