1960 Medical batch, Colombo, Sri Lanka.: 2017-07-30

Message received by phone from Mana Wedisinghe:-

Kamala Ediriweera nee Meththananda expired today 3rd August 2017, in the morning. Funeral tomorrow at 10 am at Thalhena Cemetery, Malabe.
Kamala was a resident at 'Sixty Plus' Elders Home run by the All Ceylon Buddhist Congress at Pittugala on the Malabe - Kaduwela road.
They had donated a building in Memory of their father, Mr.L.H. Meththananda, former Principal Ananda College, Colombo, to the 'Sixty Plus' Elders Home at Pittugala.

May she attain the supreme bliss of Nibbana.

Charith Nanayakkara commented on your blog post

Another of our lovely batch mates has departed. Our deepest sympathies and heart felt condolences Nana C.S.Nanayakkara

Obituary - Kamala Ediriweera nee Meththananda

Dr Kamaladevi Ediriwira ( nee Mettananda). An appreciation.

News of the demise of Kamaladevi Ediriwira , on 3rd August 2017 , did not come as a surprise to many of us , as we knew that she had been bearing for well over ten years , with fortitude and courage , a chronic degenerative disorder , devotedly assisted , and constantly looked after by her beloved husband , Tilak .

Despite her physical disabilities , she never failed to attend our Medical Batch meetings , always accompanied by Tilak , until 2011. We appreciate that very much.

Kamala , as she was popularly known, was one of the last girls to enter the University of Ceylon , Colombo in the Medical stream from Ananda College , Colombo .

Having graduated from Colombo Medical School, she worked at General Hospital , Galle , in 1966 as an Interne Medical Officer.

Thereafter , she worked at Colombo South Hospital , Colombo General Hospital , and General Hospital ,Kalutara until 1975.

In 1975 she left for Post Graduate education in Anaesthesiology in London , where she remained till 1981.

After she returned to Sri Lanka , she worked at the Asiri Hospital ,Colombo , mainly in the out patient department, from 1987 to 1998.

She was the University Medical Officer of the Open University Nugegoda from 2000 to 2006.

Her colleagues describe her as a very friendly person , calm and collected , who always had a kind word for them.

Besides her medical duties , she took a keen interest in the activities of the All Ceylon Womens Buddhist Congress (ACWBC), functioning there as a Committee Member, from 1986 to 2006 ,and also in the organization known as SUCCESS , around the same period.

She married Mr Tilak Ediriwira , in 1971.

Last few years of her life , was spent, along with Tilak , at a facility , run by the All Ceylon Buddhist Congress (ACBC), at Pittugala , Kaduwela. . Within that compound , they built a large complex of twelve rooms , at a cost of an enormous amount of money , using the proceeds of sale of their house in Colombo. The beautiful structure they built was donated to the ACBC , in memory of her father, late Mr L.H.Mettananda , for the purpose of using it as a hostel for the elderly.

Lately , they occupied a room of this building until her demise..

We wish that her journey through Sansara be short, and may she attain the supreme bliss of Nibbana.

Piyaseeli and Mana Wedisinghe.