Skariah Palathunkal

PM. SKARIAH WENT TO HIS HEAVENLY ABODE IN THE EARLY HOURS OF WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2026. HE WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 4, 1941, TO VARGHESE MANI AND ANNAMMA MANI IN KERALA, INDIA. AFTER COMPLETING HIS ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEGREE, HE MOVED TO MUMBAI, WHERE HE BUILTA DEDICATED CAREER AS AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER AT SIEMENS AG UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT. ON APRIL 30, 1973. HE MARRIED MARYKUTTY SKARIAH, AND TOGETHER THEY RAISED THEIR SON.  

HE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF IMMANUEL MAR THOMA CHURCH, BORIVALI, WHERE HE FAITHFULLY SERVED THE LORD AND THE COMMUNITY. HE WAS RARELY SEEN WITHOUT HIS TRUSTED BAG A LITTLE "EMERGENCY KIT THAT SEEMED TO HOLD EVERYTHING ANYONE MIGHT EVER NEED, FROM A WHSTLE TO HELP CONTROL TRAFFIC ON THE BUSY STREETS OF MUMBAI TO A SCREWDRIVER TO FIX SOMETHING AT CHURCH. IT WAS A SIMPLE REFLECTION OF HIS ALWAYS-READY, ALWAYS-SERVING HEART.

P.M. SKARIAH IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, MARYKUTTY SKARIAH; HIS SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, SOJI AND LIGY SKARIAH; AND HIS TWO GRANDSONS, JOSHUA AND JACOB SKARIAH.

AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS "CANDY APPACHEN AMONG CHILDREN, HE BROUGHT JOY TO COUNTLESS YOUNG HEARTS BY SHARING CANDIES EVERY SUNDAY WITHOUT FAIL. A BELOVED FATHER FIGURE AND GRANDFATHER TO MANY, HE LIVED HIS FAITH WITH HUMILITY, GENTLENESS, AND STEADFAST DEVOTION. THOUCH RESERVED BY NATURE, HE WAS DEPENDABLE, COMPASSIONATE, AND GENEROUS IN SMALL ENCOUNTERED. HE SERVED FAITHFULLY AS A DEACON AND SPENT HIS LIFE CARING FOR OTHERS WITH QUIET STRENGTH AND GRACE. BUT MEANINGFUL ACTS OF KINDNESS TO EVERYONE HE ENCOUNTERED.  HE SERVED FAITHFULLY AS A DEASON AND SPENT HS LIFE CARING FOR OTHERS WITH QUIET STRENGTH AND GRACE,.

HIS UNWAVERING FAITH, CALM SPIRIT, AND COMPLETE TRUST IN GOD'S GOODNESS LEAVE BEHIND A POWERFUL AND ENDURING LEGACY. THOUGH HIS ABSENCE WILL BE DEEPLY FELT, WE TAKE COMFORT IN KNOWING THAT HE NOW RESTS IN ETERNAL PEACE WITH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.