Mangalore: Citizens throng to bid final Adieu to Blasius
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (MM/RD)
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Mangalore, Jan 27: The mortal remains of Blasius D’Souza, former minister and MLC, were buried with full state honours at St Sebastian Church cemetery, Bendore, on Sunday, January 27 evening.
Earlier, cortege procession was held from his residence at Valencia to the church for final rites.
Fr Dr Aloysius Paul D’Souza, Bishop of Mangalore celebrated the Eucharistic Mass, for the rest in peace of departed soul of Blasius D’Souza, along with Fr Denis Moras Prabhu, vicar general of Mangalore diocese, Fr Peter Noronha, parish priest of St Sebastian Church and several priests from neighbouring parishes of city. The family members and dignitaries including large number of well wishers of Blasius were present through the final rites.
The guard of honour was offered to Blasius D’Souza, on behalf of Dakshina Kannada police and district administration. Deputy Commissioner, M Maheshwar Rao, DySP Dharmaiah, M Veerappa Moily, chairman of Union Administrative Reforms Commission, former ministers, Nagaraj Shetty and Ramanath Rai, former MLA, Abhayachandra Jain, former MP, Vinaykumar Sorake, Janardhan Poojary, ex-chairman of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) and Rajya Sabha member, Dakshina Kannada (DK) Zilla Panchayat president, KP Sucharita Shetty, bureaucrats, government officials and others paid homage to Blasius D’Souza.
Finally, his mortal remains were laid to rest at the cemetery.