Obituaries

The Tiara Management Council regrets the passing of Mr Marc Phillippe Le Vasan (53) of a heart attack on December 12th, 2006. Mr Le Vasan, whose wife and 2 children live in UK, lived in Tiara for 2 years.

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Our condolences too go to Ms. Renugathevi d/o Velayutham on the death of her grandmother, Mrs. Nagarathnam (93), of old age, on December 8th, 2006. Renu, who was profiled in the December 16th issue of Tiara Times, said that all her family members were beside her at her passing and that till the end, she was lucid and reciting powerful Hindu mantras. Mrs Nagarathnam leaves behind her husband of more than 6 decades, aged 91.

Renugathevi added that she regretted her grandmother's passing before the article about her in Tiara Times came out, because "she would have been so proud to read that all the positive points stated in the article about me was due to her, for it was my Granny who instilled all these values in me."

Her grandfather, she stated, would miss his late wife badly,and "so will I ."

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On January 5th, 2006, the last remaining uncle of Goh See Meng (of Q16) passed away, at the age of 85. Datuk Wong Peng Long, one of ten brothers and seven sisters, was a humanitarian involved in many charitable activities. He also had a hand looking after the camps in Johor for Vietnamese refugees fleeing the country by boat more than 3 decade years ago

The last time See Meng saw her uncle was nearly a year ago when she went to pay her Chinese New Year respects to him and aunty Millie Wong. Her uncle leaves behind 2 sons and 2 daughters, one of whom flew in from Arizona on the evening he passed on.