{"id":136282,"date":"2024-06-01T12:50:42","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T12:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=136282"},"modified":"2024-06-01T12:53:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T12:53:33","slug":"peteritenet584-death-of-the-oldest-known-peterite-in-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/peteritenet584-death-of-the-oldest-known-peterite-in-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"{PeteriteNET:584}  DEATH OF THE OLDEST KNOWN PETERITE IN SRI LANKA\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0{PeteriteNET:584} DEATH OF THE OLDEST KNOWN PETERITE IN SRI LANKA\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-136286\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jaya-Peiris-receiving-a-memento.jpg\" alt=\"Jaya Peiris receiving a memento\" width=\"370\" height=\"590\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Mr. Jaya Peiris or W P Jayaratne as he preferred to call himself, the oldest known Peterite in Sri Lanka, has passed away yesterday. His cremation is to take place today (Saturday, 1st June at 4.30 p.m. &#8211; crematorium not identified).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Mr. Jayaratne (99) was the oldest Peterite who contributed to our Centenary Publication, in 2022. His article brought back memories of an era at St. Peter\u2019s that many of us were unaware of.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">I had the privilege of meeting him through Mr. Gerry de Mel, an erstwhile President of our OBU and presenting to him a complimentary copy of the Centenary Publication.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">A valued certificate issued to him by our first Rector, Rev. Fr. Nicholas Perera, which he shared with us is also published here. Interestingly this certificate is issued in Dehiwela where College was located in 1943 (during the war years) when it functioned from the premises of St. Mary&#8217;s, Dehiwela.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">May he attain Nibbana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">St. Peter&#8217;s College Old Boys&#8217; Union, Colombo 4, Sri Lanka.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">This e-mail network is the official e-mail network of St. Peter&#8217;s College Old Boys&#8217; Union and is open to all old Peterites located globally. It is primarily created to maintain contact &amp; fellowship among old Peterites, to explore means of helping our old school &amp; aiding old boys in need.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/stpetersobu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.stpetersobu.com<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &#8220;PeteriteNET&#8221; group.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:peteritenet+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">peteritenet+unsubscribe@<wbr \/>googlegroups.com<\/a>.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">To view this discussion on the web visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/d\/msgid\/peteritenet\/CAC1ZyxJx6jVc03ObqEJM%2B1Z5%3DaVJXzVU%2Bg3rwAaDcmaWS4_Mgw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=footer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/groups.google.com\/d\/msgid\/peteritenet\/CAC1ZyxJx6jVc03ObqEJM%252B1Z5%253DaVJXzVU%252Bg3rwAaDcmaWS4_Mgw%2540mail.gmail.com?utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dfooter&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1717320024702000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1qNgSg-v3U-RZf1pfP_TVu\">https:\/\/groups.google.com\/d\/<wbr \/>msgid\/peteritenet\/<wbr \/>CAC1ZyxJx6jVc03ObqEJM%2B1Z5%<wbr \/>3DaVJXzVU%2Bg3rwAaDcmaWS4_Mgw%<wbr \/>40mail.gmail.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-136290\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jaya-Peiris-receiving-his-copy-of-the-Centenary-Mag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-136289\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/From-the-Centenary-Mag-Jaya-Peiris-3-scaled-e1717246027767.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"895\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-136288\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/From-the-Centenary-Mag-Jaya-Peiris-2-scaled-e1717245997605.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"807\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-136287\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/From-the-Centenary-Mag-Jaya-Peiris-1-scaled-e1717245970993.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/elanka-newsletter-sign-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Click here to receive your free copy of the eLanka Newsletter twice a week delivered directly\u00a0to\u00a0your\u00a0inbox!<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0{PeteriteNET:584} DEATH OF THE OLDEST KNOWN PETERITE IN SRI LANKA\u00a0 Mr. Jaya Peiris or W P Jayaratne as he preferred to call himself, the oldest known Peterite in Sri Lanka, has passed away yesterday. 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