Sun­rise – Ju­ly 14, 1941 - Sun­set – June 04, 2023. We can just imag­ine how the faces of the an­gels ex­plod­ed with joy and laugh­ter, as one year ago, you made your way in­to the there­after. You who so gen­er­ous­ly shared your love, now busy dis­trib­ut­ing that boun­ty in the realm above. Your death sig­nalled that our lives would nev­er be the same, but we ac­cept that our loss was Heav­en’s gain. We will al­ways silent­ly mourn that you have gone, that the Sun has set and there will be no dawn. But we are com­fort­ed know­ing that you have joined your Lord, in the Or­ches­tra of God, your voice added a new and glo­ri­ous chord. Lov­ing­ly re­mem­bered by your hus­band, Roop­nar­ine, your chil­dren, Ra­bindranath, Re­hana, Renu­ka, Ra­jen­dra, your grand­chil­dren, great-grand­daugh­ter, fam­i­ly and friends.

ED­UAR­DO: GLO­RIA Née FER­REIRA passed away peace­ful­ly on Tues­day, April 9, 2024. Wife of Gabriel (de­ceased). Moth­er of Ri­car­do (Deb­o­rah), An­tho­ny (Glo­ria) and Karen (Troy). Grand­moth­er of Roger, Rachel, Ginette, Mal­colm and Matthew. Great Grand­moth­er of Zane, Em­ma, De­clan, Brodie, Macken­zie, Cameron and Dil­lon.

SCI­PIO: ESMINE CATHER­INE of Har­ris Vil­lage, South Oropouche passed away on 08th May, 2024 at the age of 84. She will be lov­ing­ly re­mem­bered as the: Daugh­ter of the late Daniel Sci­pio and Nor­ma Ros­tan Sci­pio. Moth­er of Kar­lene Sci­pio-Reid. Adopt­ed Moth­er of Keisha Ali. Sis­ter of Col­lard, Yvonne, Cuth­bert, Ruther­ford and Bar­bara Sci­pio, Ve­na Sci­pio-Alexan­der and Irene Sci­pio-Bai­ley. Sis­ter-in­law of Jen­nifer, Sylvester, Er­rol and the late Ir­ma Sci­pio. Aunt, Great Aunt, Cousin and Friend of many. Niece-in-law of Jean Luke. God Moth­er of Kelv­in­Roberts. Rel­a­tive of the Sci­pio, Ros­tan, Rod­ney and Nim­rod fam­i­lies. The Fu­ner­al Ser­vice for the late ESMINE CATHER­INE SCI­PIO will take place on Thurs­day 16th May, 2024 at 12:00noon at Our La­dy Of The As­sump­tion R.C. Church, Har­ris Vil­lage, South Oropouche fol­lowed by Cre­ma­tion at 3:00pm at J. E. Guide Fu­ner­al Home & Cre­ma­to­ri­um Ltd., #120 Cof­fee Street, San Fer­nan­do.

JEANETTE MAR­SHA MAR­GARET GOB­IN passed on Mon­day 27th May, 2024. Daugh­ter of Den­zil Gob­in (de­ceased) and There­sa Gob­in (de­ceased). Sis­ter of Denise, Jen­ny and De­siree. Aunt to Ma­ri­na, Josephe’ Anne and Daniela. Cousin to Mar­vin, Melanie, An­dre, Vin­nel, Sher­ma and oth­ers. Niece of Leroy, Jem­ma, Per­ry and Kay.

Mar­tin Douglin, fond­ly called “MEAD”, jour­neyed home on Tues­day, 23rd April, 2024, at the Port of Spain Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal. He was 89. He was the broth­er of Mar­garet, Right Rev­erend Rawle (Ja­nis) and Ernest Douglin, all de­ceased. He leaves to mourn his wife, Junette Douglin, and daugh­ter, Mar­garet Douglin. He was a trea­sured broth­erin-law to Mon­i­ca, un­cle to John (Phyl­lis) and Richard (Tegest), and great-un­cle to Joni, Ju­dah, Ko­bi, Gabriel, Joel, and Ezana. Mar­tin held a spe­cial place in the hearts of his god­daugh­ters Lisa, Krista, and Lo­rie-Anne. He was a ded­i­cat­ed ed­u­ca­tor at Queen’s Roy­al Col­lege, where he re­tired in 1994. View­ing and open trib­utes will be held at the Holy Trin­i­ty Cathe­dral Chapel on Thurs­day 2nd May at 5:30pm and the Fu­ner­al of the late Mar­tin Douglin will be held on Fri­day 3rd May at 9:00am at All Saints An­gli­can Church. The repass will be held at the All Saints Memo­r­i­al Hall op­po­site the All Saints An­gli­can Church im­me­di­ate­ly af­ter the ser­vice un­til 1:00pm.

REZENDE, RICHARD passed away peace­ful­ly on Sun­day 24th March, 2024. Son of the late El­mo and Maria Rezende. Hus­band of Ada Jim­mez. Fa­ther of Char­lene, Dami­an and Si­mone. Step daugh­ter of Vanes­sa Jim­mez. Fa­ther-in-law of Anil, Trudie and Ste­fan. Grand­fa­ther of Re­bec­ca, Jay­na, Adam, Gabriel and Sarah-Jane. Broth­er of Paula, Wayne, Willard(dec), Denise, Pe­ter, Bruce and Patrice. Lov­ing un­cle to many. Fu­ner­al mass for the late Richard Rezende takes place at St. Mary’s R.C. Church, St. James, on Tues­day 2nd April, 2024 at 10:00am, fol­lowed by pri­vate in­ter­ment.

Za­li­na Nab­bie Ali of Mar­aval passed away peace­ful­ly on 18th Feb­ru­ary 2024, in her home in Ruther­ford, NJ, USA, at the age of 96. Daugh­ter of the late Ab­dul Ghany Nab­bie and Ha­jjin Cad­ran Nab­bie. Beloved wife of the late Carl Ali of St. James. She was the el­dest of 10 chil­dren, Yacub (dec), Za­itoon, Sul­li­man (dec), Ab­dul (dec), Zu­bi­da, Ameena, Nazir, Has­muth (dec), Sher Ali. She left school at an ear­ly age to help care for her younger sib­lings and was an es­sen­tial part in the build­ing of Nab­bie’s Hard­ware & Trans­port. She left Trinidad in the 1960’s and mi­grat­ed to the Unit­ed States where she and her hus­band worked to make a life for her chil­dren in a new coun­try. She is sur­vived by her 8 chil­dren Fa­rook, Sa­heed, Fari­da (dec), Carl Jr., Shirley, Fa­ti­ma, Sha­han and Car­leen. 14 grand­chil­dren Re­bec­ca, Asif, Khadi­jah, Ab­dul-Karim, Miri­am, Jameel, Sal­isha, Johnathan, Sha­hana, Carl, Math­ew, Shaz­ara, Sean and Mar­il­isa and14 great-grand­chil­dren Yas­min, Nathan, Tes­sa, Dy­lan, Neela, Aidan, Taran, Hunter, Ava, Ja­cob, Amir, Anisah, Tris­tan, and Alaya. Moth­er-in-law to Char­main, Ann, Ra­ju, Jen­ny,Nar­ie, John­ny, and Robert. The ma­tri­arch of her fam­i­ly, she de­vot­ed her life to the teach­ings of Is­lam, and in­still­ing those lessons in­to her fam­i­ly. She was well known for the com­pas­sion and care she showed to every­one in her life. She will tru­ly be missed by all who know her.

CHAMS, JULI­ET (Née JOSEPH) passed away peace­ful­ly on Sun­day 31st March, 2024. Daugh­ter of the late Nicholas and Rashidee Joseph. Wife of Ez­zo. Moth­er of Fayez, Johnathan, Eliz­a­beth and Vic­to­ria. Moth­er in law of Greer, Wis­sam(dec) and Jared. Grand­moth­er of Michael, Jon­ah and Char­lotte. Sis­ter of Matil­da, Michael(dec), Pe­ter(dec), Abra­ham and Elias. Rel­a­tive to the Chams, Joseph and Sleiman(Lebanon) fam­i­lies. Fu­ner­al mass for the late Juli­et Chams takes place at The Church of the As­sump­tion, Long Cir­cu­lar Road, on Thurs­day 4th April, 2024 at 10:00am, fol­lowed by pri­vate in­ter­ment.

VERONUS JOSEPH GAS­TON, born Jan­u­ary 13th 1945, and de­part­ed from this world on March 23rd, 2024 Mr. Gas­ton leaves be­hind a lega­cy of love and warmth that will for­ev­er be re­mem­bered by those who knew him. He is sur­vived by his lov­ing daugh­ters: Ver­e­na Chang (nee Gas­ton), Vene­cia Gas­ton Roberts, Cindy Crichlow (nee Gas­ton), Avion Gas­ton, and Lin­ton Gas­ton. Grand­fa­ther of 12. A fu­ner­al ser­vice will be held on Thurs­day, April 4th, 2024, at 2:00 pm at K Al­lens & Sons Fu­ner­al Di­rec­tors LTD Home lo­cat­ed at #7 Broad­way St, Ari­ma. Friends, fam­i­ly, and ac­quain­tances are in­vit­ed to join in pay­ing their re­spects and cel­e­brat­ing the life of Veronus Joseph Gas­ton.

VED­WAT­TI BHAG­GAN al­so known as Ve­da, a Re­tired Nurse of Fer­trin/ PCS Ni­tro­gen of #8, Petu­nia Dri­ve, Bal­main Gar­dens Cou­va passed away peace­ful­ly on March 25, 2024 at the age of 76 years. Daugh­ter of: The late Chirkoot and Cham­per­dai Bhag­gan. Sis­ter of: Raj (dec’d), Kam­la (dec’d), Chand (dec’d), Gyane, Pre­ma, Ni­ran­jan (dec’d) and Vim­la. Sis­ter-in-Law of: Rawle Jubraj (dec’d) Jerome Sant (dec’d) Kings­ley St. Hill, Su­san Bhag­gan and Chan­droutee Bhag­gan. Aunt of: Car­lene, Sean, Si­mone, Sta­cy, Day­na, Neil, Lau­ren and Ravi. Great Aunt of: Aman­da, Zara, Pierce, Skye, Va­lerie, Dami­an, Jo­hann and Mar­got. Rel­a­tive of: The Bhag­gan and Ba­j­nath fam­i­lies. Close Friend of Anne Marie, Denise, Wendy, Ju­lia, Su­san, Joan, Zen­na, her dri­ver Ker­von and many oth­ers too nu­mer­ous to men­tion. Her neigh­bours, Deb­bie, Pat, Avril, Mar­va, Makeisha, Joseph and the en­tire neigh­bour­hood of Bal­main Gar­dens. The Ser­vice for the late Ved­wat­ti Bhag­gan takes place on Sat­ur­day 6th April 2024 at 11.30 at Bel­grove Fu­ner­al Home #10, Or­ange Grove Road, Trinci­ty. No Flow­ers by re­quest.

SCOTT, RI­TA DOREEN passed away peace­ful­ly on Mon­day 25th March, 2024. Wife of the late Fred­er­ick Scott. Moth­er of Les­ley (dec), Michael (Jen­nifer), David (Les­ley) and Jen­nifer (Mar­tin Pinard). Grand­moth­er of nine (9). Great grand­moth­er of thir­teen (13). Sis­ter of Shee­lagh Tuck­er and the late Sid­ney, Harold and Frank Knox. Fu­ner­al mass for the late Ri­ta Scott takes place at St. Mary’s R.C. Church, St. James, on Wednes­day 3rd April, 2024 at 10:00am, fol­lowed by pri­vate cre­ma­tion.

It is with heavy hearts that we an­nounce the pass­ing of our dear­ly beloved ACK­BAR­ALI, The Rev­erend Fa­ther M.S. Ti­tus (Ju­nior), 75 yrs, died on 11th April 2024. He was the hus­band of Lila Ack­bar­ali. Fa­ther of Sarah, Dane and Jes­sel. Son of M.S. Ti­tus (Se­nior) and Sylvia (both de­ceased). Broth­er of Mer­le Hill (de­ceased), Joy Seer­am, Ly­dia Ramesh­war and Dr. Lil­li­beth Ack­bar­ali. Fa­ther-in-law of Ri­co Char­ran, Van­de­na Ras­to­gi and Dim­ple Singh-Ack­bar­ali. Grand­fa­ther of Zoë, Alyssa, Chelan, Aramis and Aslan. Broth­er-in-law of Rev. Kei­th Ramesh­war, Kay Stew­art, Mar­garet Peyreau, Bet­ty Davies and Sher­ry Top­ping and Hes­ter Khan. Al­so Syd­ney Hill, Har­ry Seer­am, Aga Khan, Bob Stew­art, Ronald Peyreau and Jim Top­ping (all de­ceased). Cousins of the Ack­bar­alis, Sookrams, Bischows and Cas­sims. Trib­ute Ser­vice will be held at St. Mary’s An­gli­can Church Cor­ner East­er Main Road & Or­ange Grove Road, Tacarigua on Fri­day 19th April 2024 at 10:00am. Fol­lowed by Cre­ma­tion at Bel­groves Fu­ner­al Home #10 Or­ange Grove Road Tacarigua.