On September 11, at Casa Antonia, Balzan, CARMEN GALEA née Lauri, aged 87, owner of Marchese Shoe Shop, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church.

She leaves to mourn her loss her son-in-law Anthony Briffa (owner of Bathline), her niece Carmen Bernardette Briffa and fiancé Andrea Bigeni, her sister Georgina and husband Frankbert Portelli, her son-in-law Bruno Grasso of Giarre, Sicily, cousins, in-laws, nieces and nephews, relatives and friends.