Graceamma (78), wife of late D. John Purushottam and a resident of Karunapura, passed away yesterday morning at a hospital here following brief illness.

She leaves behind three daughters, two sons including Rev. Gilbert, Presbyter of St. Bartholomew’s Church and a host of relatives and friends.

Funeral was held at the CSI Cemetery on Mahadevapura Road in Gandhinagar here yesterday.