Passing of Merle Ramayya - Alliance For Change (AFC) Press Release
The Alliance For Change (AFC) regrets the passing of Mrs Serojny Merle Ramayya, wife of Dr. Versammy Ramayya MP and member, sister and friend of the AFC.
Mrs Ramayya or Merle as she was commonly known, was a kind and humble person who provided quiet and dignified support to her family and the AFC family. She will best be remembered for her willingness to serve and dedication to her family. She co-hosted the first-ever Berbice held AFC National Executive Committee leadership meeting at Whim on February 9, last.
Jeane Audrey Thom, RN (July 14, 1950 – March 5, 2013)
Jeane Audrey Thom (nee Went), passed away on March 5, 2013 at Laurel Regional Hospital, Laurel Maryland, USA after a brief illness.
She was born on July 14, 1950 in Georgetown, Guyana to the late John and Ordelia Went. She completed her elementary and secondary education in Guyana before migrating to Montreal Canada in 1969. She earned her nursing diploma at Dawson College in 1976 and joined Sir Mortimer B. Davis Memorial Hospital, Montreal as an registered nurse (RN) in the post op department until 1989.
Edwin Richard Denys Moulder (October 09, 1875 - November 21, 1942)
The son of a former vicar, Edwin Moulder was educated at Queen's College, in Georgetown, where he won the Guiana Scholarship in 1891, and at Merton College, Oxford. He gained third class honours in History in 1895. He qualified as a Bachelor of Arts in 1896 and served as Assistant Master, Lodge School, Barbados, from 1899 to 1901.
Pamela Maynard Internationally renowned performer passes on
Canada-based Guyanese singer, Pamela Maynard died on Sunday after a long battle with breast cancer, her daughters announced on her Facebook Page.
Locally, relatives began receiving the sad news about the passing of the former member of the Guyana Defence Force.
Rojeana Auriel Hall: June 27, 1993 - October 14, 2012
Rojeana Auriel Hall died earlier today at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville Florida from complications of Cystic Fibrosis. She was 19 years old.
Auriel (as she was known) was born on June 27, 1993 to Robert Edmund Hall and Monique Archer Hall and was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) when she was seven months old.
Reverend Clarence Jean Knupp, 1918 - 2012: Led the Construction of Churches and Buildings in Guyana, Suriname and the Caribbean
On May 24, 1918, Monroe and Myrtle (Wood) Knupp gave birth to their eighth child. Clarence Jean Knupp (CJ) in Warren, Pennsylvania. CJ was the second youngest of six brothers and three sisters. CJ grew up in a house near Warren in the village of Starbrick. He then met the love of his life Mildred Marcella Beck (Milly).
Jean Bernadette Craigwell: May 15, 1950 - February 8, 2012
On Monday, May 15, 1950, a daughter was born to the late John and Eloise “Aunt Lorna” Craigwell in Middle Road, La Penitence, Georgetown, in British Guiana, later Guyana. As the last girl, Jean Bernadette was preceded by Floreen, Louis Urbane, Claudette, and followed by Antoine.
Eileen Parvatan (November 2, 1925 - November 2, 2011)
Eileen Parvatan - Peacefully with her family by her side, Eileen passed on her birthday, November 2, 2011, at the age of 86. Cherished mother of Ward, Donald, Ann, Ivor, Donna, Gregory and Paul. "Granny" will be fondly remembered by her grandchildren and her "Great-Grans".
Leslie Arlington Dennis Grant, PE (June 21, 1942 - May 10, 2011)
Leslie Arlington Dennis Grant (Leslie Grant) was born on June 21, 1942 in New Amsterdam, Berbice, Guyana. He was the second of six children born to the late William and Harriet Grant of Mackenzie, Demerara River. Please click on the object below to read more.
Retired Commissioner of Police Mr. Henry Fraser passes away
Former Commissioner of Police, Henry Alphonso Fraser, died around 1:00 am yesterday morning at St Joseph Mercy Hospital. He was 88 years old.
Mr. Fraser was the owner of a property management firm that manages rental properties for Guyanese Living abroad and was always “on the job."