Governor's mother dies
MOM DUSDI Paribatra Na Ayudhya, the mother of Bangkok Governor Mom Rajawongse Sukhumbhand Paribatra, died early yesterday morning at age 91.
She was pronounced dead as a result of old age at Siriraj Hospital at about 3am.
Mom Dusdi, whose previous last name was Na Thalang, was born in Phuket to Luang Isaresraksa (Pleum Na Thalang) and Darun Isaresraksa.
After completing high school at Bangkok’s Mater Dei School, she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree and a diploma in education from Chulalongkorn University – both with honours.
She received a scholarship from the Teachers’ Council of Thailand to pursue further education in the US, where she got a Master’s degree in child development and a related diploma.
She was married to the late Prince Sukhumbhinanda. Their other son is Mom Rajawongse Varoros Paribatra.
Mom Dusadi was a writer, a teacher (at Mater Dei School), a translator and a composer of children’s songs, as well as director of an early childhood development centre. She initiated a cam
paign to use picture books when educating children and also wrote an early childhood teacher’s handbook and many children’s books that featured rhymes and beautiful illustrations to stimulate the imagination and learning.
Her funeral Abhidhamma prayer will be held for two weeks starting today at Wat Makut Kasattiyaram in Bangkok’s Phra Nakhon district.
