Sad to note about U. Olfie's passing. As close neighbors, have known them since college days when they used to come on holidays. True gentleman! May he RIP.
Sent from my iPad > On Feb 2, 2016, at 11:45 PM, 'Patricia Nazareth' via Saligao-Net > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ohhhh! This is really sad news. One more very nice person permanently gone > from our lovely landscape. > > But it is true that the memories of those we love really do live on forever! > Some great memories there, Rico!! I also recall U. Olfie being one of my > biggest fans of my 'Fiddler on the Roof' act. He would always come by to tell > me how much he enjoyed it. On one occasion, at LCHS, I recall having gone > blank and don't recall what I said, but U. Olfie told me I improvised very > well. I think fear could make you do that, sometimes! Also, I think I may > have even borrowed his golf cap for the act, on one occasion!! > > What a lovely person! Our most heartfelt condolences go out to his entire > family. You will be greatly missed, U. Olfie! > > Patsy and Fred > > 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. -- -- 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.
