CHIN LEE, JEAN passed away peace­ful­ly on Sun­day 11th Feb­ru­ary, 2024. Wife of the late Fe­lix Chin Lee. Moth­er of Alan, Gary and Jen­nifer. Grand­moth­er of Joey, Chris­t­ian, Ben­jamin and Emi­ly. Sis­ter of Phyl­lis, Fred­dy and the late Lan, Aldric and Fatts. Sis­ter in law to the Chin Lee and Siu Butt fam­i­lies.

AZAR, JAMES ES­SA Sep­tem­ber 10th, 1949-Feb­ru­ary 15th, 2024. Passed on peace­ful­ly in Port­land, Ore­gon. Youngest child of the Late Es­sa and Afi­fi Azar. Broth­er of An­gela (Sam De­ceased), Joseph (Maria), Venus (Khalil) Michael (Rosa) and the late Robert. Lov­ing un­cle to his nieces and nephews and sin­cere friend to many.

Her­bert Ma­g­a­l­hães It is with deep sad­ness that we an­nounce the pass­ing of Her­bert “Kipps” Ma­g­a­l­hães, 92, on Jan­u­ary 28, 2024. Kipps was born De­cem­ber 8, 1931 in Princes Town, Trinidad, to the late Joaquim and Mil­dred (née Bap­tiste) Ma­g­a­l­hães. He em­i­grat­ed to Cana­da in 1956 and joined the Roy­al Cana­di­an Air Force. It had been his dream as a child to fly planes. His ser­vice in­clud­ed mem­ber­ship to the 425 All- Weath­er Fight­er Squadron and the 414 Elec­tron­ic War­fare Squadron. His last years in the Force were spent with the Air Force Air Cadets, train­ing the next gen­er­a­tion of pi­lots. Kipps’s re­tire­ment in 1988 per­mit­ted him to spend time on his sec­ond pas­sion, golf. Left to cher­ish his mem­o­ry are his wife of 62 years, Flo­rence; daugh­ter Mona Ma­g­a­l­hães and her hus­band René Fil­ion; grand-daugh­ter Maïa Ma­g­a­l­hães-Fil­ion; sis­ters Ri­ta Stan­ley and Maria Has­matali, and many nieces and nephews. He is pre­de­ceased by broth­ers Joachim, Fran­cis, Tony, Leo and Jose Ma­g­a­l­hães, and sis­ter Mavis Smith.

Richard An­tho­ny Quam­i­na of the Cross­ings Ari­ma and own­er and founder of De Boss ah Soup passed away on 12th Jan­u­ary 2024. He was the son of David and Eliz­a­beth Quam­i­na (both de­ceased), Hus­band of Yuli, Fa­ther of Yesse, Broth­er of Jacque­line, John and Michael, Un­cle of William, Ed­ward, Alexan­der, Josephine, Erin and Lau­ren, Broth­er-in-law of Tri­cia and Richard Ca­ma­cho, Rel­a­tive of Marie, Vic­to­ria, Pat­sy, Bernadette, Mary, George, Arthur, Al­i­son and many oth­ers, and Friend of many.

LEAN­ZA, GLEN passed away peace­ful­ly on Fri­day 29th De­cem­ber, 2023. Son of the late Mer­cedes De Li­ma Thomas and Alvin Thomas. Hus­band of Keila. Fa­ther of Sheena, Mer­cedes(dec), Kyle and Fran­cis­co. Grand­fa­ther of Dane. Broth­er of Al­fie, Gene(dec), Di­ane(dec), Gre­go­ry, Ja­nine, Al­lan and Mark. Friend to many.

Lak­sh­mi Per­saud 1938 - 14 Jan­u­ary 2024. We are deeply sad­dened to ad­vise that our cel­e­brat­ed, pi­o­neer­ing Trinida­di­an Au­thor, Dr Lak­sh­mi Seeter­ram-Per­saud died peace­ful­ly at her home in Lon­don, Eng­land, at the age of 86 years on Jan­u­ary 14, 2024. Lak­sh­mi’s nov­els and lit­er­ary works were per­cep­tive­ly and unique­ly Trinida­di­an and Caribbean as can be read in her nov­els:

SALMA “SAL­LY” MAR­QUEZ (NéE GEORGE), age 97, passed away peace­ful­ly at her home on De­cem­ber 25th 2023. She was the beloved wife of No­ble Mar­quez (de­ceased). Cher­ished moth­er of Theron Mar­quez. Moth­er-in-law of Michelle. Grand­moth­er of No­ble, Han­nah and Ash­ley. Great-grand­moth­er of Hunter. She was the daugh­ter of

RALPH THOMAS CHAN passed away un­ex­pect­ed­ly at Bramp­ton Civic Hos­pi­tal on Sun­day, De­cem­ber 24th, 2023 at the age of 81. Beloved hus­band for 58 years to Maria (Chow). Beloved fa­ther of Richard and his wife Jane Ann, Rus­sell and his wife Jane, and Lianne and her hus­band Kevin. Adored “Pa­pa” of Elise (Chan), Ryan (Chan), Robin (Chan), Ju­lia (O’Neil) and Lau­ren (O’Neil). Sur­vived by his sis­ter Nan­cy Black and pre­de­ceased by his sis­ters Gwen and Glen­da, and broth­ers Ray and Ronald.

WIL­SON; EILEEN BAR­BARA of Di­a­mond Vale, Diego Mar­tin passed away on Feb­ru­ary 5, 2024. She was the daugh­ter of the late Alphon­so Wil­son and Beryl Hinds; sis­ter of Grace Ram­doo and Au­drey Wil­son, and the fol­low­ing who are de­ceased: Mer­le Wil­son, William Wil­son, Yvonne Collins, Hamil­ton Wil­son, Ber­nice Wil­son, Ver­na Loreg­nard and Ray­mond Wil­son. She was the de­vot­ed moth­er of Anselm Prescod (de­ceased), Astrid Prescod, Alan Prescod (Althea), An­dru Prescod (Jea­nine Prime) and Ains­ley Prescod. She was grand­moth­er to Alan Jr., An­nyel­la, Vaughn, Arvin, Gen­e­sis, Anaya and Evan. Great grand­moth­er of Jade Marie, Za­yne, Azu­ra, and Zei­dan, aunt of the Ram­doos, Loreg­nards, Collins and Wilsons and rel­a­tive of the Hinksons, Hen­rys and Humphreys. Eileen Wil­son was born in St James on No­vem­ber 7th, 1930. She was a re­tired teacher and vice-prin­ci­pal of St. Agnes An­gli­can School in St. James, af­ter 36 years of ser­vice. Be­sides teach­ing she loved mak­ing elab­o­rate cakes, gar­den­ing, paint­ing, sewing and bak­ing. She loved in­ter­na­tion­al trav­el and had an un­usu­al ca­pac­i­ty to re­mem­ber de­tails of peo­ple and events from many decades ago. She was the gri­ot of our large, ex­tend­ed fam­i­ly. She was al­so dear­ly loved by many past stu­dents and friends. She be­came a Sev­enth Day Ad­ven­tist on 29th Sep­tem­ber 1995 in Bal­ti­more, MD (USA). She was a long-stand­ing mem­ber of the Diego Mar­tin SDA Adult Church Choir, was the Church Au­di­tor, as­sist­ed in the Health De­part­ment and par­tic­i­pat­ed in many Ad­ven­tist Youth (AY) ac­tiv­i­ties. Her fa­vorite say­ing was “God knows the be­gin­ning and the end and every­thing be­tween.”

WIL­SON: ELVI­RA of Dow Vil­lage, South Oropouche. Passed away on 12th Jan­u­ary 2024, at the age of 81. She will be lov­ing­ly re­mem­bered as the: Wife of the late Harold Robert Wil­son Snr. Moth­er of Ever­ton, Harold Robert Jr., Desri­an, Nan­cy, Lavaughn, An­nique (dec) and Lynette (Step-Daugh­ter) Sis­ter of Hilen Alexan­der. Moth­er-in-law of Berna­dine, Ed­we­na and Christo­pher. Grand­moth­er of Renée, Ever­ton II, Ad­nikos, De­nae, Sier­ra, Javaughn, Jabari, Sama­ra, Zarek, Jack­son and Zaria. Aunt of Es­ther, Arthur and oth­ers.

BOR­DE, MAR­I­ON RU­FI­NA bet­ter known as Mol­ly passed away peace­ful­ly on Fri­day 5th Jan­u­ary, 2024. Wid­ow of De­nis Bor­de. Moth­er of Jeanne Marie Bor­de (Bert Vee­nen­daal) Anne Eu­ge­nie Bor­de-Tal­ma (Bret Tal­ma). Grand­moth­er to Niall (de­ceased), Jes­si­ca Anne and Liam James Tal­ma. Sis­ter of Vil­ma Young (Michael Tra­boulay), and the late Charles and Ever­ard Young. Beloved friend and aunt to many.

AS­SEE, AL­LAN passed away peace­ful­ly on Fri­day 5th Jan­u­ary, 2024. Son of Bar­bara and the late Sieg­mund As­see. Fa­ther of Dane, Joel and Na­keela. Grand­fa­ther of Tkeyah and Mya. Fa­ther in law of Nathaniel Lum Wai. Broth­er of Ak­i­la, Char­maine, Camille, Sean and Si­mone. Un­cle of 5.

AZAR, JAMES ES­SA Sep­tem­ber 10th, 1949-Feb­ru­ary 15th, 2024. Passed on peace­ful­ly in Port­land, Ore­gon. Youngest child of the Late Es­sa and Afi­fi Azar. Broth­er of An­gela (Sam De­ceased), Joseph (Maria), Venus (Khalil) Michael (Rosa) and the late Robert. Lov­ing un­cle to his nieces and nephews and sin­cere friend to many.

Her­bert Ma­g­a­l­hães It is with deep sad­ness that we an­nounce the pass­ing of Her­bert “Kipps” Ma­g­a­l­hães, 92, on Jan­u­ary 28, 2024. Kipps was born De­cem­ber 8, 1931 in Princes Town, Trinidad, to the late Joaquim and Mil­dred (née Bap­tiste) Ma­g­a­l­hães. He em­i­grat­ed to Cana­da in 1956 and joined the Roy­al Cana­di­an Air Force. It had been his dream as a child to fly planes. His ser­vice in­clud­ed mem­ber­ship to the 425 All- Weath­er Fight­er Squadron and the 414 Elec­tron­ic War­fare Squadron. His last years in the Force were spent with the Air Force Air Cadets, train­ing the next gen­er­a­tion of pi­lots. Kipps’s re­tire­ment in 1988 per­mit­ted him to spend time on his sec­ond pas­sion, golf. Left to cher­ish his mem­o­ry are his wife of 62 years, Flo­rence; daugh­ter Mona Ma­g­a­l­hães and her hus­band René Fil­ion; grand-daugh­ter Maïa Ma­g­a­l­hães-Fil­ion; sis­ters Ri­ta Stan­ley and Maria Has­matali, and many nieces and nephews. He is pre­de­ceased by broth­ers Joachim, Fran­cis, Tony, Leo and Jose Ma­g­a­l­hães, and sis­ter Mavis Smith.

Richard An­tho­ny Quam­i­na of the Cross­ings Ari­ma and own­er and founder of De Boss ah Soup passed away on 12th Jan­u­ary 2024. He was the son of David and Eliz­a­beth Quam­i­na (both de­ceased), Hus­band of Yuli, Fa­ther of Yesse, Broth­er of Jacque­line, John and Michael, Un­cle of William, Ed­ward, Alexan­der, Josephine, Erin and Lau­ren, Broth­er-in-law of Tri­cia and Richard Ca­ma­cho, Rel­a­tive of Marie, Vic­to­ria, Pat­sy, Bernadette, Mary, George, Arthur, Al­i­son and many oth­ers, and Friend of many.

LEAN­ZA, GLEN passed away peace­ful­ly on Fri­day 29th De­cem­ber, 2023. Son of the late Mer­cedes De Li­ma Thomas and Alvin Thomas. Hus­band of Keila. Fa­ther of Sheena, Mer­cedes(dec), Kyle and Fran­cis­co. Grand­fa­ther of Dane. Broth­er of Al­fie, Gene(dec), Di­ane(dec), Gre­go­ry, Ja­nine, Al­lan and Mark. Friend to many.

Lak­sh­mi Per­saud 1938 - 14 Jan­u­ary 2024. We are deeply sad­dened to ad­vise that our cel­e­brat­ed, pi­o­neer­ing Trinida­di­an Au­thor, Dr Lak­sh­mi Seeter­ram-Per­saud died peace­ful­ly at her home in Lon­don, Eng­land, at the age of 86 years on Jan­u­ary 14, 2024. Lak­sh­mi’s nov­els and lit­er­ary works were per­cep­tive­ly and unique­ly Trinida­di­an and Caribbean as can be read in her nov­els:

SALMA “SAL­LY” MAR­QUEZ (NéE GEORGE), age 97, passed away peace­ful­ly at her home on De­cem­ber 25th 2023. She was the beloved wife of No­ble Mar­quez (de­ceased). Cher­ished moth­er of Theron Mar­quez. Moth­er-in-law of Michelle. Grand­moth­er of No­ble, Han­nah and Ash­ley. Great-grand­moth­er of Hunter. She was the daugh­ter of

RALPH THOMAS CHAN passed away un­ex­pect­ed­ly at Bramp­ton Civic Hos­pi­tal on Sun­day, De­cem­ber 24th, 2023 at the age of 81. Beloved hus­band for 58 years to Maria (Chow). Beloved fa­ther of Richard and his wife Jane Ann, Rus­sell and his wife Jane, and Lianne and her hus­band Kevin. Adored “Pa­pa” of Elise (Chan), Ryan (Chan), Robin (Chan), Ju­lia (O’Neil) and Lau­ren (O’Neil). Sur­vived by his sis­ter Nan­cy Black and pre­de­ceased by his sis­ters Gwen and Glen­da, and broth­ers Ray and Ronald.

WIL­SON; EILEEN BAR­BARA of Di­a­mond Vale, Diego Mar­tin passed away on Feb­ru­ary 5, 2024. She was the daugh­ter of the late Alphon­so Wil­son and Beryl Hinds; sis­ter of Grace Ram­doo and Au­drey Wil­son, and the fol­low­ing who are de­ceased: Mer­le Wil­son, William Wil­son, Yvonne Collins, Hamil­ton Wil­son, Ber­nice Wil­son, Ver­na Loreg­nard and Ray­mond Wil­son. She was the de­vot­ed moth­er of Anselm Prescod (de­ceased), Astrid Prescod, Alan Prescod (Althea), An­dru Prescod (Jea­nine Prime) and Ains­ley Prescod. She was grand­moth­er to Alan Jr., An­nyel­la, Vaughn, Arvin, Gen­e­sis, Anaya and Evan. Great grand­moth­er of Jade Marie, Za­yne, Azu­ra, and Zei­dan, aunt of the Ram­doos, Loreg­nards, Collins and Wilsons and rel­a­tive of the Hinksons, Hen­rys and Humphreys. Eileen Wil­son was born in St James on No­vem­ber 7th, 1930. She was a re­tired teacher and vice-prin­ci­pal of St. Agnes An­gli­can School in St. James, af­ter 36 years of ser­vice. Be­sides teach­ing she loved mak­ing elab­o­rate cakes, gar­den­ing, paint­ing, sewing and bak­ing. She loved in­ter­na­tion­al trav­el and had an un­usu­al ca­pac­i­ty to re­mem­ber de­tails of peo­ple and events from many decades ago. She was the gri­ot of our large, ex­tend­ed fam­i­ly. She was al­so dear­ly loved by many past stu­dents and friends. She be­came a Sev­enth Day Ad­ven­tist on 29th Sep­tem­ber 1995 in Bal­ti­more, MD (USA). She was a long-stand­ing mem­ber of the Diego Mar­tin SDA Adult Church Choir, was the Church Au­di­tor, as­sist­ed in the Health De­part­ment and par­tic­i­pat­ed in many Ad­ven­tist Youth (AY) ac­tiv­i­ties. Her fa­vorite say­ing was “God knows the be­gin­ning and the end and every­thing be­tween.”

WIL­SON: ELVI­RA of Dow Vil­lage, South Oropouche. Passed away on 12th Jan­u­ary 2024, at the age of 81. She will be lov­ing­ly re­mem­bered as the: Wife of the late Harold Robert Wil­son Snr. Moth­er of Ever­ton, Harold Robert Jr., Desri­an, Nan­cy, Lavaughn, An­nique (dec) and Lynette (Step-Daugh­ter) Sis­ter of Hilen Alexan­der. Moth­er-in-law of Berna­dine, Ed­we­na and Christo­pher. Grand­moth­er of Renée, Ever­ton II, Ad­nikos, De­nae, Sier­ra, Javaughn, Jabari, Sama­ra, Zarek, Jack­son and Zaria. Aunt of Es­ther, Arthur and oth­ers.

BOR­DE, MAR­I­ON RU­FI­NA bet­ter known as Mol­ly passed away peace­ful­ly on Fri­day 5th Jan­u­ary, 2024. Wid­ow of De­nis Bor­de. Moth­er of Jeanne Marie Bor­de (Bert Vee­nen­daal) Anne Eu­ge­nie Bor­de-Tal­ma (Bret Tal­ma). Grand­moth­er to Niall (de­ceased), Jes­si­ca Anne and Liam James Tal­ma. Sis­ter of Vil­ma Young (Michael Tra­boulay), and the late Charles and Ever­ard Young. Beloved friend and aunt to many.

AS­SEE, AL­LAN passed away peace­ful­ly on Fri­day 5th Jan­u­ary, 2024. Son of Bar­bara and the late Sieg­mund As­see. Fa­ther of Dane, Joel and Na­keela. Grand­fa­ther of Tkeyah and Mya. Fa­ther in law of Nathaniel Lum Wai. Broth­er of Ak­i­la, Char­maine, Camille, Sean and Si­mone. Un­cle of 5.

KUEI TUNG, CAR­OL passed away peace­ful­ly on Sun­day 7th Jan­u­ary, 2024. Life part­ner of William Chin. Moth­er of Brigid and Son­ja. Moth­er in law of Kr­ish­na. Step moth­er of Gra­ham, Ger­ry, Sharleen and Grant Chin. Grand­moth­erof Joshua, Abi­gail and Cris­t­ian. For­mer spouse of Bri­an Kuei Tung. Sis­ter of Ro­ma Gan­gar, Lystra Sant, Fin­bar and Kevin Gan­gar.