Ramani N. Iyer
February 8, 2013
Ramani Iyer
Ramani N. Iyer age 73 of Northbrook passed away February 8, 2013. Visitation will be Sunday, February 10, 2013 10:00AM until time of Pooja Service at 11:00AM. Cremation will follow.
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Aruna..So sorry to hear from Maureen that Ramani passed away on Friday. You were such a wonderful wife to him. I know that you loved him very much. May he rest in peace and not suffer any more. May you and Diana have strength to get through the next few days. Although I cannot attend on Sunday, you and Diana will be in my thoughts and prayers.
Love
Kathy
Hi Aruna ,
I am so sorry to hear about your husband ‘s passing away , you both were great couple , may his soul rest in peace and God will give you and Divya the strenth to bare the lose and keep on going because that’s what we all have to do when we loose some one so dear to us . I will see you soon at Divya’s . You are in my thoughts and prayers .
Prem
Hi Aruna, We are very sorry to hear the news about Mr. Natarajan. You both did your best under the circumstances and our prayers are with you and Divya’ s family. Vatsala and Janakiraman.
Dear Aruna Auntie and Divya,
I am so sorry to hear Natarajan Uncle has passed away. My thoughts are with you all. I still remember the days when we were all so little and we would all gather at each others homes. This is a very sad time for our old group of families. We may not all see each other often but the fondness of our friendships have always been clear. Uncle you will be remembered….for your zeal, energy and fun you had always brought forward with your smiling face…. And much more. Auntie and Divya I wish there was something I could do to make it better. Sending you a strong embrace as my thoughts are with you and your family during this difficult time.
Hi Aruna, We are very sorry to hear the news about Mr. Natarajan. You both faced the reality with great courage and did your best under the circumstances. Our prayers are with you and Divya’s family. Vatsala and Janakiraman.
Dear Aruna: Like many, many others, we both feel Natarajan’s loss as a close friend, a well-wisher and an all-round great guy. He brought warmth and cheer during our stay in Chicago and our memories of times spent with both of you in our homes, with friends or on cultural events and picnics (when Divya and Sanat were growing up) are fond and many. Natarajan enriched every life he touched, including ours. We do believe in our hearts that he is in a better place now and speaking of hearts. . . . Natarajan will live in ours for a lifetime. Please take care and we hope to see you soon. Love, Meera, Shyam.
Dear Aruna, Divya and Shekar
Sampath and myself still can not believe that Natarajan is not with us any more. He was always pleasant and helpful.
Like many of our fiends we will always cherish our get to gether parties and cultural events.
We will miss him dearly – May God give you all the strength and courage to go forward.
Alamelu and Sampath
When we think of Natarajan, we think of his decency, his honesty and his friendliness. What a gift it was for all of us to have known him. One of the secret of his life was his ability to derive happiness from even ordinary things. A product as simple as
” Shakarai Pongal” will make him happy. In the future, whenever we eat shakarai pongal we sure are going to remember him.
Dear Aruna,
we feel deeply sorry to hear the sad news . Natarajan was such a gentleman and always classy. I will remember his warm smile when he greeted anyone.
we pray to god to give you and your family courage during this difficult time.
Dear Aruna, Divya and Sekar
We are extremely sorry to learn about the demise of Natarajan. He was very attached to family and friends and took special steps to establish contacts with Sekar’s family. As soon as he knew about our relationship to the Narayanan family, he and Aruna took special efforts to contact us, visited us and kept us in the loop. We will miss him.
Sunder and Lalitha
Dear Aruna,
We have fond memories of Natarajan. We have known your family for over 30 years and in the last few years we have grown closer. We cannot forget Natarajan’s loving gesture of dropping us at O’Hare even in his challenging health moment and you were there giving him support. Chaks has lost a brother and Vatsala is missing a close friend.
We have been privy to Natarajan’s authentic south indian vegtable stew, Thalagam, and that will remain part of our fond memories.
Aruna, your devotion to Natarajan has touched our hearts.
He was a good friend. He will be missed. Our thoughts and prayers to Aruna and her family.
Dear Aruna,
We are saddened to know about Natarajan’s demise. We will remember him as a warm, friendly person with a deep love of music and as an interesting conversationalist with an intellectual streak.
Please accept our condolences and may God give you the strength to bear this irreparable loss.
Dear Aruna
It is a great personal loss to me.Having known him from the age of 5, he was like a brother.Only the other day i was looking at an old school picture and remembered him.
Most importantly a good human being and a kind friend to all.
May God give you and Divya the courage to bear the loss and carry on.
Mali ( Ambi)
Hi Aruna, we are sad that Ramani is with s no more. May God rest his soul in peace and give you and the rest of your family strength to bear his loss.
Both of you did a great job living life to the full in spite of his cancer. I admire your travels whenever you could get away. You did your best for him, and have to be content in God’s will.
I will miss him and our discussions. Our condolences again.
Aruna. So sorry to find out about Ramani. May God give you strength to deal with the loss. He will be missed. He was a very pure soul.
We really feel bad that we missed the funeral as we had gone out of town to attend another funeral and read the news after we came back.
Our thoughts and prayers for the family.
Aruna. Really sorry to find out about Ramani. May God give you strength to bear the loss. He will be missed. He was a very pure soul.
We really feel bad that we were not able to attend his funeral and see you as we were out of town to attend another funeral.
Our prayers and thoughts for the family.
Dear Aruna, Divya,
Shocked to hear about the sad event. I knew him from childhood. “R Nattu” was a great and good friend. Always ready with a smile and helpful to one and all, his passing away leaves a void in our minds and hearts that will be difficult to fill. May HE rest his soul in peace.
Anu, joins me in conveying our heartfelt condolences and sympathies and we pray to HIM to give you and Divya the stength to overcome this hour of grief and sorrow.
Ravi
R.Nattu as he was called in school was my class mate in DTEA for 10 years. That would testify our closeness. He was special to me as we both shared a name and were drawn to each other. It looks like yesterday. All his class mates recognized his wizardry in Maths. Extremely kind hearted, soft spoken and affable, he was super-fast in his gait, speech and even swifter in solving tough maths problems. I had the good fortune of attending his wedding in New Rajendra Nagar by a rare coincidence. An esteemed colleague, Mr. Sondhi of CPWD accidentally mentioned he had to attend the wedding of his niece with a Tamilian. The groom turned out to be my dear R. Nattu. I wasted no time and accompanied him to the wedding! I last met Nattu in Chennai some 5 years ago and along with some friends hosted a dinner in his honour. We were in touch on the net every now and then. I knew he was suffering badly. Even then he was always cheerful. My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family. May the departed noble soul rest in peace.
N. Natarajan
Dear Aruna:
We were lucky to have Natarajan and you as our friends these past few years. We really enjoyed coming over to your house and hear Natarajan chat fondly about ‘good old times’, Hindi songs, etc and we appreciated the knowledge he had on music, and other topics…made us laugh and relax!
We will miss him…and pray for you and your family.
Dear Aruna
We will miss Natarajan at the sahasranamam chanting. Murali and I know him as a soft spoken person who listens well and can discuss on any topic be it music, sports, politics or movies. He will be greatly missed by us. We pray for you and your family. We are there for you, Aruna.
Dear Aruna:
It was sad to hear about the passing away of Mr. Natrajan. He was such a gentle soul. He has inspired us with his courage and positive outlook in life. You were a pillar of strength.
We will miss him. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Dear Aruna,
We are saddened that Mr. Natarajan is not with us anymore physically.But he will always be remembered for his sweet smile. He was cheerful even during challenging times and you provided tremendous support at all times. May God give you and Divya’s family the strength to bear this loss. He will be missed.
Mr. Ramani Aiyer was a great passionate and loving person.
Always helping and caring for others. He will always be remembered by us as a true friend.
We will miss him and pray to god for his soul to rest in peace.
Dear Aruna,
We lost a great family friend in Mr. Ramani Iyer. He will be remembered as a person of great affection, compassion , and good values. In spite of his sickness and pains, he kept a smiling face. We have wonderful memories of our get togethers and he will always remain in our memories.
We all family members pray to God for his soul to rest in peace.
My association with Natarajan goes back to our college days in Delhi in late 50′s. Our friendship grew stronger after we met again accidentally in a CTA train in Chicago in 1970. Then we started raising our families… Divya and our daughter Sunaina were born within a month of each other, and we continued our friendship via many family get togethers and picnics. Like many immigrant families who wanted to help their professional careers via higher education, both of us enrolled in Northwestern University’s MBA program and completed our degrees… me in 1975, and Natarajan in 1976. Over the years, we enjoyed several parties at each other’s house… Aruna’s mouth watering South Indian dishes were always popular with everyone. Combined with Natarajan’s cheerful disposition, they were a very popular couple in our social circles. Needless to say, that we will miss Natarajan badly… however, we will cherish some very fond memories and thank him for making our lives happy and memorable.
Always smiling face of Natrajans will stay in my mind.he was a great person with whom I could share all my secrets,sit with him and enjoy our common love food and music for hours and hours endlessly…..you will be missed…….an understanding friend,elder brother ,a doting father to Divya ,a loveable grandfather and Ofcourse the most adorable companion and husband to my dear sister.
With profound sorrow we have learned the demise of Mr. Nataraja Iyer due to heart attack. We were in India till yesterday and we are sorry we could not respond immediately. Although we were aware of his illness, his sudden end was unexpected. We’ve seen you and Iyer together always in many functions and in many of our mutual friends’ homes and in our home.
We know he grew up in Delhi and had a great attachment to the capital city of India. His loss will be deeply felt among his friends and in the Indian community of Chicago.
May his soul rest in peace.
Dear Aruna, Divya and family,
A great personal loss to all of us. He was like a brother, we have known your beautiful family since over 40 years. A true gentleman, always smiling and never showed his pain. Aruna, you did everything possible in caring for him.
May God give you and your family strength in this time of sorrow. We miss him dearly, he will always be in our thoughts.
Love
Sarosh and Farida
Dear Aruna,
I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of our dear friend Natarajan Iyer. My family has known him since 1975 as you both were among our earliest friends in Chicago. He was also an esteemed colleague as I had the pleasure of working with him for almost four years. Srikant, Lakshmi and I always knew him as a kind and gentle person. Additionally, I remember the immense respect my late husband Venkataraman had for Natarajan Iyer. Meetings between our families became sporadic over time, but the affection never waned. Whenever we were able to meet, the conversations were always genuine and warm. We are thankful, you both were with us during the significant events in my family. What a pleasure it was to see you both at the Esha yoga center in Coimbatore.
Please convey our condolences to Divya. Our thoughts are with you Aruna.
With deepest sympathies,
Sharada Venkataraman
Dear Aruna,
We are both so sorry to hear about Ramani and will miss his wonderful company. He was always very cheerful and always maintained his cool. We remember his affection towards everyone and the way he made everyone so comfortable around him. Ramani had a great sense of humor and a great memory. We always wondered how he could recall all the movies and the actors, actresses and songs at the tip of his fingers. We very much appreciate the great times we had together and how fortunate we were to be able to spend some very good quality time with him.
We both wish you, Divya, Shekhar and your grandchildren great memories of a most wonderful human being whom we all had the good fortune to spend time with.
Lata and Nawal
An Act that left a profound impact
There are some memories in life that get so engraved & impressed and there are some actions that give immense joy. Nannu Chithappa in my life has given me both. It is a story to some but a deep set memory to me. Way back in mid or late 60’s, Chithappa had been to Bombay. He stayed with us for 3 or 4 days. I believe, he came for a job interview. I still vividly remember the first evening with him. He had come in from Delhi and tired after a long 24 hr train journey. We usually came home at 5pm from school. That day he was waiting for us at our school bus stop. As we got down from the bus, he took our schools bag, wow! they are heavy, he would say and took it from all the three of us. As we walked home, he said, he wanted to do a little shopping and he requested we come with him and help. In a hour, we finished our homework and set out with him for his shopping. It was close by, just a street away, he went into a couple of shops, peered inside and came out, not this one. Then we went into a candy shop, there were a dozen jars on the rack with candies, he just opened all the jars and told us pick whatever and gave us a brown bag each. Wow, I had never heard of this before, we picked a couple each, he won’t let us go, till we filled our bags. We were thrilled and I can still see his face in front of me, he felt immense joy and pleasure to see us happy. He paid the bill, then the shop keeper gave us a candy each and one to Nannu Chithappa. Guess, the shop keeper to got carried away but Nannu Chitthappa’s love. There was no other shopping he did. We all felt that unconditional love, telling kids in a candy store to pick whatever and how much ever you want. Wow! How many would have done it or dare to do it. But it was an everlasting impact on me.
We moved on there after, in different directions but decades later met in USA along with lovely and equaly kind Aruna Chitthi. It may be 40 years since we met in Bombay but I regularly practice this action of joy, I have done it several time with my younger cousins, niece and nephews. As I grew, the idea has taken a different flavor but it was Nannu Chittappa who instilled it in me. I buy food to the homeless now, take them Mc or a jack & box or a Dunkin donut, buy them whatever they want and enjoy the joy with them. Buy golguppa for a hand rickshaw driver or pack roti channa for his family of 5. It is strange but true, it is always Nannu Chithappa, I remember, when I do it. In my last visit to Chennai, I saw my wife Sudha buy a pack of idly, vada and give a young mother and child. I watched it from the car and had tears in my eyes remembering Nannu Chithappa being unwell. Vijay my son does this from time to time. Nannu Chitthappa can never die, he is always there with us, may be with our families for more generation to come.
Nannu Chithappa had been to our home last year, I talked to about this. He just smiled, as if was just one of his many kind acts, but I still saw the joy in him, when I narrated it to him. That was the last I saw him but I will never miss him.
May his soul rest in peace and the cherished memories will be there with us forever.
We love Chitthi
With tons & tons of love
Shankar Harid
An Act that left a profound impact
There are some memories in life that get so engraved & impressed and there are some actions that give immense joy. Nannu Chithappa in my life has given me both. It is a story to some but a deep set memory to me. Way back in mid or late 60’s, Chithappa had been to Bombay. He stayed with us for 3 or 4 days. I believe, he came for a job interview. I still vividly remember the first evening with him. He had come in from Delhi and tired after a long 24 hr train journey. We usually came home at 5pm from school. That day he was waiting for us at our school bus stop. As we got down from the bus, he took our schools bag, wow! they are heavy, he would say and took it from all the three of us. As we walked home, he said, he wanted to do a little shopping and he requested we come with him and help. In a hour, we finished our homework and set out with him for his shopping. It was close by, just a street away, he went into a couple of shops, peered inside and came out, not this one. Then we went into a candy shop, there were a dozen jars on the rack with candies, he just opened all the jars and told us pick whatever and gave us a brown bag each. Wow, I had never heard of this before, we picked a couple each, he won’t let us go, till we filled our bags. We were thrilled and I can still see his face in front of me, he felt immense joy and pleasure to see us happy. He paid the bill, then the shop keeper gave us a candy each and one to Nannu Chithappa. Guess, the shop keeper to got carried away but Nannu Chitthappa’s love. There was no other shopping he did. We all felt that unconditional love, telling kids in a candy store to pick whatever and how much ever you want. Wow! How many would have done it or dare to do it. But it was an everlasting impact on me.
We moved on there after, in different directions but decades later met in USA along with lovely and equaly kind Aruna Chitthi. It may be 40 years since we met in Bombay but I regularly practice this action of joy, I have done it several time with my younger cousins, niece and nephews. As I grew, the idea has taken a different flavor but it was Nannu Chittappa who instilled it in me. I buy food to the homeless now, take them Mc or a jack & box or a Dunkin donut, buy them whatever they want and enjoy the joy with them. Buy golguppa for a hand rickshaw driver or pack roti channa for his family of 5. It is strange but true, it is always Nannu Chithappa, I remember, when I do it. In my last visit to Chennai, I saw my wife Sudha buy a pack of idly, vada and give a young mother and child. I watched it from the car and had tears in my eyes remembering Nannu Chithappa being unwell. Vijay my son does this from time to time. Nannu Chitthappa can never die, he is always there with us, may be with our families for more generation to come.
Nannu Chithappa had been to our home last year, I talked to about this. He just smiled, as if was just one of his many kind acts, but I still saw the joy in him, when I narrated it to him. That was the last I saw him but I will never miss him.
May his soul rest in peace and the cherished memories will be there with us forever.
We love you Chitthi
With tons & tons of love
Shankar Harid
Dear Aruna:
Natarajan was more than a friend to us. Viji always thought of him as her ‘anna’. Reminiscing about their Delhi Days was an eternal source of joy – Natarajan much enjoyed that! Soft spoken and pleasant, never seeing anything but the good in people, his immense love for family and friends, never agitated and an eternal optimist – he was quite unique! Shekhar’s words of eulogy will ever ring in our ears – “one man’s unbound love for his daughter……” and we laways think of Divya’s wedding day when he declared on her being late ” SHE IS WORTH WAITING FOR, no matter how long it takes!!” How profound! many little tidbits bring back fond memories such as the visit to the beach and the zoo with the grandchildren etc.
Natarajan faced his illness with an attitude that is commendable. What will and fortitude! He will be much missed by us. You are on your own journey now, the months ahead will be challenging, no doubt – but don’t ever feel alone! Our doors are always open for you, any time, any day. And Natarajan will approve when you avail of whatever we can offer by way of solace and comfort – a shoulder, an ear. We feel privileged to be a part of your inner circle and hope to be so in the future.
Take care.
With much love,
Viji and Krishnan
Bhai Sahib was the most gentle soul. He was always concerned about the welfare of others. Since our first meeting in the Eastwood Apartsment, we always cherished our friendship with you both.
We can never forget our several trips and outings with Dee, Jesse and all of us during our time in Chicago. Bhai shaib will always be in our thoughts. We pray that the gentle soul may rest in peace and give you strenght to bear this separation.
You are welcome to visit us in Seattle any time.
With warm regards and love:
Balbir and Rani