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A Young Valerian Serrao

Dad and Mom's engagement snaps

Dad being blessed by his father Andrew P. Serrao and mother Marcelene Serrao before his nuptials.

Dad and Mom on their wedding day

Dad and Mom at their wedding reception

Views of Muscat Harbour, Sultanate of Oman

Dad and his roomie rustling up some grub

Dad drinking from a Falaj, Oman

Dad with his friends Jerome and Benedict in their PDO camp quarters

Pakka 70s pose (It's not Venice, it's a stage set)

Dad and Mom in Matheran

Dad lopped the head of this life-size stewardess cut out in his room and stuck mom's face on 'coz as he wrote on a postcard, "I only have eyes for you ba."

Dad and Mom at a hill point in Shimla

With mom's elder sister Amy D'Cunha

With mom's elder sister Tressy, and her kids Prem and Meena

Dad and his li's girl

One of our first family pics

Dad and me at the Mount Mary Fair, Bandra, Mumbai

With Bro. Ronny and me in Yagnik Nagar, Andheri, Mumbai

Dad and Mom at our Muscat House

The first few members of Faith Assembly, Mumai. (From left, Pastor Hubert, Sis. Jayshree, Sis. Leena, Sis. Flossy, and Dad. Bro. Vinod takes the pic)

Dad asleep, tired from story telling. I'm still up and hyper - at our home in Hamriya, Muscat

Dad and me at a cliff face in Matheran, MH

At Juhu Beach

With Bro. Richard D'Souza and Grandma Helena (mom's mother) on her baptism day

Dad and me at our home in Mansoor Ali Complex, 
Muscat, Oman

Dad and mom with grandma on one of their anniversaries. Dad feeds mom a slice of cake (baked by mom:-)

With a young Joash in Saidham, Sodawala Lane, Mumbai

With the Jacobs, at Chikaldhara hill station, MH

Dad with horns - at a museum in Amravathi, MH

My 19th birthday

Dad with Bro. Billy Joseph at a convention in Agripada, Mumbai Central

Dad and His Bible

In front of Bro. Balerao's new home in Ahmednagar, MH.

(From left: Bro. Sona, Dad, Bro. Balerao, Bro. Shadrach, myself with Abhisheikh, 

Sis Vimal, Sis. Dolly, Mom, and Amma)

With Bro. Gan at the Salvation Army Camp during the Keswick Convention in Conoor

Dad and me with Grandma Marcelene and Dad's brother Reggie in Yagnik Nagar, Andheri, Mumbai.

Dad and Shadrach on the shores of Lake Pykara at sunrise

Dad and Mom in GlenMorgan, The Nilgiris

With mom in front of the Queen's Necklace, Mumbai

Dad with his son in law 'to be' at our home in Mumbai

At Pykara Guest House, The Niligiris

Shad and Dad in Ooty's Botanical Garden Nursery

And on their sweet tooth fulfillment spree

Our family pic the day Shadrach proposed

Dad and my MIL bless us on our engagement day

Dad with me and my new ring

With friends at our home in I.C. Colony, Borivali, Mumbai

The view from Susheel Terrace. We were finishing our last roll of film.

Mom and Dad on Shadrach's old bike in our first rental home at Palaniappa Nagar, Coimbatore, TN

Dad blessing me at my Roce ceremony

Dad walking me down the aisle on my wedding day.

Dad giving me away

Feeding Dad cake (he asked for a big piece)

Dad with Bro. Sona after the ceremony

Family Portraits

                                       

  

Birthday shots

Classic Snapshot: Shadow and Dad reading the paper at Krishnaswamy Nagar, Coimbatore, TN

Our family at Adayar Anandh Bhavan

Dad when he began sitting with a back cushion.

Dad at home during a cottage meeting

 

Dad with Sis. Shiny at her place with his back support belt to help with the pain.

Dad after his radiotherapy course

With his brother Harry and sister Nancy at Anjappa's 

during their visit to Coimbatore

 

Seeing them off at the airport

Dad getting all set for his walk with mom

Dad conducting a service at the Patnampudur Convention

With Bro. Israel on his visit home

 

With dad after his oral chemotherapy treatment 

With our neighbours Sayal and Acchu, whom dad played cards, carrom, and chess with regularly.

                     

Dad with his cane when he began finding it difficult to walk without support.

 Dad has had his facial. Mine is in progress.

Dad's last days

Kidding Trevor about his paunch

 With mom and her elder sister Betty

 With the Soares clan on their Coimbatore visit

(From Left: Trevor, Aunt Daisy, myself, Uncle Ozzy, Dad, Mom, and Aunt Betty)

Dad's saying Goodbye to Sis. Reena who had come over to Coimbatore to visit him.

Valerian Andrew Serrao

Loving Husband, Father, Friend

 Born: 18th Feb,1947

  Slept: 26th Aug, 2011

Buried at Senthamil Nagar, Government Cemetery

Standing now in the presence of the Almighty God

   Sorely Missed by all who knew him,

      Fondly remembered by family and dear ones,

         Earnestly expected to meet at the soon coming 

            of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Dad's Memorial Day Meeting