Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Dr. S. Sarvananda

OBITUARY

Sarva Subramaniam Sarvananda

NOVEMBER 8, 1943 – MAY 26, 2018
Obituary of Sarva Subramaniam Sarvananda
Dr. Sarva Subramaniam Sarvananda, 74, of Rochester Hills, passed away Saturday May 26, 2018. Dearly beloved husband of Iroma; loving father of Shashi, Sharmalie and Sharmini; father in law of Sean. Beloved grandfather of Emilia and Elise; brother of Ambika Gnanapragasam, Leela Sivgurunathan, Jeyarani Thangarajah and Sarvambikai Somasundaram. Sarva was predeceased by his parents Appacutty and Nagaratnam (Sellar) Subramaniam and his brother Krishnananthan Subramaniam. Sarva was born on November 8, 1943 in Sri Lanka. He graduated from Colombo Medical School in 1967 and practiced Internal Medicine in Sri Lanka as well as Oman for 23 years. He married Iroma Ramenaden on November 14, 1969. Sarva and Iroma moved to England and then to the United States where he practiced Psychiatry for 26 years, retiring in 2016. Sarva’s family will welcome all for a visitation on Thursday May 31st, 2018 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Pixley Funeral Home, 322 West University Drive in downtown Rochester. Instate Friday June 1st from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service at 10 a.m. at St. Irenaeus Catholic Church located at 771 Old Perch Rd in Rochester Hills.
Memorial contributions may be made in Sarva's honor online at https://www.globaldentalrelief.org/donate/

13 comments:

  1. Iroma, please accept my deepest sympathies
    Sanath Lamabadusuriya

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  2. Suriyakanthi, I thought you were the youngest in our batch. As Sarva was born on the 8th of November 1943, he appears to be the youngest.
    Sanath

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    1. Sanath,
      As far as I can remember; there were a few who were born in 1944,apart from Speedy,Suri.I am sure Veda,Virginia were born in 1944.Few of us were the older guys in our batch.

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    2. Suri is overall youngest and I am youngest male.

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    5. On the subject of birthdays, Rohini Abhayaratne was born in Dec 1943, I was born in January 1944 and I believe Manohari Navaratnaraja was also born in 1944. But, we digress, this is supposed to be about Sarva...

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  3. Ah!! Sarva,
    That inimitable smile and the indomitable spirit. We will miss you. Your memory will remain with us forever.

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  4. Sarva,
    I will never forget the smile you always had during our days in the medical school.I,still,remember that you told me about your experience in working in a hospital in the Eastern Province,where women with Sinhala names never spoke in Sinhalese and the women bearing Tamil names never spoke in Tamil. Surva was surprised by it.
    May your afterlife be with ever lasting happiness.

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  5. As all you guys have spoken about his ever smiling face, I will add that it is imprinted in my memory of Sarva. He was quiet, friendly, affable and never got involved in the politics that was all around us at that time.
    Please convey my most sincere condolences to his dear wife, Iroma and his family.
    May his soul REST in PEACE.
    Razaque.

    p.s.. Sorry guys I had gone AWOL for some time. I promise that I shall 'bounce back'...RA.

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  6. So sorry to hear about the departure of another classmate. I hope it was a peaceful passing. I remember Sarva being a very friendly person. My deepest sympathies to his family. Srianee

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  7. As the blog administrator, it is my duty to make this request from all blog viewers. Please refrain from discussing birthdays etc. when commenting on an obituary. I was bit reluctant to make this appeal, but I am sure that all of you are mature enough to take such requests in the correct spirit.

    Thank you.

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    1. Amen or shall I say Aameen... Lucky

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