Deaths

Mr Dennis Kepore. PNG High Commissioner to Fiji, Mr Kepore,3s, died of a massive heart attack while playing golf in Suva. Mr Kepore was a career diplomat who joined the Foreign Affairs department in 1976 as an economics relations officer. He served as counsellor in the Canberra, Suva and Brussels missions. Mr Kepore’s body was given full ceremonial

honours on arrival at Port Moresby and was met by a Defence Force guard of hon our. Mr Kepore is survived by his wife, Tindiwan, and three children.

Archbishop Victor Foley.

Suva’s first Catholic Archbishop. He came to Fiji early in 1937 and was conse crated as a Bishop in 1944 in the Suva Sacred Heart Cathed ral. He was buried in San Francisco.

Tui Cakau, Ratu Ratavo Ganilau Lalabalavu, at Somo somo,Taveuni on the 3rd of March. Ratu Ratavo had a long history of high blood pressure.

His installation as Tui Cakau in 1973 made him paramount chief of Cakaudrove, and also placed him as head of the confederacy of Tovata. He leaves his wife, Adi Mele Lala balavu, and four children.

Father Walter J. Fogelsanger, a member of the Jesuit Mission to the Caroline and Marshall Islands who spent nearly 25 years working in the Truk Is lands. He died on March 13 at Our Lady of Mercy in New York after suffering a severe stroke. In accordance with his wishes no life support systems were used.