KALARIA, Bhikhalal Kurjibhai - Passed away on February 5, 2019.
He was born on November 11th, 1939 in Dhoraji, Gujarat, and was the eldest son of Kurjibhai and Santokben Kalaria.
After an adventurous childhood, he married Hansaben Govind Patel on February 16th, 1964 and made his first stop in the remote outpost of Bujumbura, Burundi. There, he and Hansaben started a family, and had a daughter, Kausha, and younger son, Dipen.
In a continual effort to improve his family’s life, he left Burundi in February 1975 and eventually found a home in Toronto, Canada. There he was the founding pillar for the extended family and helped countless family members and friends make Canada their home.
He helped raise his nieces, Bhavna and Bhavini Patel, and always had a great fondness for young children.
In his later years, he found great joy doting on his four grandchildren.
He is survived by Sunil, Kausha, Anita and Neha Shah and Dipen, Bina, Kai and Karch Kalaria, and his wife Hansaben Kalaria.
A graveside servive will take place at St John's Dixie Cemetery & Crematorium, 737 Dundas Street East, Mississauga on Friday, February 8th, 2019 at 10:00am
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