Devika Mansukani

Devika Mansukhani died peacefully in her sleep March 8, 2021. Born June 13, 1930 to Bulchand and Lachmi Kripalani in Karachi India, loving wife of Sunder for 61 years, loving mother to three children and their spouses, Kiron and John Golden of Coral Gables , FL, Ashwin and Rima Mansukani of Marlboro, NJ and Sharad and Erin Mansukani of Moorestown, NJ; and five grandchildren, Savannah Pizarro and her husband Danny, Grayson, Anika, Jayne and Grace. She is survived by the two youngest of her eight siblings - Vishnu and Maya. She is remembered for her wonderful gifts and enriching the lives of thousands of people who knew and loved her. A fearless and adventurous pioneering woman who was well ahead of her time. Leaving Karachi in 1947 as a young woman to start a new life in Bombay with her family. She traveled alone by freighter in the late 1950s to study in South Dakota and Minnesota. Marrying Sunder in India in 1961, having three children and then returning to a new life in Pittsburgh with Sunder in 1969 and finally settling down to make the Philadelphia region her lasting home. She was a medical researcher with an undergraduate degree in biochemistry, a masters degree in nutrition and then capping off her education in her 60's earning an RN degree with other students who were in their early 20s. Above all, Devika will be most remembered by countless people who considered her their dearest of friends. In her spare time she mastered her passion for cooking by studying along side the elite chefs of Philadelphia. She could feed an army in a matter of minutes and make it a five star culinary experience. She travelled the world and spread her love, healed bodies, warmed hearts and fed countless hungry souls. She lived a full, rich and meaningful life in such a way that she will always be loved and will never be forgotten by her family and friends.

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