Crematorium, Borella - Funeral of Durumila Kumara nee Gunawardena.

'Crossing the bar' by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Sunset and evening star
   And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
   When I put out to sea,

But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
   Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
   Turns again home.

Twilight and evening bell,
   And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
   When I embark;

For though from out our bourne of Time and Place
   The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
   When I have crossed the bar.

email from Sunil Liyanage

Dear friends,

I write to convey thanks from our sons Niran and Yohan, Bella’s brother Indran, and from myself to all friends who got in touch with us, whether by email, phone call, card or with flowers. We were touched by your comments and by your expression of sympathy. There were over 300 people in Church; and we reckon half of them came home afterwards.

The eulogies were given by friend and colleague Philip Reginald who spoke about Bella’s work, and by our older son Niran who spoke about Bella from a personal and family perspective.

These are attached to this email.

If you have difficulty in opening the attachments, and would still wish to read them, please get in touch we me directly, sunilpl@btconnect.com and I will send an open Word document.

With our thanks and love

Sunil

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Eulogy Bella - PWR 2003Doc.doc 30K View Download

Eulogy to Isabella Liyanage -Niran 2003Doc.doc 41K View Download

email from Dr.Sunil Liyanage

Dear Philip,

You kindly informed colleagues about the passing away of my dear wife Bella on 27^th December. Some have kindly phoned or sent emails already.

May I use your circulation list to inform people of the funeral arrangements on Thursday 6^th January at 11.30 a.m. at Christ Church, Christchurch Road, Virginia Water, GU25 4PT, UK

My apologies to those living outside UK for the intrusion with this notice, when they would clearly not be able to attend.

The family would love to see as many friends and colleagues as possible at the funeral, and they are invited to our home afterwards for some food and drink.

Kind regards

Sunil