/ Apr 21, 2026
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IT IS WITH DEEP SORROW THAT WE ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF FRANKLYN VALARIE AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS “BROTHER LOVE,” OF SAINT JOSEPH. HE DIED ON APRIL 6, 2026, AT THE DOMINICA CHINA FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL.
HE LEAVES TO MOURN
HIS CHILDREN: ONE SON, DANIEL VALARIE.
TWO DAUGHTERS: FRANCINE VALARIE IN DOMINICA, AND WACKI VALARIE IN THE UNITED STATES.
HIS SIBLINGS:
FOUR SISTERS — ROSEMARIE MATTHEW OF ST. CROIX, FRANCES VALARIE, OPHELIA VALARIE, AND FRANCES VALARIE OF GUADELOUPE.
BROTHERS — CLAYTON HENDERSON OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, FRANK VALERIE OF ST. CROIX, AND SUNRISE VALARIE OF DOMINICA.
TWO UNCLES, STANFORD VALARIE AND BANETTE TOUSSAINT
TWO AUNTS, MADELINE WALTERS, AND MARY JOSEPH.
HIS NIECES: LISTER BOSTON; LENA METOR; LYNN METOR; PAULETTE AND SHENELA; ALICE MORANCIE; SHEMINE VALARIE; AND SHEKIRA AND SHELVITA VALERIE.
HIS NEPHEWS: LESTER BOSTON, LEON MORANCIE, CHANCHI, FRANTON, FRANTIO AND GE.
HIS CARETAKER, MARLYN ST. ROSE
MANY COUSINS, INCLUDING FRANCILIA, ROSSETTE, MARILYN, VEENA, ANDREA, KAITLYN CHARLOTTE, AND GRAPHEL,
CLOSE FRIENDS: EVENS, JARVIS, GLENSWORTH, THE VALARIE AND TOUSSAINT FAMILIES, THE MEMBERS OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, THE DOMINICA LABOUR PARTY, DARRON LLOYD, AND PRIME MINISTER ROOSEVELT SKERRIT, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
THE FUNERAL OF FRANKLYN VALARIE AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS “BROTHER LOVE” WILL BE HELD AT THE ST JOSEPH SDA CHURCH, ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22ND, 2026. VIEWING BEGINS AT 2:00 P.M., FOLLOWED BY THE FUNERAL MASS AT 2:30 P.M. INTERMENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE LAYOU SDA CEMETERY
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ENTRUSTED TO GENTLE REST FUNERAL SERVICE INC

IT IS WITH DEEP SORROW THAT WE ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF FRANKLYN VALARIE AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS “BROTHER LOVE,” OF SAINT JOSEPH. HE DIED ON APRIL 6, 2026, AT THE DOMINICA CHINA FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL.
HE LEAVES TO MOURN
HIS CHILDREN: ONE SON, DANIEL VALARIE.
TWO DAUGHTERS: FRANCINE VALARIE IN DOMINICA, AND WACKI VALARIE IN THE UNITED STATES.
HIS SIBLINGS:
FOUR SISTERS — ROSEMARIE MATTHEW OF ST. CROIX, FRANCES VALARIE, OPHELIA VALARIE, AND FRANCES VALARIE OF GUADELOUPE.
BROTHERS — CLAYTON HENDERSON OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, FRANK VALERIE OF ST. CROIX, AND SUNRISE VALARIE OF DOMINICA.
TWO UNCLES, STANFORD VALARIE AND BANETTE TOUSSAINT
TWO AUNTS, MADELINE WALTERS, AND MARY JOSEPH.
HIS NIECES: LISTER BOSTON; LENA METOR; LYNN METOR; PAULETTE AND SHENELA; ALICE MORANCIE; SHEMINE VALARIE; AND SHEKIRA AND SHELVITA VALERIE.
HIS NEPHEWS: LESTER BOSTON, LEON MORANCIE, CHANCHI, FRANTON, FRANTIO AND GE.
HIS CARETAKER, MARLYN ST. ROSE
MANY COUSINS, INCLUDING FRANCILIA, ROSSETTE, MARILYN, VEENA, ANDREA, KAITLYN CHARLOTTE, AND GRAPHEL,
CLOSE FRIENDS: EVENS, JARVIS, GLENSWORTH, THE VALARIE AND TOUSSAINT FAMILIES, THE MEMBERS OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, THE DOMINICA LABOUR PARTY, DARRON LLOYD, AND PRIME MINISTER ROOSEVELT SKERRIT, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
THE FUNERAL OF FRANKLYN VALARIE AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS “BROTHER LOVE” WILL BE HELD AT THE ST JOSEPH SDA CHURCH, ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22ND, 2026. VIEWING BEGINS AT 2:00 P.M., FOLLOWED BY THE FUNERAL MASS AT 2:30 P.M. INTERMENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE LAYOU SDA CEMETERY
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ENTRUSTED TO GENTLE REST FUNERAL SERVICE INC

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