IT was a rousing send-off for the late La Salle Brother Felix James Donohue today at the St Francis Xavier church in Petaling Jaya. <br /> <br />Many of his students, friends and former colleagues came to pay their last respects to and celebrate the 86-year-old brother who died on Sunday. <br /> <br />The church was filled to the brim for the funeral service, which started at 10am, to honour the last Irish De La Salle brother. <br /> <br />Born in Ireland on May 10, 1931, Donohue’s career in Malaya began in 1952 after a 21-day voyage from Southampton, England. <br /> <br />Donohue, then 21, went on to teach English at St Xavier’s Institution in Penang before returning to Ireland six years later to continue his bachelor’s degree. <br /> <br />He returned to Malaysia in 1961 and rejoined St Xavier’s, where he served for another three years. In 1964, he was assigned to St Paul’s Institution, Seremban, as a deputy principal and promoted to principal in 1970. <br /> <br />In 1975, he was assigned as a principal to La Salle Petaling Jaya, where he served until April 1988. <br /> <br />Upon retiring, Donohue became the chairman of the La Salle PJ Board of Governors. He held the position from 1988 to 2015. <br /> <br />Full story: http://bit.ly/2sTtyFA <br /> <br /> <br />Website: www.themalaysianinsight.com <br />Facebook: www.facebook.com/themalaysianinsight/ <br />Twitter: www.twitter.com/msianinsight/ <br />Instagram: www.instagram.com/msianinsight/
