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Rameshchandra Patel
“Rameshbhai”
1948 - 2026
Leicester, Leicestershire, England
3 tributes
“He measured a good day by how many people had been fed in it.”
Ramesh came to Leicester from Kampala in 1972 with his wife Bhavna and two suitcases. He spent twenty-six years at the hosiery works on Belgrave Road and another fifteen behind the counter of the family shop, where he knew what most people wanted before they asked for it.
Antyeshti
The last sacrifice
We warmly invite you to join us for the antyeshti. Ramesh would have wanted a full room and no fuss, and we will settle for one of the two.
Location
Date & time
Tuesday, 1 September 2026 at 11:00am
Please note
Our family will be wearing white, and you are welcome to do the same, though nobody will mind if you cannot. You do not need to be Hindu to come, and standing quietly at the back is completely fine: much of the rite is done by the family rather than by everyone present.
The thirteen days, and the years after
Gathering
Date & time
Thursday, 10 September 2026 at 6:00pm
Tributes
3 messages of remembrance.
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Sign in to remember- The Belgrave Road shopkeeperstoday
He opened before all of us and shut after all of us. The street is not the same this week.
- Dinesh Pateltoday
Forty years of arguing with him about cricket and I still do not think either of us won. I would take one more argument.
- Meena Shahtoday
He gave my mother credit for two years when my father was ill and never once mentioned it to anyone. We only found out afterwards. That was him.