On March 6, at Mater Dei Hospital, ANTOINETTE GALEA of Sliema, residing at St Catherine’s Home, aged 65, passed away peacefully, after a short illness, comforted by her sister Catherine.

She will be greatly missed by her mother Palmira née Calandro, widow of Paul Galea, Sister Anna Maria O’Dea, widow of Joseph O’Dea, her sister Maria and Michael, her brother Joseph and Catherine, her sister Catherine and Alan, her treasured niece Michaela Abela and her beloved nephews Gabriel, Benjamin, Rohan, David, Andrew, Raphael and Daniel, her aunt Marlene Galea-Lowell, her aunt Antoinette Galea née Gatt, her cousins Oscar and Godfrey Galea, Patricia Cassar-Torregiani née Galea, Mario Galea, Iris, Anna and Cynthia Galea-Lowell and Suzanne German née Galea, her cousins in Australia Lisa and Helen Calandro and Justin Calandro, other relatives and friends.

We will not forget her humour, her love of writing and her love of the natural world.

Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later date.

Lord, grant her eternal rest.

The family would like to thank the dedicated sisters and staff at St Catherine’s Home for their loving care of Antoinette over the past three years, as well as the doctors and nurses at Mater Dei Hospital for their constant kindness and support over the past weeks.