Daijiworld Media Network - Bangalore

 

Puis Gregory D'Souza (76), son of the late Gratian D'Souza, husband of Winifred D'Souza, father of Arun D'Souza and Rashmi D'Souza, passed away on Wednesday February 29.

Born on November 17, 1936, P G D'Souza was an officer on special duty to chief opposition whip MLA Abhayachandra Jain.

He had been in Karnataka government service for the past 40 years, serving a number of state ministers in the capacity of personal assistant or private secretary. Beginning in 1972 with Shankar Alva, P G D'Souza went on to serve political leaders like M Veerappa Moily, M Y Ghorpade, R V Deshpande, M C Nanaiah, former chief minister Ramakrishna Hegde and many others, irrespective of the government in power.

He was also an active member of Konkani Catholic Association of Bangalore (KonCAB) and Kanara Catholic Association (KCA).

He was residing at #450, Ist Cross, 9th Main, off 80 ft Road, HAL IIIrd Stage, Bangalore - 75.

Funeral service will be held at Resurrection Church on 80 ft Road, Indiranagar, Bangalore on Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 3 pm.