Dr Mohamed Lareef Idroos of La Canada, Ca. passed away on September 1st, 2025.
Beloved husband of Nabila and father of Shireen, Sabrina and Samira
Funeral will be on Thursday, September 4th …..at Rose Hills Memorial Park, 3900 Workman Mill Road, Whittier, Ca……………..at 10 am
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Dr Lareef Idroos, was a past pupil of St Thomas College……….. He headed the Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Hollywood, Ca……………….A highly respected and loved doctor to all his patients.
Lareef Idroos was a successful leg-spin and googly bowler for S. Thomas’ College in the late 1950s; entered the Medical Faculty circa 1960 and was a member of the University of Ceylon cricket team under Carlyle Perera which secured the Sara Trophy during a spectacular season 1962/63. After he migrated to USA in the 1970s, he played for USA in the ODI tournaments conducted by the ICC in the late 1970s.
“Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un”
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A NOTE from Nandasiri Jasentuliyana, September 2025
Michael: It was indeed a sad day today. I saw Lareef in hospice at home earlier this week. He looked up and managed a broad smile when I gently touched his foot. This morning, I witnessed his burial in the presence of a huge crowd of mourners who admired him as one of the most popular Sri Lankans in Los Angeles. He was truly a NICE person that the world lost! May he find Peace!
Lareef at a function in LA on a previous occasion …. receiving a philanthrophy award
