Aged 75 Years, affectionately called “Gas or Desmond”, late of Risk Road, Fitts Village, St. James. Honorary Past Grandmaster of The Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of The Caribbean, and member of the Shannon Cricket Club and The Amateur Radio Society of Barbados, entered into rest on March 6, 2020 at the QEH.
Father of Wayne Gaskin (Employee of the Data Processing Department, Ministry of Innovation, Science and Smart Technology) and Lana Gaskin-Forde (Employee of Sagicor);
Brother of Muriel Wickham, Wilfred Brathwaite and the late Chesterfield Gaskin;
Grandfather of Danielle Forde and Kaedan Garraway;
Uncle of Gregory Wickham, Cherrey Kleiner and Angenette Hannaway;
Great-Uncle of Sade Stalberg, Ashley Kleiner, Nikita Norgrove, Dale Wickham, Nicole and Michelle Brome;
Father-in-law of Colin “Potato” Forde and Elicia Garraway-Gaskin;
Brother-in-law of Reginald Wickham, Ronald, Oswald, Denniston, Sandra, Desmond “Ricky” and Glyne Bruce and the late Patricia, Carlyle and Ande Bruce;
Cousin of Juliette and Lisa Gaskin;
Friend of Cheryl Boyce, Gloria Grace, Winston “Scofield” Moore, Kirton Pollard, Jacqueline Clarke and many others;
Relative of the Gaskin, Harrison and Bruce families.
A Service of Thanksgiving celebrating the life of Hermon Alfonza Gaskin will take place at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, Black Rock, St. Michael on Saturday, March 21, 2020 at 10:00 AM, followed by the interment in the Churchyard. Viewing takes place at St. George’s Home for Funerals, Carmichael House, Carmichael, St. George, on Friday, March 20, 2020 from 4:00 to 6:00 PM and an hour before the commencement of the Service at the Church. The Organist and Members of the Choir are kindly asked to attend. Flowers may be delivered to St. George’s Home for Funerals no later than 7:30 AM on the day of the funeral.
Enquiries of the funeral entrusted to St. George’s Home for Funerals
can be made at 271-4381 or 228-0525
Kindly post online condolences to: sydjonesfunerals.com
