Mercedes Royer

Services will be held Saturday for Mercedes A. Royer, who died Oct. 17, 2009.

The viewing will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at First Wesleyan Church with services at 11:30 a.m. Burial will be in Western Cemetery No. 3.

She is survived by her husband, Phenice Royer; daughter, Karen Royer; sons, Aaron and Myron Royer; grandchildren, Taharon, Dalilah, Zyaire and Royer, Isaiah Byrd and Kashelah and Maekayla Reid; sisters, Josephine and Alicia Scotland, Rachel Phillip, Francisca and Marsha Daniel, Rose Herbert, Magarita Daniel and Wanetta Webb; brothers, Efphrain (Jimmy), Enrique Daniel and Emiele Daniel; sister-in-law, Irma Lewis, Flora Royer, Hetty Francis, Hazel and Percil Daniel; brother-in-law, Avon and Irving Royer and Reginald Scotland; godchildren, Jamie Todman, Donna-Mae Bernard, and Melvin Knight; nieces and nephews, Shornna Berkeley, Jeffrey and Steve Scotland, Whitmore (Junior), Sherma Daniel, Ketiema Orellana, Iroy Ward, Nagee Harris, Kevorn Willet, Javin Daniel, Keturah Grey, Kevane Daniel, Iris (Kris) and Billy Jones, Judith and Verlin; special aunts, Margarette Smith; special cousins, Vanetta Matthews and family, the Fredrick family, the Phillip Family, the Smith family, the Abbot family; special friends, the Burke family, the Bridgewater family, the Todman family, the Bernard family, the Knight family, the Innis family, Dr. Smith and family, the Mingo family, Mark Vanterpool and family, Maggie Baltimore and family, the Donovan family, the Aubain family, the Luke family, Robert Phillip and family, Marcus Berkeley and family, Pat and family, Wells Andrews and family, Carol Brumant and family, Ronney Smith and family, the Galloway family, Ms. Cornelius and Family, Brother Mills and Family, Winston "Soso" Lake, Ms. Carmen, Ms. Isaac, Ms. Inez , Leroy Turnbull, Ms. Whaton, Ms. Tavlen Frazier; and many other relatives and friends.

Arrangements are by Turnbull's Funeral Home.

Emelphine Gottlieb

Services will be held Saturday for Emelphine Gottlieb, 103, who died Oct. 15, 2009.

The first viewing will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Turnbull's Funeral Home. The second viewing will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at Frederick Lutheran Church with services at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Western Cemetery No. 3.

She is survived by her sons, Ellsworth Gottlieb, Eugene Gottlieb, Leroy Gottlieb and Rene Gottlieb; adopted sons, Eric Bonelli and Arthur Bonelli; daughters-in-law, Grace Gottlieb, Norma Gottlieb, Gerda Gottlieb and Myrtle Gottlieb; 30 grandchildren, Cadia Hodge-Grande, Sheila Jackson, Corrette Smith, Calvin Gottlieb, Kimberly Gottlieb, Kaija Gottlieb, Ellsworth Gottlieb Jr., Nadine Gottlieb-McGhee, David Gottlieb, Michelle Gottlieb-Greene, Grace Gottlieb-Wright; Michael Gottlieb, Brian Gottlieb, Janice Gottlieb-Kennings; Leroy Gottlieb Jr., Wilburn Gottlieb, Mark Gottlieb, Joyce Gottlieb, Elroy Gottlieb Jr., Sonia Gottlieb-Vaughn, Melissa Gottlieb, Andrew Gottlieb, Debra Gottlieb, Eugene Gottlieb Jr., Christian Gerard Gottlieb, Barbara Gottlieb-McMillian, Vernette Gottlieb-M-Boya, Roy Alden Gottlieb, Kevron Lee Gottlieb and Keri Lee Gottlieb; 49 great-grandchildren; nine great-great grandchildren; special cousins, (St. Croix) Sonia Jacobs-Dow and siblings, other Jacobs family members, the Plaskett family, the Tuitt family and the Gibbs family; nephews, Leayle McFarlane, Joseph Peters, Joel Meyers and James Meyers; nieces, Gwendolyn Guischard and Mary Myers-Lindquist; special friends, relatives and confidants, Clovis Emanuel, Marion Jackson, Dorothy Lockhart, Bernice Galloway, Ina Steele, Ruth Dennery, Aloma Dorsett and family, Lorraine Gideon and the Gifft family, Gaynell Kuntz, Marsha Collins, Patricia King, Ange Joseph, Massac Nursing Home and the Lutheran Church's Family Circle; special godchildren, Alicia Doute, Eleanor Garcia, Helen Sebastian-Gabriel and Earlyn Farrington; and the many children that she help raised and their parents and families.

She was preceded in death by her grandsons, James Craig and Gordon and Nathan Hodge.

Arrangements are by Turnbull's Funeral Home.

Alexis E.C. Ramos

Alexis E.C. Ramos, M.D., retired director of the emergency room at Schneider Hospital, passed away while sleeping in the ICU at Schneider Hospital on Oct. 17, 2009.

Born in Catanduanes, Philippines, on Aug. 7, 1942, Dr. Ramos was the eighth child of the late Domiciano T. Ramos Sr. and the late Lucena Cristobal.

The first viewing will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Turnbull's Funeral Home. The second viewing will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Estate Mafolie, with services at 10 a.m.

Burial will be in Mafolie Catholic Cemetery.

In 1984, Dr. Ramos worked in the emergency room, primarily focusing on helping the people of the Virgin Islands with diligence, concern, dedication and love with strong commitment to the community. A well-loved doctor in the emergency room, Dr. Ramos supported the growth of emergency room medicine in the Virgin Islands, first at the Knud Hansen emergency room, and later at Schneider Hospital.

"A doctor for the masses" was what one underprivileged, uninsured patient said about Dr. Ramos when the doctor helped the patient buy his medicine so he could take them on time.

Dr. Ramos once paid a taxicab driver to take home an ailing woman who could not afford to get a cab on her own. Dr. Ramos did that just so the old woman could have a much-needed rest at home and be with her family - a truly random act of kindness and concern from someone who has practiced the purest principles of a "good physician."

Through the doctor's efforts, the Virgin Islands community gained greater trust and confidence in emergency room care.

According to one prominent local physician, there was a point in time when there was shortage of physicians and Dr. Ramos worked on a rotation basis to cover both the St. Thomas and the St. John clinics without disruption and without request for additional compensation. It was truly "service above self" - a true hero of emergency room medicine.

Dr. Ramos is survived by brothers, Dante and Manny; sisters, Lolita and Lida; nephews and niece, Theresa Aguilar-Phillips, Noel and Juli, Joselito and Patrick; nephew-in-law, Dion Phillips and son, Ernest Owen Phillips, and other relatives in the Philippines.

Arrangements are by Turnbull's Funeral Home.

- Obituary submitted by the family

Alban Ulric Anthony

Services will be held Thursday for former legislator and Deputy Chief Minister Alban Ulric Anthony, who died Oct. 18, 2009, at Peebles Hospital.

Anthony will lie in repose at the House of Assembly from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday. The funeral procession will leave L&M Scatliffe Memorial Chapel at 8:30 a.m. Thursday. The viewing will be held from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday at the Road Town Methodist Church followed by the service at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Greenland Cemetery.

He is survived by his children, Patrick Anthony and Beryl Todman of St. Thomas, Sheila Brathwaite, Ruth Frazer and the Rev. Michael Anthony of Tortola and Daphne Morain and Kevin Anthony of Florida; sons-in-law, Ishmael Brathwaite and BVI Police Commissioner Reynell Frazer; daughters-in-law, Monica Anthony, Akayla Anthony and Joan Anthony; sister-in-law, Florentine Woods; nephew, Liston Crabbe of New York; 18 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; special cousins, Pastor Pearl Smith, Jennie Wheatley, Isaac Smith and Lilly Penn; and special friends, Randolph "Mose" Malone and the Old Timers Singing Group.

Native Son ferry will offer a special fare for people traveling from St. Thomas for the funeral.

On Nov. 9, 1922, Alban Ulric Anthony was born in East End, Tortola, to Ann Elizabeth Smith-Crabbe of East End and Nathaniel Anthony of Salt Island and Hannahs Estate.

At an early age, Anthony traveled with his mother to the Dominican Republic and Aruba. He returned to Tortola at the age of 8 and was admitted to the East End Primary School, where he received his education until he reached the seventh standard, the highest level available in the Virgin Islands at that time. During his time in the Dominican Republic, he learned Spanish and remained fluent to his death.

In the civil service, Anthony worked as a Customs Officer, the officer in charge of Public Works, administrative secretary and permanent secretary in the Ministry of Communications, Works and Industry. In 1975, his desire to represent the fourth district became a reality with the assistance of stalwarts in the community. He served the fourth district and the territory for two terms, first as minister of Communications, Works and Industry and then as deputy chief minister and minister of Natural Resources and Labour. He retired from public office in 1983 after 36 years of public service.

Arrangements are by L&M Scatliffe Memorial Chapel.

- Obituary submitted by family.