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This memorial website was created in memory of our beloved father:

Benedict  MPA TARH,

known to many as "Pa Tarh"

Papa you will be remembered forever!!!


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FUNERAL PROGRAMME FOR LATE PA BENEDICT MPA TARH

Born: 3rd April 1935 ~ Died: 15th January 2013

Thursday, 21st February 2013

1.00 p.m. Removal of corpse from the Mortuary of the Regional Hospital Annex,  Buea

2.00 p.m. Requiem Mass at St. Charles Lwanga Parish, Molyko, Buea

5.00 .p.m. Laying in state at the Tarh Family residence in Bonduma, Buea

All-night Vigil with Christian, cultural and traditional animation

Friday, 22nd February 2013

4.00 a.m. Departure for Kendem village, Upper Banyang Sub-Division

10.00 a.m. Stop-over in Mamfe Blessing of Corpse at St Joseph’s Cathedral, Mamfe.

10.30 a.m. Continuation of trip to Kendem village

11.30 a.m. Arrival of corpse in Kendem Village

Laying in State at the Tarh Family residence at Mile 36, Kendem

6.00 p.m. All-night vigil with Christian, cultural and traditional animation

 Saturday, 23rd February 2013

9.00 a.m. Requiem Mass at SS. Peter & Paul Parish, Mbeme (Mile 37)

11.00 a.m. Return to grave at the Tarh Family residence, Mile 36

Burial

Refreshments and Departure of guests

Sunday, 24th February 2013

9.00 a.m. Thanksgiving mass at SS. Peter & Paul Parish, Mbeme (Mile 37)

11.00 a.m. Traditional Rites continue.

 

 

 

January 16
January 16
11 years have gone by and still counting. But the flame you enkindled still burns on.
On January 10, 2023, your offspring inaugurated a Memorial Building to educate and train both youths and experienced workers, in line with the hands-on spirit you loved.
Thanks to the Julius and Anne Oben Foundation, Yaounde for this great honor to maintain your legacy.
January 16
January 16
Gone but still fresh in our hearts. We shall continue to remember and thank you everyday for moulding us into what we stand for. Rest in peace.
January 15
January 15
Only remembered for what we have done! May light eternal shine on Him and May He rest in peace!!
January 15
January 15
May our Good Lord continue to shine His Divine Light on you as He grants you Eternal Rest!
January 15
January 15
Our thoughts are with you still, you shall never be forgotten. Continue to rest in peace
January 15
January 15
Dear Papa may you continue to rest in perfect peace . I Still have unforgetable memories of your wise counsel & advice , your incredible wit , & sense of fun .
April 3, 2023
April 3, 2023
HURRAY! HURRAY HURRAY!! PAPA HAPPY 88TH BIRTHDAY !!
April 3, 2023
April 3, 2023
Rest in perfect peace Pa you are forever in our memories .
January 16, 2023
January 16, 2023
Papa,
Rest on with Mami and all our loved ones in the bossom of our Lord.
Continue watching over us.
January 15, 2023
January 15, 2023
The Soul of the virtuous are in the hands of God. No torment can ever touch them...Continue to rest papa and look down on us!!
April 4, 2022
April 4, 2022
Dear Papa, you will always be remembered for your warmth, concern, wisdom and wise counsel . Gone but always with us in spirit .
Tabi
January 15, 2022
January 15, 2022
Daddy you told me in 1992 that never ignore a person who loves you, cares for you, misses you. Because one day, you might wake up from your sleep and realize that you lost the moon while counting the stars!! That is why today I am proud to come here and remember you and to pray in a special way that the Living Christ should continue to keep you by his side.
In Loving Memory of Pa Tarh
January 15, 2022
January 15, 2022
Papa,

May you continue resting in the Eternal Light of our Lord. Continue praying for us as we ride the billowing waves of life's rugged and choppy seas. Your treasured legacy endures in the lives of your children, grand children and great grand children !!!
January 15, 2022
January 15, 2022
Our Intercessor, Papa. You were prepared to meet your Maker and Lord whom you served so well! May you watch over us from heaven with the Saints forevermore.
April 3, 2021
April 3, 2021
You told me to keep the faith in the resurrection and to foster the development of our people!! I know that you have met HIM!! Speak me fair to HIM and help me to stay on HIS path!! 
April 3, 2021
April 3, 2021
Happy Easter in the other world Continue to Rest in perfect peace Papà “ The pain passes but the unforgettable memories and Beauty remains .
January 15, 2021
January 15, 2021
Gone but still fresh in our hearts. We shall continue to remember and thank you everyday for moulding us into what we stand for. Rest in peace.
January 15, 2021
January 15, 2021
Only remembered, only remembered, only remembered for what he has done! May your light shine before all that they may turn from darkness and sin and give glory to God!
January 15, 2021
January 15, 2021
Continue to Rest Papa!! Eight years gone already and we are still standing! Continue to intercede for us, Papa....
April 3, 2020
April 3, 2020
As you celebrate what would have been your 85 birthday with the Angels and saints continue to watch and protect us left behind. Until we meet again. Eternal lest grant onto you papa....
April 3, 2020
April 3, 2020
May the joy you experience with the Saints extend to us your children here on earth. May you intercede for us with through Jesus Christ to God our Father for the end of the Corona virus plague! Papa, Shalom!
January 17, 2020
January 17, 2020
Papa, Icon of Faith and Devotion to God and Family! May the light of your good example shine on all who ever knew or heard of you! Rest...Sleep!
April 3, 2019
April 3, 2019
Heri ya kuzaliwa, Baba. May God continue to grant you eternal rest in His heavenly Kingdom.
January 15, 2019
January 15, 2019
Papa, it's been six years on and still counting, but it seems so recent. You set the pace, and a fairly solid one too. We shall remain standing firmly together as you prayed us to. Happy rest always.
January 15, 2019
January 15, 2019
You are fondly remembered Papa. Continue to rest in God's peace
April 4, 2018
April 4, 2018
Happy birthday Papa. We still miss u, but we take comfort that you are celebrating with the angels and tour beloved Wife.
April 3, 2018
April 3, 2018
Happy birthday Papa and may our Good Lord continue to shine His divine perpetual light on you and all our loved ones!!!
January 15, 2018
January 15, 2018
Five years already!! Papa you lived an exemplary life and left a great legacy.
I pray that your soul continues to rest peacefully
January 15, 2018
January 15, 2018
What a five years it has been. I still feel like you are around and will call that you are coming home to see the kids. Yes you are still around and you live in hearts. We thank you for all you did for us and you continue to do for us. Eternal rest grant onto papa O Lord
April 3, 2017
April 3, 2017
82 years young eh and four years since you went to join all the others. Rest in Peace and continue to show us the right way. happy birthday as you celebrate up there with all your people
April 3, 2017
April 3, 2017
Happy birthday grandpa,it's been four years since you left us but the love I have for you is still strong and fresh ,love you forever,I can still feel you and hear the echoes' of your many advices in my mind.Pray for me.
April 3, 2017
April 3, 2017
Dear Papa,

As we, who you left behind to bear the torch of life grapple with its travails, we continue to find strength in the evergreen memories of lessons you bequeathed to us from your exemplary deeds.
Keri ya kuzaliwa Baba!!!
Pumzika kwa amani kamilifu...
January 15, 2017
January 15, 2017
Papa,
The years roll by but your memory lives on. Rest in the eternal peace of our Lord!!!
April 4, 2016
April 4, 2016
Papa, I always think of happy times we shared, I know we will meet again and never to say goodbye.
January 15, 2016
January 15, 2016
Papa,
Three years ago, you transitioned into the realm of eternal repose and felicity. As you sit by the side of your Maker, may you continue to intercede for each and every one of us, asking that our needs be granted accordingly to His divine design.
Rest in peace with all our departed loved ones!!!
January 15, 2016
January 15, 2016
Papa on this day 3 years you were called home by the Good Lord. Please continue to watch over and protect us left behind in this world of sin. Fare thee well and greet Mami, Uncle Bawak, Uncle Agbor, Pa Edjua and all the family members and friends who have also been called home.
Your memory leaves on and your this candle will never go out. RiP Papa
April 6, 2015
April 6, 2015
Papa, As we celebrate the resurrection of our Saviour and your 80th birthday, we continue to pray that the Lord shines His divine light on you and grants your endless intercessions for us. Rest in peace for eternity.
April 3, 2015
April 3, 2015
Happy birthday Papa. I know you ate celebrating your 80th birthday with Mami, grand parents, your friends, the angels and The most high. Enjoy and please keep praying and interceding for us. We miss your physical presence but know you are still with us.
April 3, 2015
April 3, 2015
A Special Good Friday 80th Birthday for you, Papa. How you would have said' Let's hold on to the celebrations till Easter Sunday! Thanks for your continued prayers and intercession for us! Amen
January 15, 2015
January 15, 2015
2 years gone already!! Papa you are gone but not forgotten! Rest in peace papa and please watch over us as usual. We live everyday remembering your words and try to emulate the life you lived. If we can do just a fraction of what you did then our job is done. Sleep well Pa and hug mami for us.
January 15, 2015
January 15, 2015
Pa Tarh, You live in your progeny like you live in the many lives you touched!
January 15, 2015
January 15, 2015
Papa, You have passed on to the realm of timelessness and spacelessness, a land of perfect bliss, where you are resting and interceding for your countless children. May the Good Lord continue to grant you eternal rest and bless all you pray for.
You live on in our hearts!!!
January 15, 2015
January 15, 2015
The Tarh empire that you personally built remains an empire where the sun never sets!! Continue to rest in peace Dad and plead to our Lord and King, Jesus Christ to watch over us
January 15, 2015
January 15, 2015
Papa I can't believe it is now 2 years today since you answered that call we all dreaded. I still remember clearly receiving Emman's call at 2.15pm asking me if I had been called from buea. I called buea and heard Bruno Difand Tarh praying and asking me to pray that papa is going. I was scared and relieved that you were no longer in pain but wondering what life without you will be like? I now realize that you are still here though not physically but still live with us in our hearts. In tough times your words come to mind just like you would have done either on the phone or in person. I miss you, we miss you but I know you are resting with the angels and singing your favorite. Hymn. "Come Holy Ghost creator come come from thy bright heavenly throne..." Take care and rest in peace. Eternal rest grant unto Papa oh Lord....."
January 15, 2015
January 15, 2015
Papa, it's funny how though far from sight, you are still so present in my thoughts. Espacially as I wonder what you would say infront of certain situations... It actually dawned on me about a month on Dec. 18th, and it made me weep.... as I still weep now... at the thought of who or what made my marriage successful... then I realised I hadn't the opportunity to say "Thank You," to you or your friend, Daddy Bawak. Yes Daddy RIP. Papa, I will forever miss the love and special consideration you showed me. The father-inlaw to daugher-inlaw moments we shared and the stories of how Mami Monica's appreciation of my person caused you to have more confidence in me. Mami, thank you for believing in your class 6 pupil that I was. Mami RIP. Papa, you have left the scen... but your role will never be forgottent, for in our heart, you are forever present. May our compationate Lord Jesus grant you peaceful rest in his bossom.
April 3, 2014
April 3, 2014
Happy Birthday Papa, i know you are watching over us as you always did. I hope you have a splendid celebrations with Mami, Justic BB, Lawyer Edjua and all the Angels and saints.

Untill we meet again take care and be blessed.

OJ
April 3, 2014
April 3, 2014
Papa, As we continue to celebrate your life, we give thanks to God for all the blessings He showered on us through you.
Rest in peace!!!
April 3, 2014
April 3, 2014
Another birthday celebrated in God's eternal kingdom... We pray that you may continue to rest in perfect peace and to intercede for us before our Father. May perpetual light shine upon you now and always... Love from us all
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January 16
11 years have gone by and still counting. But the flame you enkindled still burns on.
On January 10, 2023, your offspring inaugurated a Memorial Building to educate and train both youths and experienced workers, in line with the hands-on spirit you loved.
Thanks to the Julius and Anne Oben Foundation, Yaounde for this great honor to maintain your legacy.
January 16
January 16
Gone but still fresh in our hearts. We shall continue to remember and thank you everyday for moulding us into what we stand for. Rest in peace.
January 15
January 15
Only remembered for what we have done! May light eternal shine on Him and May He rest in peace!!
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Hambe Kahle-Baba Benedict Tarh!


I wish to express my condolences to the Tarh family on the passing of their patriarch-Papa Benedict onto eternal glory.It seems Papa is working miracles from heaven because I cannot explain my access to this site. A Google search unrelated to it led me to it!!!I did not know Pah personally but did attend Government High School Mamfe with his daughter Cornelia.I can vouch for the type of upbringing Pah bestowed on his kids as I attended the same church in Mamfe with Cornelia and then again in Yaounde at the then Elig Effa English speaking Catholic Parish.I happen to know the  duo of the trio mentioned by lawyer Adjua-Lawyer Adjua and late Mr. Bisong.God is sending a message to me and I may not be as active in church the way Pah was but will make up in other ways as I struggle to build a 3 classroom Catholic school in Dschang in memory of my late dad and especially people like Pah Benedict Tarh and Foncha who mentored us with their exemplary pious lives.All of us can take solace in the Book of Matthew where it is stated that Christ whom Pah served came for us to have life abundantly and though we shall die , we live!Pah Benedict Tarh lives!!!I am privileged to say farewell and RIP to Pah in the Zulu language: HAMBA KAHLE BABA BENEDICT TARH!

  

Farewell Papa

March 11, 2013
Deeply saddened upon learning the news of the death of our beloved Papa Tarh, after a long life of total dedication to God and service to our family, region and country… In these moments of pain, I join you, my venerable brothers and sisters in the prayers of thanksgiving for the life of this praiseworthy father and servant of God.   Truth is: every great man has in his life a unique source of inspiration, a spiritual center from which he draws his strength, and a constant point of reference from which he takes direction as well as corrections. We may call it centeredness or individuation, or give it a more poetic ring by naming it a "secret garden" and a "holy grail." Pa Tarh’s person and life was fashioned and inspired by a life-giving spring which was never hidden. It was plainly visible to all who truly knew him. "I am totally yours (totus tuus), and all that I possess is yours. I accept you in all that is mine.” Papa’s passing lives us with a full sense of this consecration which includes a real and essential reference to Jesus Christ: "Jesus Christ our savior, true God and true man, must be the ultimate end of all our devotions; otherwise they are false and deceiving." It is not exaggerated to say that Papa’s consecration to Christ is the real secret and the not-so-hidden source of his grandeur. He was an extraordinary father and a constant source of inspiration and purpose. Love, integrity and character accompanied him throughout his life and directed his way of thinking, evaluating, making choices, taking decisions and offering guidelines. Papa was a “just” man in the spirit of God, and to all who in civic and biblical tradition could hear the voice of God addressing his call not only to them personally, but also to the communities to which they had been sent. This justice, full of humble adherence to God’s will, formed the basis of Papa’s deep love for God and for people. It was his light, inspiration and strength in demanding personal responsibility from us through an epoch in which important social and political transformations affected our lives and region. To sum it all, Papa’s love of God and concern for the life and dignity of people made him an apostle of unity against division and a concord in the face of conflict. I always appreciated his sincere kindness, his simplicity, his openness and his cordial dedication to my issues personally growing up with him. Thus in my memory and in my prayers he will live on. May the Lord receive him into his glory! In the name of Jesus! Amen.   Pantaleon Ebai, Washington, DC USA          

Tribute to a Friend and Brother

February 18, 2013
by OJ Tarh

Dear Andrew
Thank you so much for sharing this sad news with me: you have indeed found the right person! My family join with me in offering our condolences to you all.
Your father was a friend and support to me from the earliest days after we met at CD in Buea in 1976. He was 'in' from the beginning of my relationship with Madeleine which led to our marriage in 1978, and served as witness to the marriage. It was particularly good to see him and the family when we visited following Madeleine's death 8 years ago now. I was sorry that we had lost contact in the past few years.
Although I have been in Coventry serving as a Methodist minister for the past 5 years, I am moving back to London in August after marrying again in July. I would always be glad to hear from the family - probably easiest via this email address.
Best wishes to you all

David


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