Death: Elsie Maciel, wife of Goanetter Mervyn Maciel Died last weekend at (April 10, 2020) in Britain at Sutton, in Surrey. She was ailing for awhile. She earlier lived in the the NFD, Kenya, and their life there is featured in the books of her husband. Was wife of Mervyn Maciel (for 68 years), mother of Clyde/Marguerite, Andrew/Pam, Josey, Pollyanna/Geoff. Grandma of Matthew, Elize, Jordan, April, Aliya, Yakira, Thomas & Henry and great-grandmother of Dusharn. She passed away at Crossways Nursing Home, Sutton. Condolences messages may be sent to mervynels.watuwasha...@gmail.com
Mervyn wrote: "Just to let you all know that my darling Els (Elsie) my soulmate of 68 years, left for her Heavenly abode a short while ago. we had to move her to a care home last Mon and since then, I've been on my own. We are all shattered. Keep us in your prayers." See https://www.facebook.com/groups/330935877414030/ * * * * * FITZ de SOUZA, former deputy speaker of the Kenya parliament, b. 1929, died recently. See more about him here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitz_Remedios_Santana_de_Souza Ex-Kenya journalist Cyprian Fernandes has written a nice tribute to him here: https://www.heraldgoa.in/Review/RIP-Dr-Fitzval-de-Souza-/158757 There are a number of ex-Africander Goan links on the Stars Next Door group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/330935877414030/ This is a link to the book Fitz authored: https://www.amazon.com/Forward-Independence-Memoirs-Fitzval-Souza-ebook/dp/B07R6FNYF1 * * * * * DOREEN CORREA, widow of prominent late musician Mickey Correa. 1928-10 April 2020. A loving daughter, sister, wife,mother, aunt, grandmother, great grandmother and friend. * * * * * Covid-19: Glen Pereira found dead in his cabin on board Marella Explorer 2 [via GoanVoice.Org.Uk] 13 Apr: Al Jazeera. With the unprecedented lockdown in place, nearly 40,000 Indian crew members across the world are unable to reach home… "Majority of the cruise lines are ready to charter the Indian crew to India, but the Indian government is not giving them permission to fly due to the lockdown," Dixon Vaz, founder of the Goan Seamen Association of India said. At least two Indian crew members have died on their ships as they awaited evacuation. On April 8, Glen Pereira, a 30-year-old cabin steward on the Marella Explorer 2 cruise ship currently sailing in the Atlantic Ocean, was found dead in his room... Glen was kept in an isolation ward on the ship.... On April 5, 48-year-old Andrew Fernandes, an assistant security officer on cruise liner Costa Favolosa, died of coronavirus in Miami, Florida… The cruise ship has reported 329 coronavirus cases so far... A statement released by Costa Diadema said: "To date, several attempts made with different solutions have not had a positive outcome with the Indian authorities.".... On April 10, Dammu Ravi, an official with India's Ministry of External Affairs, said the return of Indians stranded abroad is "still a work in progress." See http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/printerfile.php?link=2020-04-07 * * * * * Leo Saldanha, a ex-Africander Goan in the UK (Saligao), passed away earlier this month. Relations in Goa cited news reaching here to say he is believed to have succumbed to the Coronavirus. * * * * * -- FN* फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا +91-9822122436 AUDIO: https://archive.org/details/goa1556 <https://archive.org/details/@fredericknoronha> TEXT: http://bit.ly/2SBx41G PIX: http://bit.ly/2Rs1xhl Can't get through on mobile? Please SMS/WhatsApp