Mirani, your demise has brought us tremendous grief. During your lifetime you fulfilled all your duties and obligations with graciousness and generosity combined with love and compassion. This was not surprising as you came from a philanthropic family, the Salgados from Panadura.
Your service to humanity is appreciated by everyone who knew you. The Kandy Cancer Society and the Kandy Horticulture Society are two organizations that received your unwavering support. The guidance, care, love and inspiration you showered upon the residents of the Mulgampola Home for Elders of which you were President, is yet another example of your humane and benevolent nature. These are but a few of the activities you were involved in wholeheartedly. As the Buddha proclaimed, neither fire nor wind, birth nor death, can take away your many good deeds. Your life was a garland of service to others. You never wanted your many activities to be noticed but those who were fortunate enough to know you, observed and appreciated your very generous personality.
The impact you had on your neighbourhood at Siebel Place, Kandy,where you lived for decades, was immense. You were the nucleus around which much of the social life revolved. The few years, in the 1970s, that my family and I lived next door to you, resulted in a lifelong friendship which I will cherish for the rest of my days. You made our lives richer. We were the fortunate recipients of your compassion, loving kindness and sympathetic joy. Our children, now adults, who are scattered all over the world, will always remember you with love and gratitude, not least for all the special treats you showered on the.
It is impossible to do justice to who you were, in this brief appreciative tribute. All the merit you acquired in this life, no doubt, would lead you on the path to eternal bliss.
My deepest sympathies go out to your four children, Wimal, Anoja, Menaka and Suren, who grew up with such grace and dignity.
Dear Mirani, the song has ended but the melody lingers on………
May you attain Nibbana!
Ruky
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