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| JOHN LEONARD ANTUNIS BORN 28TH AUGUST 1926 DIED 5TH NOVEMBER 1972 ** Being deaf and dumb he answerd to the petname Dumbo. It was no handicap as he was a successful secretary. He was also very popular at the Lucknow Club where he spent his evenings playing cards. He was survived by his shocked and sorrowful brothers Peter and Paul and his mother among many relatives and friends |
I went to his funeral with my parents, as they were quite friendly with the family. My mum told me she didn't know for years that he was deaf and dumb, he was such a good communicator! His mother told us that she left him in a school for the deaf and dumb in Bombay when he was five years old and was asked not to visit him for the next five years. It broke her heart at the time, but was the making of him.
ReplyDeleteJust back in Vienna from London, where we visited Highgate Cemetery, where Karl Marx and George Eliot are buried. Have you been there?
Regards to the family,
Glenda
Lucky you! There is so much to see in Europe including the graves of famous people.
ReplyDeleteWell, famous people's graves are interesting, but not as evocative as the graves of people one has known or known of. Browsing this website is way more satisfying and, though often sad, a link to happy times in Lucknow.
ReplyDeleteThanks for doing this. Have you ever thought of maintaining a website on Anglo-Indian obituaries and families in search of old friends and relatives? Something like the late Lionel da Roux used to run. It's been archived since his death ten years ago and is much missed.
Cheers,
Glenda
Thanks for the appreciation but the fact that it gets archived is disturbing!
ReplyDeleteIt's been archived because no one maintains it and it's inactive.
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