Elma Rochester January 13, 2023

Elma Idalia Rochester, aged 95 of Husbands Heights, St. James; Cave Hill, St Michael; Diego Martin, Trinidad; Brooklyn, New York and Washington, D.C.

Daughter of the late Alice Adele Montrose and Gustavus Lawrence;

Beloved wife of Edric Rochester;

Cherished mother of Marcus and Geoffrey Rochester;

Grandmother of Miles Rochester;

Sister of Dorothy, Edith, Lillian, Marietta, Gladys, Louise, Herbert, Kenneth, Daisy, Violet, Errol and Beryl Lawrence;

Aunt of Sydney, Barbara, Cynthia, Alma, Victor, Norma, Mikey, Malcolm and Cybil Lawrence, Llewellyn and Norma Harris, Cynthia Hathaway, Alma Lawrence Fraser, Ronald and Rosey Rock;

Mother-in-Law of Isabel Rochester;

Sister-in-Law of Sir Elliot Belgrave, GCMG, KA, CHB, SC, Loretta Lady Belgrave and Verna Rochester;

Relative of the Lawrence family;

Friend of Hazel, Basil, Alvin, and Adrienne Jemmott (Trinidad); Sharon Earle, Elizabeth Rochester, the late Merle Serrano (Trinidad) and many others.

The funeral of the late Elma Idalia Rochester leaves Downes and Wilson Funeral Home, Eagle Hall, St. Michael on Tuesday January 31, 2023 for St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, Black Rock, St. Michael where relatives and friends are asked to meet at 2:30 p.m. for the service, followed by the interment in the churchyard.

The Organist and members of the choir are kindly asked to attend. Wreaths may be sent to Downes and Wilson Funeral Home no later than noon on Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Relatives and friends may pay their last respects at Downes and Wilson Funeral Home, Eagle Hall, St. Michael on Monday, January 30, 2023 from 4 – 6 p.m.