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Sent: Sat, March 19, 2011 1:03:47 AM
Subject: [Goanet] Obituary.. .Germana Driscoll
'Germana',
Mumbai/Canada/Betim-Goa
Wife of Daniel Driscoll;
Departed peacefully, at Mandovi Clinic (Porvorim)
on 18-3-2011 at 10:00 P.M.
Cremated at Ste Inez, on 19-3-2011.
Grateful
From: Dan Driscoll law...@dataone.in
To: Goanet Post goa...@goanet.org
Sent: Sat, March 19, 2011 1:03:47 AM
Subject: [Goanet] Obituary.. .Germana Driscoll
'Germana',
Mumbai/Canada/Betim-Goa
Wife of Daniel Driscoll;
Departed peacefully, at Mandovi Clinic (Porvorim)
on 18-3-2011
Thanks, Fred. Someday soon when you have an hour or two we might try an
experiment with your webcam UTube. I have just finished big editing job on
a biographical book about 'Father Amalor', champion of 'Inculturation' in
India. I wrote a twelve-page piece for the book. Might be interesting for me
Dear Dan,
Do accept our thoughts on the passing of your Germana from this time.
The poem below is by Mary Elizabeth Frye and was written in 1932.
The song is almost identical translation in Japanaese.
(A) Thousand winds (I am a Thousand winds):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWcfzS6LsZo
Sincere condolences to our friend and Goanetter Dan on the loss of his wife
Germana. I'm sure she will be missed, and not just by Dan!
My first encounter with Germana was sometime in the late 1980s, along the
ferry across the Mandovi. The ferry, after the Mandovi bridge collapsed in
1986/7, was a
Let the happiness of her memories chase away the sadness in your heart.
Roland
Toronto
Sent wirelessly from my BlackBerry device on the Bell network.
Envoyé sans fil par mon terminal mobile BlackBerry sur le réseau de Bell.
Thank you, Fred, for your kind words about Germana. We had beautiful
cremation service for her today; Fr. Delio said the prayers, and she was
carried on bamboo litter with banana leaf cushioning constructed by
neighbors in the yard. She always insisted that she was to be carried on a
litter, and
Nice thought, Dan! Some of our villagers in Saligao (Gerard Delaney
and others) were promoting the idea of eco-friendly coffins (made of
bamboo and cloth, rather than costly wood). FN
Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490
On 19 March 2011 20:02, DAN DRISCOLL
'Germana',
Mumbai/Canada/Betim-Goa
Wife of Daniel Driscoll;
Departed peacefully, at Mandovi Clinic (Porvorim)
on 18-3-2011 at 10:00 P.M.
Cremated at Ste Inez, on 19-3-2011.
Grateful Appreciation to Fr. Delio Mendonca, S.J., and Staff of Mandovi
Clinic.
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