Waltham, Massachusetts: Rev. Dr. V.K. Thomas Valiyaparambil, 79, passed away April 17.
He had suffered a massive stroke on July 5, 2013 in Tampa, Florida, while there to perform ministerial duties for the Knanaya Jacobite Orthodox church where he served as a priest. He spent many months trying to recover at Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, FL.
In November, he was moved to Massachusetts
where he stayed at the Meadow Green Nursing Home in Waltham, MA.
Calling Hours and Wake:
Friday, April 25 from 2pm - 8pm at the Acton
Funeral Home (470 Massachusetts
Avenue
PO Box 882 • Acton,
MA 01720-Phone: 978-263-5333) in Acton,
MA.
(www.actonfuneralhome.com)
Orthodox Mass and Burial
Saturday, April 26 beginning at 8am with morning prayers and the Holy Qurbana to begin at 8:30am at the St. Stephen Knanaya Orthodox Church, (182 Main Street) in Maynard, MA. (www.ststephensknanayachurch.org).
Burial at 12:30pm at St Brigid's Cemetery in Maynard, MA.