ABELA LANZON. On October 5, at Mater Dei Hospital, MICHAEL (Lino) of Marsascala, aged 80, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. He leaves to mourn his loss his beloved wife Margaret, née Caruana, his children Joseph and his wife Marcelle, Michael and his wife Jackie, residing in the UK, Anna Maria and her husband Laurence Brincat, Monica and her husband Anton Debono, his grandchildren Norah, Bertha, Mark, Julian, Gabriel, Jeremy, Daniel and Alexander, his brother Vincent and his wife Liz, residing in Australia, his in-laws, nephews, nieces, other relatives and friends. The funeral leaves Mater Dei Hospital today at 2.45 p.m. for St Anne parish church, Marsascala, where Mass praesente cadavere will be said at 3.30 p.m., followed by interment in the family grave at Żabbar cemetery. No flowers by request but donations to Dar tal-Providenza, Siġġiewi, will be greatly appreciated. Thanks go to the staff of OW3, Mater Dei Hospital, for their dedication and support. Lord, grant him eternal rest.

DRAKARD. On October 5, at his residence, MALCOLM of Paola, aged 68, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. He leaves to mourn his loss his wife Dorothy, née Grech, his sons Stephen and James and their respective families, his brothers-in-law Lewis and family of Canada, Charles, widower of Aida and family, his sisters Avril and Odette and families, in-laws, nephews and nieces, other relatives and friends. The funeral leaves his residence today at 8 a.m. for Christ the King parish church, Paola, where Mass praesente cadavere will be said at 8.30 a.m., followed by interment at Santa Maria Addolorata Cemetery. No flowers by request but donations to Dar tal-Providenza, Siġġiewi, will be greatly appreciated. Lord, grant him eternal rest.

PACE. On October 5, at Mater Dei Hospital, ALEX, aged 75, passed peacefully away comforted by the rites of Holy Church. He leaves to mourn his loss his beloved wife Louise, née Zammit Lupi, his children Nicholas and his wife Jacqui, Melanie and her husband Anthony Doublet, Jonathan and his wife Liz, his dearest grandchildren Jamie, Tara, Debbie, Matthew and Christopher, his brothers Edwin and his wife Juliette and Ivan and his wife Myriam, his in-laws, nephews and nieces, other relatives and friends. The funeral leaves Mater Dei Hospital today at 2 p.m. for Jesus of Nazareth parish church, Sliema, where Mass praesente cadavere will be said at 2.30 p.m. followed by interment at Santa Maria Addolorata Cemetery. No flowers by request but donations to charitable institutions will be appreciated. The family wish to thank the staff at Mater Dei Hospital for their care and dedication.

In Memoriam

AMATO. In loving memory of a dear husband, IRO. Always remembered by his wife Kathleen especially today the second anniversary of his death.

AMATO - IRO. In memory of a dear son and brother-in-law. Fondly remembered by Connie, Moira, Joseph and family.

GERA de PETRI. In loving memory of PAOLINA, a beloved mother and grandmother, today the ninth anniversary of her passing away. Always in our thoughts and prayers. Alfred, Agnès, Daniel, Andrea and Giulia.

PORTANIER MIFSUD - RENEE, née deBono. Always in our prayers. Mary, Magda and Isabelle.

Actors wanted

Masquerade is looking for a large cast composed of experienced and aspiring actors and singers for their upcoming production Jekyll and Hyde.

Auditions for the musical will be held at the theatre company's premises in Floriana on October 19 at 10 a.m.

Those auditioning should prepare a song and a short monologue and bring their own sheet music and/or backing tracks on CD. Singers and actors must be over 16 years. For more information call on 2124 6619/7979 3737.

Photographic collection

Frank Salt Real Estate Ltd has published a book containing a selection of photos taken by Gordon Bonello.

Entitled Klikk, the publication is being given out to foreign clients visiting the island with the intention of buying property.

Mr Bonello is a leading consultant with Frank Salt Real Estate and does not consider himself a photographer but merely a collector of visually-captured life.

Nanotechnology lecture

The University of Malta will be holding a lecture on the use of micro and nanotechnology to support applications on October 14 between 5 and 6 p.m. at the Faculty of Engineering.

The lecture will be delivered by Gordana Popovic from the University of Technology.

Places can be reserved by calling on 2340 2061 or sending an e-mail to therese.caruana@eng.um.edu.mt.

UTV off air

The UTV religious channel said it has temporarily stopped its transmission in order to upgrade its facilities.

Disruption of telephone service

Customers in parts of St Julians will have their service temporarily disrupted today due to planned maintenance work to improve the telephone service and particularly broadband internet services, GO said yesterday.

Charity concert

Students of the Arleen J. Barlows Vocal Studio will be performing at Ir-Razzett tal-Ħbiberija, Marsascala on October 24 at 7.30 p.m. Tickets, costing €8 can be obtained by phoning 2157 1433/7970 7978 or at the door. proceeds will be in aid of the Razzett.