We regretfully announce the passing away of JOSEPHINE VELLA, widow of Joseph Vella of Safi, a few weeks before her 82nd birthday.

She passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her family, in the early hours of Friday, January 3.

She leaves to mourn her irreparable loss her beloved children Paul Vella, Margaret and Louis Schembri, Claire and Elton Busuttil, Robert Aloisio, widower of her eldest daughter M’Anne, her treasured grandchildren Andy Aloisio and Beverly Fenech, Sarah and Stefan Sant, Emma Schembri and Simon Mifsud, Paula and Manuel Farrugia, Kurt Vella, Nicole and Martina Busuttil, and her great-grandchildren Aiden and Thomas, her brother Alfonse Grech, her sisters Katy Bugeja and Tessie Borg, their families, other relatives and friends, especially her life-long friend Maria Busuttil.