Newsletter
for alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Caracas, 26 October 2013 No. 625
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Dear
Friends,
Dion
Fakoory has died, sad news
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From: Tim Mew MHC <tim-mew@bigpond.com>
Date: 2013/8/13
Subject: RE: OUR LEGACY
To Ladislao and Nigel,
There is no way we can repay you for your time, the care,
dedication and effort it has taken over so many years to keep the MSB old boys’
network alive.
Without you both we would have lost a lot of memories, old
friendships renewed through emails etc. and contact with our MSB school friends
and now life mates.
The years roll on and I will keep opening the data base to know
that you are still with us Nigel and to Ladislao although I cannot recollect
you both from the Mount, you have come alive in your newsletters and when we
have spoken on the phone / Skype.
Thank you so very much and we would welcome you in Melbourne
Australia and our hospitality is open to your visit, as and when you may care
to travel so far “Down Under”.
This year end I will be 72 and also wonder where the years have
gone, but they have been happy, kind and rewarding to us as a family.
Cheers Tim [Mew] and also for my wife Gail & family now
numbering 17 including six grands.
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From: Nigel Boos [mailto:nigelboos@eagles-wings.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, 14 August 2013 1:31 AM
Subject: OUR LEGACY
Shish,
I believe you've raised an interesting point. It seems that,
after some 13 years (is it that long already) of correspondence and various
mini-reunions, visits from one or other OB to a group of other OB's somewhere or
the other in this wide world, we've either run out of steam, interest, ideas,
or whatever, and, having met all and sundry of our compadres, we're satisfied
that all's well with the world and we can now safely hang up our spurs until
another Ladislao Kertesz emerges, in a couple of years down the road, and
starts the whole ball o' wax rolling again.
Trouble is, that in another couple of years, many of us who are
still around won't be around no more and our dusty old database will be filled
with lotsa gray lines and R.I.P.'s. It's really a shame that so few have chosen
to participate in the open discussions we've tried to stimulate over the years,
but we've done something that very few educational establishments have managed
to do, and I'm very proud of my MSB OB's who have jumped in and got wet.
Is it that most everyone believes that the job of re-connecting
is the responsibility of one or two individuals - that the organizing of
various little functions have become the "job" of "someone
else"? This is wrong! It's the job of everyone involved as an OB of MSB to
keep in touch, to reach out, to organize little get-togethers, and to stimulate
each other to write, to plan, to take action.
It has been a real pleasure for me to have been involved with the
OB's and for a few years, to re-live the fun, the pain, the mistakes, the
friendship, the memories of what it was like to have been a student at the
Abbey School. I will never forget those wonderful, care-free days of my youth,
the camaraderie of my friends, learning to play tennis, to swim, to hike up and
down those hills sometimes three times a week, the volleyball games, the
scouting, the library, the water shortages when a truck had to drive up the
hill with water for us to brush our teeth at night, and so on, and of course,
most importantly, the opportunity to deepen my faith.
I thank everyone for all their inputs and I wish you all
continued success in whatever you do, happiness wherever you go, health in all
your days and the grace of final perseverance.
I am offering you all once more, a link to our database. Please
hold onto it and store it somewhere on your computers. I shall hold the file
open on my computer so that whenever you wish to see if there have been any
changes, all you'd have to do is click on the link again and you'll have the
updates.
And if one day, you find that the database is inaccessible, then,
take it from me, I'll be dead.
Nigel
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On 2013-08-13, at 7:49 AM, A Mickiewicz
wrote:
I have found in life that it is a healthy process to reflect on
different aspects in life as our memories dim with time. Applying this
thought process to the Abbey School, the following comes to mind in no order of
importance:
* Difficult for me to believe that
I graduated 51 years ago....time does fly
* Do have mostly positive memories
of my 6 years there
* Very thankful for the great job
our leaders have accomplished in keeping us informed through the different
communication mechanisms
* Proud that most “boys” have
succeeded in their personal lives
* Sad that some of our friends have
had tremendously difficult challenges and faced great personal tragedies
* The Circle of Life is certainly
accelerating to its end – a very few of our teachers are still alive and the
number of old boys still with us continues to decrease
* We are running out of topics and
memories to discuss relating to “the good ole days”
* My perception is that those
interested in our heritage, roots and bonds seems to be a minority based on
“visible” evidence
* We are currently represented in
all continents of the world.......an astonishing accomplishment coming from a
very small island in the Caribbean
* Still try to be a good Christian
and person based on the religious principles that I gained at the Mount
* Happy to receive and read the
different communications that we receive every week
I invite each person to share with us their personal reflections;
love to hear from you.
May God bless you and yours,
George (Yury, Shish)
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Nigel Boos
Sep 29
Hello Arthur,
I'm glad that MSB will be represented at the funeral. Perhaps
Glen McKoy. Eion O'Connor/Tommy Jardim might be able to make it as well.
Nigel
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On 2013-09-29, at 4:49 PM, Art Knaggs wrote:
We will be there at the memorial.
He has given his body for research.
Art
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From: nigelboos@yahoo.ca
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 11:08:36 -0400
Gentlemen,
It has come to our attention that Ronnie Lambkin has died. The
news item below gives the details.
Ronnie grew up in South Trinidad, and became a directional
driller, passing on his skills to many young oil men who went on to make their
mark on the world.
Ronnie was an ex-student of the Abbey School, MSB, and the
"oldest generation" of the OB's is slowly departing. Please keep him
in your prayers.
God rest his soul.
Nigel
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Don Mitchell
Sep 29
Hi, Nigel,
I am so sorry you did not realise that many weeks ago Ladislao
let everyone know that he could no longer send out over a thousand emails every
week, and he asked everyone to visit the website and read (and download if
wanted) the Circulars.
If you visit the site you will be able to read them all:
If you are not accustomed to downloading and saving Blogs, do let
me know.
Keep well,
Don
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Don,
So nice to hear from you.
In the first place, the last Circular I received was #600. Am I
to understand, therefore, that 17 more have been issued, and that I have not received
any of these? If so, I wonder why? Can anyone help me to figure this out?
Re. the mp3 attachment, I don't know whether you've heard it
yourself, but it IS very funny. I did not send it to Laz myself, but here it is
anyway. I hope you can add it to your blogs:
Nigel
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Glen Mckoy
Sep 29
My Dear Don,
We live in the present, it’s always now, if I wake up in the
morning, I know, I am in the now, if I don't, then its tomorrow, ha!
ha! Don, my father use to say, its two things for sure in life, you
must pay taxes and you must die, so you don't even worry about that, it’s a
given, worry about everything else, ha! ha! like who will run this
Club when we gone, that is ah problems ha! ha! have a good one Mi Hermano,
Cheers Glen.
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From: idmitch@anguillanet.com
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 17:42:41 -0400
Thanks, Glen.
He seems to have been a bit before my time, and well before
yours.
Good to know that I can expect to go on (if I can follow in his
shoes) for another 15 years at least.
Keep well.
Don
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Glen Mckoy
Sep 29
Dear Nigel,
I am so sorry to read this news of our Brother
Ronnie. I will cc. Arthur Knaggs, who told me that Ronnie was
living in Nova Scotia. My friend Steve Hart (Trinidad Football
coach) told me he met Ronnie once for drinks here in Halifax, as he knew the
family in Trinidad. I never met Ronnie, however, his son Garry Lambkin
was my friend on the Mount, he was a drummer in our band, I have not seen Garry
since the 70's. I heard he was in Vancouver, my sympathy to his family.
Your Faithfully, Glen McKoy
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Nigel Boos
Sep 29
Dear Mrs. Lambkin,
On behalf of the many ex-students of the Abbey School, Mt. St.
Benedict, Trinidad, some of whom knew your husband, Ronnie, please accept my
sincere sympathy at the news of his recent death in Nova Scotia. I'm sure that
he will be missed by his surviving family.
May God have mercy on his soul and may he rest in peace.
I am also interested in contacting Gary Lambkin, his son, who I
believe also attended school at Mt. St. Benedict. If you are able to send me
his email address, I would appreciate it.
Sincerely,
Nigel Boos
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Glen Mckoy
Sep 29
Dear Don,
Thank you for all your emails.
I will not send these photos around, so it will only be seen in
the Blog, I really enjoyed the last circulars I saw, excellent.
Try not to put so much articles by Glen McKoy ha! ha! Well
some of the topics are of interest to many, thank you for editing some of the
stuff also, you guys are doing a great job.
Keeping the Blog a good place to go to.
Thank You, Glen.
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From: idmitch@anguillanet.com
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 14:06:24 -0400
Thank you, Fr Harold,
They are wonderful photos. Ladislao will be able to use them for
sure.
Sincerely,
Don
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From: Father
Harold Imamshah
Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 1:15 PM
Here are just a few memories of Dion Fakoory
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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 08:50:02 -0400
From: dionjpf@gmail.com
Dear Glen,
Thank you for all your mail, I would like to know how you got my
email address, yes I am an old Mount boy I was there in 1960-1963, did not last
long up there.
I am happy that the Mount boys are staying in touch with each
other.
Where are you located, do you know A. Lew ( NAZI ), Freddy
Freitas, Dougie Houke, I think they are all in Venezuela.
What year did you attend MSB?
Keep the mails coming.
Regards
Dion Fakoory
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On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Don
Mitchell <idmitch@anguillanet.com> wrote:
Thank you for the suggestion, Glen. I am sure that Ladislao will
do a nice Circular for him, and you can bet I will publish it on the blog
immediately I get it:
Does anyone have any photos of him and his family that Ladislao
has not yet included in a Circular? If so, please make sure they are sent
to Ladislao.
Don
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From: Glen Mckoy
Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 12:40 PM
Dear Ladislao & Don,
Please note the following on our brother Dion for the Blog.
Thank you ALL for the warm response. God Bless
.
Regards, Glen.
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From: corneldefreitas@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 21:27:16 -0400
This is indeed very sad news...
I remember Dion, he was a very gentle and kind Mount Boy,
Though Dion himself was not in any of my classes, I did know him
very well.
Dion was very religious, and always loved to laugh and kid
around. I do not have not one unpleasant memory of Dion.
May he rest in peace, may Our Lord all our brothers that have
gone before us welcome him into heaven.
I will say a special prayer for him and ask the Lord to bless his
family and help them to deal with their loss of our brother Dion.
Thank you for letting me know, I was very saddened to hear this
news.
I have no way of extending my condolences to his family, can
someone please do this on my behalf.
Cornel A. G. de Freitas
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From: mckoy43glen@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 17:19:05 +0000
Gracias, Mi Hermano, Freddy,
We must always remember, those special moments we hold in our
hearts, as we share this sadness, as a class mate is gone before
us.
We love you guy, we must hold on for the ones they left behind.
Keep in touch with Freddy, for those who were there, to share is
to care, blood, sweat & tears.
God Blessed - The Abbey School...
Adios, Glen McKoy.
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From: andresfreytez@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:00:37 -0400
Gosh Dion ... you went away before we could meet again back in
Trinidad...and so we had agreed two years ago....
Friend and Brother please wait for all of us in heaven where we
will then reunite again... you were part of our lives...
You joked : " Freddy stop making that funny noise when we´in
class"....I still remember your telling me to behave !!
You gave me recipes to make nice curry and tamarind balls...
Only us Old Boys know the sadness that your departure leaves in
us all!!
God bless you and gives strength to your family !!!
Peace to your soul!!
Sad , sad , sad!!
Andres (Freddy)
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From: mckoy43glen@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 08:44:35 +0000
Dear Nigel & Pud,
So sorry to read this news.
He did send me emails every now and then.
May God Bless our brother Dion, may he rest in peace, Amen.
Our hearts are with his family in our prayers.
Glen.
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From: nigelboos@eagles-wings.ca
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 07:14:59 -0400
Pud,
I'm so sorry to hear that Dion has died. I feel as if I've lost a
friend I never knew. He seems to have been such a nice guy. Please accept my
sincere sympathy at his loss, and please extend my condolences to his family.
By copy of this note, I am advising by bcc the Old Boys of MSB
who would have known Dion while he was a student at MSB.
Nigel
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On 2013-09-24, at 9:53 PM,<drgal@laquisholdings.com> wrote:
Nigel,
Dion Fakoory passed peacefully this am. May his soul spend
eternity with Jesus and rest in peace.
Pud
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Ladislao Kertesz at kertesz11@yahoo.com,
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Photos:
MSBAP16MI6512, Mount Inside
12WD45862FBC, Wbladimiro Diaz, the dentist?
60FR0011AFRWORK, more on Andres Freytez
homework
13LK7475LKEGRD, Another reunion here in
Caracas
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