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This memorial website was created in memory of our beloved father, grandfather, friend and mentor, Benjamin Ilori Adetunji, 88, born on September 24, 1926 and passed away peacefully on December 24, 2014. His memory lives on.

December 26, 2023
December 26, 2023
Thanks Dad, for being there when we needed you most. You were a father to great fathers. Your sons are replicating your example of love and care. Your daughters, being the be
st version of you. Rest on dad.
December 17, 2023
December 17, 2023
I can't believe that you 've been gone for almost 9 years. Dad, I miss you daily. I can never forget your generosity, love, care and counsel. You were a father in a million. Keep resting with your maker, baba. Christmas has not been the same since you left. omo oòni ìlàré, sun re, baba were
September 26, 2023
September 26, 2023
Daddy! Daddy!! I miss you. Continue to rest in peace.
September 25, 2023
September 25, 2023
Dear, dear uncle,
Sleep well on the bosom of our Lord Jesus.
I miss your genuineness, intelligence, easy going personality and love for everyone you came across; family or strangers.
You ran a good course; it is well with your soul IJN.
We miss and love you greatly.
Rest on, baba oni 'nu 're.
September 25, 2023
September 25, 2023
Continue to rest in peace daddy.We love you but God loves you best.The legacy you left behind still ongoing.
December 24, 2021
December 24, 2021
Every year I replay the 24th December, 2014 activity. Hmmmmmn! Seeing you on that bed in the hospital though still breathing but unconscious and the agony of losing you is just too much to bear, I was crying inside me knowing that in no distance time you'll be with your maker. Dad we love you so so much that's why you're always in our hearts. Rest on papa till we meet to part no more.
September 28, 2021
September 28, 2021
Didun, didun ni iranti olododo. I miss you so very much, but all my memories of you are of wonderful times and pleasant attitudes like if life is a bed of roses. Uncle was easy going and happy go lucky like he had no problems at all. This is a wonderful legacy I will try to emulate. Rest on peacefully on the bosom of our Lord till we see you again. You were a rare gem and we are blessed to have had you. Ipade di ojo ajinde sir.
September 25, 2021
September 25, 2021
You are never forgotten dad. We still miss you. Sleep on great dad.
May 6, 2021
May 6, 2021
I can't just stop thinking about you dad, I miss you so so much. Sleep well daddy dearest!
May 6, 2021
May 6, 2021
I don't know why I am feeling so emotional today. Maybe it's because I visited this site to write a tribute to a friend's dad.

Today like everyday, I remember you dad and it's a loving memory as always. I miss you dad.
December 24, 2020
December 24, 2020
6 years!!! Just like yesterday. It still feels like yesterday. We thank God for the legacy of faith and integrity. You were a father in a million. I miss you Dad. Sleep well.
November 25, 2020
November 25, 2020
Dear uncle Ben, if you are reading this, happy b/day with the Lord and our great ancestors.
We miss you very much. I thank God for the good memories you left behind. Always happy to see me. Always very loving, peaceful and guiding with pieces of advice and stories.
Didun, didun ni iranti yin. We bless the name of the Lord for giving you to us for those many years and for making you live in his image. Ipade di ojo ajinde uncle.
May the Lord accept your good works and in turn continually bless mom (aunty Taye), your children, grandchildren and all well wishers.
Say hallo to mama Odunlade. Tell uncle Defaye, I'm still angry with him.
I love and miss you a lot. Sleep on on the bosom of your father.
September 24, 2020
September 24, 2020
Daddy continue to rest in the bossom of our Lord, I miss you so so so much!
December 24, 2017
December 24, 2017
Before I opened my email today, something just drew my attention to one of the souvenirs for Baba’s funeral around us and I remembered him. No doubt, I do remember BABA momentarily and his good deeds. We really missed you BABA, continue to rest SIR in the bosom of the LORD.
Dayo Olorunshola
December 29, 2015
December 29, 2015
It's a year and 4 days!! Feels like 4 months. For reeaall!!
We thank God for watching over everyone, especially Ade's mom.
May the Lord continue to walk with us all as we continue this life's journey without uncle's physical presence. We acknowledge his spiritual presence has he lives on in our hearts and as we strive daily to impress him by drawing closer to God and embrassing correct virtues.
May 25, 2015
May 25, 2015
No day passes without thinking about you dear father, no one can replace you in my heart. But I thank the Lord that He is the God of all comfort and will comfort us to live without your physical presence. Continue to rest in the bosom of the Lord.
March 19, 2015
March 19, 2015
I can't just believe that any moment from now I'll go to the morgue to claim the body of MY DAD, Its just like yesterday when you were with us telling us to love one another, Dad you are the GREATEST MAN I have ever met, you are a DAD like no other, nobody can replace you cos you are in replaceable, Dad missing u is unbearable, pls don't go ........
February 4, 2015
February 4, 2015
Popsy me! What else can I say? You are a dad in a million, your easy way of handling issues has thought me a lots of things and see life in another perspective. Dad if I say I love its an UNDER STATEMENT you are everything to me. Toni, Tola, Tara & Toke are really missng u
February 3, 2015
February 3, 2015
I am actually crying but I have no words to describe the emptiness i feel losing someone as great as Baba was to all of us including myself. I can remember the last thing he said to me was to 'oluwadara, please take care of your sisters', at that point I knew this was the last sentence i will hear from him face to face and all.
I and Baba had an argument a few days before he and Mama went back to Nigeria. With this little misunderstanding, i cried and cried but the actions he took taught me how forgiving and loving Baba was, he said he was sorry and gave me a big hug, a hug that id never experienced in my life. He loved all his children and grandchildren; both old and young.
I know Baba Ife is at great peace but it saddens me how I didn't get to say goodbye, people come and they go. His life as taught me to live mine with the fullest and not let the past stop you from moving forward. Baba, you have a massive space in my heart and i'll never ever forget your voice, laughter, our long conversations about the future and your heartfelt advices. Thank you for everything andd for getting to know me. Till we meet again.
I am so sorry for any errors but writing this brings out so much emotion. I just want to say that Baba is gine but he is still in our hearts.
January 31, 2015
January 31, 2015
R.I.P Grandpa, till we meet again.

You taught me one or two things that's made me the man I am today, I thank God for your life well spent. You did your best to make everyone around you feel better.

Memories of the time whilst we visited you in Ife will always have a special place in my heart. I can only look back at all the pictures I have and smile. Rest in peace Benjamin Ilori Adetunji, Christmas time will never be the same again.

E su re ooo Baba Ife.
Thanks you for everything
January 23, 2015
January 23, 2015
We thank God for a glorious and a life well spent. We thank God for the legacy you left behind. Your words of encouragement lives. You always advise us in the right way as a young guys in those days. You worth more than a Gold. I pray that God almighty will u eternal rest. We love you but God loves you more. SUN RE OOO, PA ADETUNJI.
January 22, 2015
January 22, 2015
Your lifetime gave me the real definition of what a Father is. I regret knowing you a bit late (1990), but the moments we shared together swallowed the ''short time'' as you imparted and impacted an eternal virtues in me.
Your touch, care, attitude,... are better experienced than imagined or written in black and white.
Baba, You are Tall in everything GOOD and I wonder who would ever matched your feat!
We will ever miss your generosity. Indeed, ojo ti a ba ku ni a dere. Hmm, eni rere tun ti lo. We will surely meet again at His feet in Heaven.
Baba, good night.
January 19, 2015
January 19, 2015
Beni Ilori Adetunji,

O kare ooo, ojo irinna re dara! Maa lo, ma jokun, ma jekolo, ohun ti won ba nje lajule orun ni ki o ma ba won je.

You ran a beautiful race, you completed with dignity! What a great teacher you were, you were wonderful !

Aso nla ko ni enia nla! You proved Christ in you. A o pade lese Jesu, a o yo mora wa. Jesu ni yio se alaga wa.I shall miss you for the rest of my life, odigbere o.

Gbogbo ile Ogboru Adumula ki o, omo Olodo tubi Yanda, o bo lu tan, ko gbodo jolu labalu! Sunre o.
                            Segilade Abegbe Ayoola
January 18, 2015
January 18, 2015
Baba, A big tree is known by its fruits, I never had the priviledge of meeting you physically we only conversed occasionally, but I have related with one of your fruits "Antimi Derin". In relating with her I have met you. I have witnessed the overflow of your considerateness, your love, honesty, and your humility through her. You have fought the good fight, You have finished your course, You are wearing your Crown. W know, You are alive, it is just that you have left your human body. Your spirit man the Real YOU, is intact and WELL. For our God is not a God of the dead but of the living : for all live unto Him. Luke20:38. -Dr Olabimpe Oladunjoye.
January 16, 2015
January 16, 2015
Daddy,we thank God for your life ,you are kind hearted .loving and God fearing . Thank you for the legacy of hard work. honesty and true faith in christ jesus this also I see in my very good friend Derinola. .Sunre o Babami omo Ooni ilare .May your soul rest in peace .
Our consolation is that we shall meet at the feet of our saviour.
January 14, 2015
January 14, 2015
Dear uncle, you fought a good fight, lived a good, virtuous, Christian life and simply went to sleep like a saint. You heard the call of the Lord and you answered without fear. You did not hesitate to join the saints at the bright river because you had no skeletons in your closet. Your only regrets must have been leaving behind your wife and the rest of us. Our own regret is learning to live without you.

You seemed to live for peace and friendship. As friendship is greater than wealth and wealth even less than health.

Baba mi. Omo alayo. Omo olorire. A d' odo ma we. Baale ile Ooni Ilare. Ojifiluki. Abioluko. Bi e ba d'orun, ki e s'orun re. E ma je okun, e ma je ekolo. Oun ti won ba nje ni ki e ba won je. E ma sun lo. E ma gbagbe wa. May Akalako, chief priest & grace of Oduduwa walk with you. May our great ancestors welcome you.

May the Lord support, bless and elevate aunty Taye, all children and grandchildren. May he be your husband, father and all in all IJN.

This is not goodbye. It is good night. For we shall see you again when the morning comes.
January 11, 2015
January 11, 2015
Daddy , Adieu ! We shall really miss you, continue to rest in the bossom of The Lord God Almighty . With love from The Akeredolus.
January 11, 2015
January 11, 2015
Dad, you have lived a selfless life that has taught me to love and give. It is very hard for me to believe that you are no more and have gone to meet your maker.
There is no one to call me "igwe".
You have been a wonderful and loving father even when issues become heated and difficult, your calmness and level of maturity in handling issues makes me wonder.
Daddy, thank you for being there when it matters most. Rest in peace.
January 10, 2015
January 10, 2015
May your gentle soul rest in perfect peace grandpa ,Thanks for being such a good man to us all. Thanks for playing ball with me the last time we were together. I will miss you forever. We love you but God loves you more. Sleep on granddad. Your Adesewa misses you too
January 8, 2015
January 8, 2015
May your soul rest in perfect peace dad. You lived a selfless and an exemplary life. Eni ti o ni iru eni, ko le mo iyi eni. You were the best dad ever. Sleep in the bossom of our Lord till we meet again in eternity. I miss you!
January 8, 2015
January 8, 2015
"Oluwa, a dupe fun ife te ni fun baba wa. baba ni okan ti omo. a ma rin yin"
January 7, 2015
January 7, 2015
Baba, you have taught me a lot of things and how I should take life as and I pray for this family, that the Lord our God will keep us safe and sound especially Mama. Baba E sun dada.
January 6, 2015
January 6, 2015
Dad, you were the best father any child could ask for. You laboured in the Lord's vineyard and saw to the welfare of your family, both nuclear and extended. You were selfless and tolerant, always ready to help people you came across. Your life was an exemplary one. I wished you 'smelt more roses' before you passed on, but I take my comfort from the fact that we will meet again on the resurrection morning. Baba rere, abiyamo tooto, e sun re o. You will be terribly missed. Continue to rest in the bosom of the Lord.

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December 26, 2023
December 26, 2023
Thanks Dad, for being there when we needed you most. You were a father to great fathers. Your sons are replicating your example of love and care. Your daughters, being the be
st version of you. Rest on dad.
December 17, 2023
December 17, 2023
I can't believe that you 've been gone for almost 9 years. Dad, I miss you daily. I can never forget your generosity, love, care and counsel. You were a father in a million. Keep resting with your maker, baba. Christmas has not been the same since you left. omo oòni ìlàré, sun re, baba were
September 26, 2023
September 26, 2023
Daddy! Daddy!! I miss you. Continue to rest in peace.
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