"My funeral would be simple," Thanpuying Poonsuk
Thanpuying Poonsuk Banomyong, wife of late prime minister and elder istateman Pridi, died early Saturday of heart failure. She was 95 years old.
A statement sent by Pridi Banomyong Institute said that she was admitted to Chulalongkorn Hospital on Thursday as she had heart failure. On Friday which was "Pridi Day, her condition got worse and she passed away peacefully on Saturday early morning. Pridi Day was the commemoration of Pridi's birthday on May 11. The statement said that Thanpuying Poonsuk donated her body to Chulalongkorn Hospital. In her last testament, "Orders to my Children," written before she died, Thanpuying Poonsuk said that after the hospital returned her body to the family, her funeral would be simple. She declined pomp and ceremony. She wished that her children followed her orders including to float her ashes on Chao Phaya River. The memorial service of Thanpuying Poonsuk is to be held on May 20 at Pridi Phanomyong Institute, Soi Thong Lor in Bangkok.
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