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May 17, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Saturday, May 20, 2017 from 9 AM to 1 PM, with a Buddhist service preceding the visiting hours, beginning at 9 AM on Saturday at the funeral home. Cremation will follow at the Cedar Lawn Crematory, Paterson.
He had been a pediatrician in Wayne for twenty five years and was the owner of "Wayne Pediatrics."
Nihal S. Nagahawatte, MD, age 71 of Wayne, died on Wednesday, May 17, 2017.
Dr. Nagahawatte was raised in Sri Lanka and graduated from high school in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He later graduated from the University of Ceylon in Colombo with a degree in medicine.
He came to the United States to do his residency in pediatric medicine in 1975 at University Hospital in Newark. In 1979 he started his own practice on Riverview Drive in Totowa and about three years later he founded Wayne Pediatrics on Parish Drive in Wayne. Serving the area families for more than twenty five years brought him tremendous gratification and he truly valued the relationships he enjoyed with his colleagues, as well as his patients. Sadly, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in the year 2000 and he understood that retirement was a necessary step for him to take at that point. He was always a very proud man and he became fearful that the disease would compromise his dignity. He turned inward therefore, and surrounded himself with just his close family. He passed away peacefully at home with his wife by his side.
Dr. Nagahawatte enjoyed playing tennis over the years, and later took on the game of golf. He and his wife Nelum were able to travel all around the world and played golf together at their destinations whenever possible. He also loved music; all kinds of music, as well as singing and dancing. He made friends everywhere he went, was very kind and sociable, and a generous man. He was very affectionate and a connoisseur of fine foods and fine wine.
Dr. Nagahawatte is survived by his beloved wife; Nelum (Karunaratne) Nagahawatte of Wayne, his two daughters; Neoma Nagahawatte and her husband Peter Burgoyne of Brookly, NY, and Natalie Ohly and her husband Jack of Brooklyn, NY, and three grandchildren; Benjamin Ohly, Oliver Burgoyne, and Raya Ohly.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Saturday, May 20, 2017 from 9 AM to 1 PM, with a Buddhist service preceding the visiting hours, beginning at 9 AM on Saturday at the funeral home. Cremation will follow at the Cedar Lawn Crematory, Paterson.
May 17, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Saturday, May 20, 2017 from 9 AM to 1 PM, with a Buddhist service preceding the visiting hours, beginning at 9 AM on Saturday at the funeral home. Cremation will follow at the Cedar Lawn Crematory, Paterson.
He had been a pediatrician in Wayne for twenty five years and was the owner of "Wayne Pediatrics."
Nihal S. Nagahawatte, MD, age 71 of Wayne, died on Wednesday, May 17, 2017.
Dr. Nagahawatte was raised in Sri Lanka and graduated from high school in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He later graduated from the University of Ceylon in Colombo with a degree in medicine.
He came to the United States to do his residency in pediatric medicine in 1975 at University Hospital in Newark. In 1979 he started his own practice on Riverview Drive in Totowa and about three years later he founded Wayne Pediatrics on Parish Drive in Wayne. Serving the area families for more than twenty five years brought him tremendous gratification and he truly valued the relationships he enjoyed with his colleagues, as well as his patients. Sadly, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in the year 2000 and he understood that retirement was a necessary step for him to take at that point. He was always a very proud man and he became fearful that the disease would compromise his dignity. He turned inward therefore, and surrounded himself with just his close family. He passed away peacefully at home with his wife by his side.
Dr. Nagahawatte enjoyed playing tennis over the years, and later took on the game of golf. He and his wife Nelum were able to travel all around the world and played golf together at their destinations whenever possible. He also loved music; all kinds of music, as well as singing and dancing. He made friends everywhere he went, was very kind and sociable, and a generous man. He was very affectionate and a connoisseur of fine foods and fine wine.
Dr. Nagahawatte is survived by his beloved wife; Nelum (Karunaratne) Nagahawatte of Wayne, his two daughters; Neoma Nagahawatte and her husband Peter Burgoyne of Brookly, NY, and Natalie Ohly and her husband Jack of Brooklyn, NY, and three grandchildren; Benjamin Ohly, Oliver Burgoyne, and Raya Ohly.
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