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Jose Uncle will live now in our memories. 

Rest In Peace 

With lots of love, respect and prayers

Varghese (Kunjanja), Vinu & Divya

Valyachacha  my words are not enough to say   how much we love  you and my English is not great to express my feelings towards you.

He is my dad's brother ,more than  my uncle  he is like my dad for me. You are one of the greatest blessing to our entire family. A  man dedicated and  devoted his life for his family.Today what I am ,where I am ,what I have everything just because of you. He  helped me to be nurse and moreover helped me to come over to United Kingdom settled my life here. Vallyachacha  when you send me for nursing you asked me to help  my Achachan with his  financial problems , here I am promising to you I am doing it and I will be continuing to do it.You  are my role model in my life, I learned lot of  good lessons from you,We don't have any words left in us to express our gratitude towards you.You  always  wished the best for us and I am sure you will be continued blessing us from heaven.

Sorry Vallyachacha I can't come to you and say good bye  because of visa issues,but you  will be always living in my heart and my prayers will be with you until my last breath.Thank you  for all your help.

Rest in peace Vallyachacha.Love You and miss  a lot.....
  


Thank you all for amazing turnout today. Standing room only is a testament to the man he was. We are honored & grateful. We have incredible peace and are looking forward to celebrating his life again on 6/15. Please continue to share your thoughts & memories here. We love hearing stories about our beloved dad & chacha. Love, Mini, Sheeja, & Shajan

My chacha, I will love you forever. We had unconditional love for 42+ years. Thank you for everything you have done for our kids, our family, and home. You were a kind and compassionate husband, father, and grandfather. I’ll pray that we will meet again in heaven whenever God calls me home. I will miss you always. 

Dr. Joseph Kanacheril

Our Appachayan was a caring brother, loving husband, wonderful father, thoughtful uncle, and passionate foodie.
He worshipped his parents and stayed very close to his brothers and sisters.
Appachayan took much pride in his three grandchildren and talks elaborately about them.  
He strongly believed in Mother Mary and always advised me to pray often. As a man of much faith, he humbly asked for our prayers at the end of every conversation. He was a wonderful counselor and always gave positive advice.
My fondest memory of Appachayan was the time he spent with my mom when she visited the US in '87.  The special moments they shared sightseeing and fishing left her overjoyed and beaming,  which meant the world to me.
He will be greatly missed and fondly remembered.

Joseph was the head of his loving family which has always served God in different ways.
The Kanacheril family are the great example of what a holy family are. 
Joseph was always at Mass with his family, doting on his grandchildren.
We all prayed for his complete restoration to health but God had a different plan.  We trust in God's Almighty plan because we are a family of faith.
We will miss Joseph but know that one day, we will all be together.
Rest in eternal peace Joseph.
May our Blessed Mother comfort the Kanacheril family in this difficult time.

I will forever remember you Joe. 
Joe was a very devout Catholic who attends Mass every morning. He loved God so much that he always wanted to be reconciled with him. 
He was generous and very caring, always smiling and counselling. I will forever remember him for his good counsel and his fatherly love to me. He took me as a son, brother and confidant. He always remembered to remit some few dollar for my parish ministry in Ghana, West  Africa many years after I had returned from the States to Ghana

Joe I will forever remember you for all the love you showered upon me.

May God be merciful to you in his judgement, and may you find peaceful rest with your creator whom you served lovingly and faithfully.
Rest in Peace.
Fr. Stephen Asante Bakor

My daddy (yes he was Shajan’s my daddy also) was a lover of life, family, and all that was good. Deeply religious & devout, he was a Catholic priest in India.  Although he was a great clergyman, he was called to have a family and recieved absolution from his duties. He immigrated to America, married my mom, Mini, in 1976 and for more than 40 years played the role of loving & dutiful husband & best dad we could have ever hope for.  Although he had been called a Father as a priest, with each of his children being born, he would say now I am really a father. We have countless childhood memories going to beach, traveling internationally, playing monopoly, and spending so much quality time with our beloved friends & family. 

He was highly successful in his field attaining a MSW with PHD and working at Gulf Coast Center until retiring in 2004. His clients (with disabilities & wards of the state) were so loving to him they we all often joked they were more loving than us. And we were a pretty affectionate family.  

He touched so many family members & friends, his loss may initially feel like a huge unfillable void.  But although he fought until very end, he knew death was inevitable and he would be ready. 

I’m very blessed to spend the past 10 years back home and even the past few weeks in the hospice house. The beautiful  memories made even up to very end, will comfort me always. 

It is hard to imagine will never see his million dollar smile or feel his hug or kiss again, but his pride and love for his family live deep within me. 

I am so blessed to be his daughter. As we all are to have known him. 


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Joseph Joseph Kanacheril

April 1, 1937 – May 31, 2018

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