Obituary Notice of Mr. Siva Sivapragasam
December 17, 1937 – Oct 27, 2023
It is with deep regret and profound sadness that we announce the passing of Mr. Siva Sivapragasam on Friday, October 27, 2023
His funeral will be held at Chapel Ridge Funeral Homes in Markham
8911 Woodbine Ave, Markham, ON L3R 5G1
Sunday October 29th:
Visitation 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Tuesday October 31st:
Viewing: 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Ritual: 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Cremation: 3:00 pm
Our thoughts and prayers are with Mr. Sivapragasam’s family at this difficult time.
We also pray for his soul to rest in peace.
Contact information:
Premilla (Daughter) 416 562 4489
Anjali (Grand-Daughter) 905-431-4081
Sivakumar (Son in Law) 647 802 8250
Thuraisingam Sivapragasam Family and Loved ones:
Loving husband of late Sivapakkialakshmi Sivapragasam
Loving son of late Thanigasalam Duraisingam (Architect) and late Selvanayaki Sivapragasam
Beloved father of Premilla and Loving father-in-law of Sivakumaran Thambiayah
Grandfather of Anjali and Harikesh
Son in law of the late Dr. Ramasamy Nitchingam and late Sakunthala
Brother of late Balasingham, late Rajasingham, late Sivakumaran, and Ambikai
Loving Brother in law of the late Dr. Christy Navaneelan, Dr. Rachel Navaneelan, The late Selvakulalingam, Sivanes Selvakulalingam, The late Sivakumaran, Meena Nitchingam, The late Sivaranjan, Sumathy Sivaranjan, Sivananthan Nitchingam, Pramila Sivananthan, Ratnes Sivakumaran, and Rajdurai
Beloved uncle of Ashok, Mathanki, Sharmini, Ossington, Anthony, Tanya, Siva Selva, Amber, Jack Selva, Joshua, Havishmi, Shankaran, Sharon, Saku
A luminary in Journalism, Community loses a pioneer in journalism.
Exemplary contributions in Journalism & Management of Media Organizations
Siva Sivapragasam is a Media Professional who received his high school education at the prestigious Royal College, a premier educational institution in Sri Lanka. He later graduated from the University of Sri Lanka with an Economics Honours Degree.
His interest and passion for Journalism made him join Lake House, the largest Newspaper group in Sri Lanka. At Lake House he worked for the Daily News, the premier English Daily in Sri Lanka in the capacity of Finance Editor for the newspaper. He later joined the Virakesari Group of Newspapers and functioned as the Secretary and Marketing Manager for the Virakesari Group for more than 30 years.
Since his arrival in Canada, Mr. Sivapragasam has continued his Media work and was managing “Thamilar Mathiyil”, the Tamil Business & Information Directory.
He was also a Director of the Canadian Tamils’ Chamber of Commerce and handling Publishing work for the Chamber. He was functioning as the Editor of the Chamber’s annual Souvenir titled “Enterprise” for the past several years.
He had a deep love for Virakesari newspaper that made him to even bring it to action by publishing and being the Chief Editor for Canada Virakesari in Toronto for a while.
The highlight of Siva’s journalistic contribution was the article on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi titled “The beginning of the Modi Era” and selected as Chapter one in the book “Modi’s Blueprint for India” published by Pentagon Press, New Delhi.
Until his demise, he was the Executive Editor of “Monsoon Journal”, the South Asian Monthly English Newspaper for 17 years since the inception.
Mr. Sivapragasam possesses over 50 years of Media experience.
