On December 6, at Mater Dei Hospital, JOSEPH SPITERI of Għaxaq, aged 86, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church.

He leaves to mourn his loss his children Catherine, Joseph and his wife Maria, his grandchildren, Ludwig and his wife Roseanne, Arvin and his wife Amanda, Sarah Marie and her husband Renard, Saviour Luke and his fiancée, his great-grandchildren Miguel, Matias, Marcus, Annah Rose and Alec, in-law Rose Baldacchino, relatives and friends.