This section of the website is dedicated for posting Obituary notices of a Hartleyite, past/present Teachers of Hartley College, or a close relative of a Hartleyite. If you do not find an Obituary notice for anybody, the most probable reason is that the webteam never received one. Also, if you find any errors in the postings, please feel free to let us know by sending and email to
Hartleyite Rajasingam Panchalingam of Bank of Ceylon, Point Pedro and resident of Mavil View, Puloly South, Puloly, passed away on Monday June 24, 2008 at the age of 51. Mr. Panchalingam was born in Thumpalai studied at Hartley College until 1974. All his brothers studied at Hartley College as well. Cremation took place Tuesday 25th June 2008 at Anaivilunthan cemetery.(More)
Mr. S. S. Manuelpillai (Retired Teacher of Hartley College, previously St. Johns College) passed away on May 27th 2008 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Funeral will be on Thursday 29th May 2008 at 3.45 pm.(More)
Mrs.Seethaluxmy Balayogan passed away on May 25th 2008 in London UK. She is a former teacher of former teacher of Vembadi High School. Funeral details will be notified soon. (More)
Mr. V. Ganeshalingam passed away on April 28th, 2008 in London, UK. He is the brother of Mr.V.Santhalingam - Former President of HCPPA, UK. Funeral will be held on Sunday, May 04th, 2008. (More)
Hartleyite Velayutham Shanmugavel (1970 O/L batch) passed away at the age of 52 at Maharagama Hospital due to cancer. Shanmugavel is originally from Thumpalai and moved to Vavuniya for business. Funeral will take place on Thursday April 17, 2008 at Thonikal, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka. (More)
Mr. Rajalingam Raveendralingam passed away due to sudden illness, at the age of 54 on April 9 2008 at King Georges Hospital in Ilford London. Ravi was born in Kunchar Kadai, Navindil and studied at Hartley College up until his departure to UK in 1973. He was an excellent soccer player who played for all three teams in Hartley, and finally was selected to play in the 'All Ceylon National Soccer team'. He is one of the founder member and long serving secretary of HCPPA (UK) as well as former President and former Secretary of Board of Trustees and one of the founder of Global Trust of Hartley College in Colombo. (More)
Mrs. Sellamah Subramaniam (76 years) from Puloly, mother of Hartleyite S. Nagendrarajah (1975 O/L batch) passed away at 37th Lane 4' Carroll apt. Wellawatta, Colombo-6 Sri Lanka on Saturday March 22, 2008. Funeral took place at Colombo on March 24, 2008. (More)
Mr. Ananda Muttiah (72 years), a Hartleyite from Katkovalam (Point Pedro) passed away on Sunday March 16, 2008 in Brampton, Ontario Canada. He is survived by his wife Santhiraratnam, sons Rohan and Ravindra and daughters Yogini and Logini. He served in HCPPA Canada/USA as a member of the executive committee. Visitation is on Tuesday March 18, 2008 between 5:30 to 9:00 p.m. and Funeral will be on March 19, 2008. (More)
Mr. Kumaravelu Sabanayagam passed away on Saturday March 1st 2008 in UK. His funeral will take place on March 6th, 2008. Mr. Kumaravelu Sabanayagam was from Thumpalai/Puloy East, Point Pedro. He is survived by his wife Maheswary Sabanayagam, sons S. Thevanayagam (1974 O/L Batch), S. Sanmugavadivel (1980 O/L), S. Mohan (1983 O/L), S. Ratnavel (1985 O/L) living in the USA, and S. Maheswaran (1988 O/L) living in the UK (all Hartleyites); and daughters Anushiyadevi Satcunasingam (Sri Lanka), Vatsaladevi Vijayakumar (UK), Kalawathy Prathapan (UK). (More)
Mr Vinith Kannathasan passed away, tragically, on 12th of Feb 2008. He is the son of Mr. Kannathasan and Mrs. Yogadevi Kannathasan. He is the nephew of Mr.S.Balakrishnan (Sports Secretary HCPPA U.K). The funeral will be held on the Sunday February 24th 2008 between 10am to 12pm. The Cremation will be held between 1230pm to 1pm at City of London Cemetery. (More)
Mrs. Sarathathevi Rajkumar passed away on Wednesday January 16th 2008 in UK. Her funeral will take place on January 27th, 2008. She was from Kalluvam, Karaveddi, Jaffna. She is the wife of Mr. Sivapathasundaram Rajkumar, who is a well known and respected Hartleyite living in UK. She is also the daughter-in-law of our former Hartley College teacher Mr. Sivapathasundaram. (More)
Mr. Gunasingam Raveendran passed away on Dec. 18th, 2007 in UK. Viewing will be on December 24th 2007 between 10:30 am - 1:30 pm at St Leonards Hall, Middlesex. Cremation will take place on Monday, December 24th 2007 at 2:15 pm at South West Middlesex Crematorium. Mr. Gunasingam Raveendran was from Thunnalai Sri Lanka and had been living in Hounslow, UK. (More)
Attorney Mr. Thambirajah Edward Chandran, a Hartleyite (1958 to 1962) passed away on November 23, 2007 at Toronto. He is survived by his wife Dr. Threse Chandran, son Dr. Geethan (Halifax) and daughter Dr. Summi Rhyan (BC). He was born and raised in Puloly and practiced as attorney in Point Pedro and in Ontario. (More)
Mr. Sandrasegaram passed away on Friday the 12th October 2007 in Colombo. Mr. Sandrasegaram is the father of Mr. Shan Shanmuganathan, Chairman of HCPPA Global Trust. Funeral was held at Borella Kanatte (Hindu Section) on Sunday. (More)
MR THANGARAJAH PERANANTHAM, a HARTLEYITE passed away unexpectedly, due to Heart Attack ON: 28/09/2007 in MADRAS. The Funeral was held on 29/09/2007 in MADRAS. (More)
Mrs. Alvaapillai Thangammah passed away on Wednesday the 12th September 2007 at the age of 95. Her funeral and cremation will be held in Vavuniya on Sunday the 16th September 2007.(More)
Mr. Ramanathan Ketheeswaran (1977 or 1978 O/L) passed away due to sudden illness at London, UK on 19th July 2007. He is survived by his wife Manohari (Kanthasamy), brother R. Jeyathevan (1971 O/L ), a Hartleyite and sons Balavinoth, Balamayooran, and Balaprasanth. Funeral will be held Sunday, July 29, 2007. Place will be notified later.(More)
With regret we inform the passing away of Mr. Gerald Rajeev Kanagarasa, a Hartleyite who had been living in Middlesex, UK. He passed away on July 07, 2007, and the funeral will be held on Saturday July 14th, 2007. (More)
Mrs. Kamaleswary Sathasivampillai (Umakanthan Master's mother) passed away on 19th June 2007 morning. Funeral will be held on 20 June 2007 at Thumpalai, Point Pedro, Sri Lanka. Umakanthan Master can be contacted on +61-2-9980-1780 or email sumakanthan@bigpond.com -or- click here. (More)
K.V.Muthucumarasamy (retired Post Master) from Point Pedro passed away on June 2, 2007. He is the beloved husband of Saraswathi, and father of Shanthikumar (Melbourne, Australia), Ravindrakumar (Sri Lanka Customs, Colombo), Dr. Yogendrakumar (Vancouver, Canada), Mrs. Vasanthy Suriakumaran (Colombo), Late Rajendrakumar, Mrs. Padmini Rajendra (Oman). Shanthikumar, Ravindrakumar, Yogendrakumar and Rajendrakumar are old students of Hartley College. (More)
Mrs. Puvaneswary Manickathiyagarajah passed away at the age of 79 on 12th May 2007 in Colombo Sri Lanka. Funeral has already taken place in Colombo. Her two sons Mr.M.Ramajeyam (Colombo Srilanka),Mr. M. Mathanasenarajah (Melbourne Australia) are mourning at Ramajeyam's house in 122 Grandpass,Parakrama Road, Colombo 14. Both of them are Hartleyites. (More)
Mrs. Nageswary (Thevi) Murugesu, passed away on April 8, 2007. All her three sons Dr. M. Mohandas (UK), Mr. M. Chandradas (UK) and Mr. M. Kugadas (UK) are old boys of Hartley College. Funeral is set for Thursday, April 12, 2007. (More)
Mr. T. Ratnasingam, retired teacher of Hartley College passed away on April 01st 2007. He served at Hartley College as an English Teacher from 1971. Even after retirement, he worked as the soccer coach at the Hartley College. (More)
Mrs. Banumathy Rajalingam passed away on 28th March 2007 at 22.00 hrs at King Georges Hospital in Ilford London. The funeral formalities will be held on Monday 2nd April 2007.
She is the wife of Mr. S. Rajalingam (former head prefect and soccer team captain at Hartley college). All her sons Mr. R. Raveendralingam, Late Mr. R. Sangaralingam, Mr. R. Easwaralingam & Mr. R. Sathiyalingam (all Hartleyites) and daughters Mrs. Chandravathana Vasan, Mrs. Ranjithavathana Vijayaranjan and Mrs. Lingavathana Lakshman are mourning at 78 Stainforth Road, Newbury Park London. Mr. Raveendralingam is one of the founder members and long serving secretary of HCPPA (UK). (More)
Mrs. Emily Richards, a former teacher of Hartley College in the 1950's passed away on January 29, 2007. Her house is just opposite the Point Pedro Lighthouse. All her four sons are old boys of Hartley College. Her funeral will take place on Friday February 9, 2007 in U.K. (More)
Miss. Mithuna Sivarajah (5 years), daughter of Hartleyite Mr. Surendranathan Sivarajah (1975 O/L batch), previously of Arthiyady, Point Pedro and currently of Toronto, Canada and Executive Committee member of HCPPA Canada/USA, passed away, Sunday January 14, 2007 due to illness. (More)
Kanagasabai Ganeshalingam, former Colombo Mayor passed away on Monday at the age of 69 in a Private Nursing Home in Colombo after a brief illness. Ganeshalingam or Ganesh as he was popularly and affectionately called by his friends and associates was born in Puloly, Point Pedro on January 3, 1938. Ganeshalingam was educated at the Hartley College, Point Pedro, which is a well-known educational institution. (More)
Mr. Veerasingham Dhuruvasangary B.Sc, M.Sc, M.Phil, P.hD a Hartleyite, originally from Thumpalai, Point Pedro, and brother of Mr. V. Anandasangaree has passed away in Canada due to ill health on December 2, 2006. (More)
Mrs. MathuraiMeenadchi Namasivayam (wife of late Mr. Kasinathar
Namasivayam), the mother-in-law of Mr. Varithamby Santhalingam, ex-President
of HCPPA (UK) passed away on Wednesday 27 September 2006. (More)
As if the sufferings of the Tamils in Sri Lanka were not enough, fate dealt them a big blow in August, in the form of the loss of Dr.Kunanandam. Kunanandam was unique in DOING things rather than getting a name for it. He was quietly efficient and did not bother to seek recognition. That was the way he was at Hartley too where he studied from 1955 to 1964. His elder brother V Nithiyanandam is also a well known Hartleyite. (More)
Mrs. Manchula Alvapillai passed away on May 7, 2006 in Johgernesberg (South Africa). Her husband Mr. Alvapillai Rajaratnam (1968 O/L batch), a famous Hartleyite who was residing in UK before settling down in Botswana. Mr. Alvapillai Rajaratnam is the son of Proctor Rajaratnam from Thambachetty, Point Pedro.(More)
Mr. Kanagarajah Karunanithy of Toronto, Canada, a Hartleyite (1969 O/L batch) passed away, Thursday March 23rd 2006 due to illness. Karunanithy is the husband of Ahila who is the sister of Sathiamoorthy and Sivakumar (Ghandi). He has left behind three children Kamesh , Ramesh and Mithila.
Karunanithy has been a committee member in the past in the Hartley College Past Pupil's Association Canada USA
and he was a member in the present committee as well.(More)
Mr. N. Rathakrishnan (Hartleyite; Sri Lanka Customs) passed away in Colombo on 26th Feb. 2006. Mr. N. Rathakrishnan is the son in law of Mr. N. Vijeyaratnam (Hartleyite; Sri Lanka Customs). His Funeral will be held in Colombo on March 1st 2006. (More)
Mrs. Sivagamy Senthiya was born in Karaveddy on 8th April 1933, lived in Karaveddy for most of her life and for about 7 years in New Zealand during the latter part of her life. She passed away in Karaveddy on Friday 17th Feb 2006 at the age of 72. (More)
Mr. Vyravappillai Nadarajah born in Puloly South and lived in Toronto/Ottawa Canada has passed away on Friday, February 10th 2006 in Ottawa. He is the beloved husband of Parameswary and dearest father of Hartleyites Mohan (1980 batch), Uthayan (1983), Santhan (1987), Nandan (1989); and Gunalan, Sumathy and Pathmapriya. (More)
Mrs Annaluxmi Balasubramaniam, born in Thunalai South, Karaveddy and lived in London has passed away on Wednesday 23rd November 2005. She is the beloved wife of late Mr Thambimuthu Balasubramaniam - Assistant Commissioner of Labour. She is the loving mother of: Balabhaskaran - Kavingnar Basky, Accountant - Canada; Pathmabaskaran - Managing Director Skywings Limited - London; Dr. Baskaran - GP London; Sathiyabaskaran - Social Worker - London; Bavani - London; Nanthini - London; Nithiyabaskaran - Engineer, Managing Director Business Dispatch Limited - London; (More)
It is with regret that I would like to inform the demise of Mrs. Navamani Rajanayagam, wife of Mr. V. Rajanayagam former teacher of Hartley College, an official of the Colombo Branch of the HCPPA and former Trustee of the Hartley College PPA Trust. The funeral is scheduled at 4.30 pm on 24th November at the Kirulapone Cemetery. (More)
Mr. C. J. T. THAMOTHARAM PASSED AWAY ON THURSDAY THE 27th October 2005. He leaves behind
widow Florence known as Malar, Sons: Vijay, Priya & Raj, Daughters: Sunethra, Thiru &
Shanthiny, 6 Grand Children & 2 Great Grand Children. He is the son of former principal Mr.C.T.Thamotharam. He was a prominent student and teacher at Hartley College. After Hartley College he taught at Wesley College for a long time.(More)
Mr. Athishdam Pavanantham passed away on Friday, October 14th. He is the brother of Navaratnam, Tharmaratnam and Selvarajah. Cremation will take place on Thursday 20th October at 3.00 pm at Guildford Crematorium (New Pond Road, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 3DB). (More)
Mr. V. K. Sivappiragasam, an old boy, a former teacher and retired principal of Kopay Teachers' College, passed away recently (September 2005) at his residence in Vyapaarimoolai, Point-Pedro, Sri Lanka. Our sincere condolences are due to his wife, son and other members of his family. (More)
The mother of Mr. George (Mohan) Kulasingham (former Secretary of HCPPA UK -1997), passed away under very tragic circumstances in Colombo on Saturday, 3rd September 2005. Funeral will be held on Tuesday, 6th September 2005. (More)
Mr. Thambippillai Krishnamoorthy a Hartleyite, and a member of HCPPA NSW Branch passed away suddenly on the 14th of December 2004. Viewing is on Friday Dec. 17th, and funeral is on Saturday Dec. 18th. (More)
Mr. Ponniah Venugopalavanithasan, past principal of Hartley College and the current Theevagam Zonal Director of Education in Jaffna district died on a tragic incident at Manthikai Therumoodi Madam along Jaffna Point Pedro road on Oct. 27th, 2004. (More)
A prominent Hartleyite, Mr. Gajendran Balasingham, passed away on Friday (July 16th, 2004) after a brief illness and his funeral took place at the Kanatta Cemetery On July 19, 2004. (More)
Former Speaker and veteran politician, K. B. Ratnayake passed away on May 01, 2004. He was 80. He received his education at Hartley college, Point Pedro where he captained the cricket team. An outstanding student, he was a college and hostel prefect. (More)
HCPPA-UK former President Mr. P. Harrichandiran's mother passed away on the 29th April 2004 in Colombo. The funeral will take place on the 2nd of May at 4.00 pm At Jeyarathna Funeral Services, Borella, Colombo and the Cremation at Kanathai Mayanam at 5.00pm.(More)
Dr. Thiagarajah Thiagendran, the first president of HCPPA (Canada/USA), passed away in London, UK. The funeral is scheduled for Thursday 18th March 2004.(More)
Mr.Velayutham Balakrishnan, Vice President, HCPPA NSW, expired on the 5th March 2004 in Sydney. The remains lie at Pine Grove Memorial Park, Minchinbury on Sunday 7th March between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Funeral will take place at Pine Grove Memorial Park Cemetery, Minchinbury NSW 2770 on Monday the 8th Mar. 2004 at 1:30 p.m.(More)
Reporting the Death of our HCPPA(UK) member E.Y.A Charles's Father Mr.Francis Eugin Yogarajah passed away in Karaveddy, Nelliyaddy, Sri Lanka on 29th Feb 2004.(More)
Mrs. Gnaneswary Sivapragasam, mother of the Mr. C. S. Sooriyakumaran (former president of HCPPA UK), passed away in London (UK) on 12th Nov 2003. Funeral will be held on 16th Nov 2003. (More)
Mrs. Catherine Manuelpillai, wife of Mr. Manuelpillai, passed away in Sri Lanka on Aug. 20, 2003. Mr. Manuelpillai was a past teacher of Hartley College and a cricket coach for a long time. The funeral was held on the Aug. 22nd morning in Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka. (More)
Dr. N. Balakrishnan, a distinguished old boy of Hartley, son in law of
late Mr. Murugesampillai, AGA, passed away at his home after suffering a
stroke, on Wednesday the Feb. 12, 2003 at Mississaugua, Ontario, Canada.
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Ganeshan Ramachandran, an old Hartleyite and a life member of HCPPA Canada branch died of a car accident on the 7th of January 2002. He was 41 years old. He is survived by his wife Janaki children Krishni and Mayuran and parents Mr & Mrs. Ramachandran.
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Retired Accountant and Old boy of Hartley College, Passed away at 10.30 pm, Wednesday
June 20, 2001 at the age of 86 years. Funeral will be held on Thursday June 21, 2001 at his Residence.
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Mr. Kanapathipillai Pooranampillai (age 91), former Principal of Hartley College, has passed away
on Apr. 22, 2001 in UK. His Funeral services were held on Saturday, April 28th in Folkestone, U.K.
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Prof. C. J. Eliezer, AM, a welknown Hartleyite, has passed away on March 10, 2001 in Melbourne, Australia. Funeral service will be held on Wednesday, March 14th from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Fawkner Cemetry.
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Recently appointed Senior Lecturer in Bacteriology Jaffna
Campus passed away aged 52 suddenly in Jaffna. He is
survived by Mrs (Dr) Kalaivani, and three sons.
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