The moment I have been avoiding since I heard you were gone is finally here.

The time I have to tell you goodbye and let you know how great you’ve been as my dad

I remember you always told me you were proud of me

I remember you always had a word of advice to give me each time we spoke

I remember how you always asked me when you will be having a son-inlaw

I remember all your kind words and best wishes for me

I remember the last time I saw you; your energy, your gentleness, your smiles

Hearing you were gone was the greatest shock in a long time

And saying goodbye to you now, hurts me sooo bad

I miss you more than I can express

I miss the times I rushed to the corridor in school to call you.

I miss the times I get back to class and tell my friends “It’s my dad!!!”

Though opportunities to show how special you were did not come that often,

I will stay with the memories of the times we made each other happy

Having you for a dad was such a great pleasure

I know you're in heaven above, looking down on us with all your love

One day we'll be together again. Till then, I'll always treasure every moment

And if I need to talk to you, I'll just sit down and pray

Bye – Bye Daddy

Lum Simanka (Mama)

"If we live to The Lord,if we die,we die to The Lord.So whether we live or die,we belong to The Lord .Roman14:8  RIP."

Ben dick 

"“The souls of the virtuous are in the hands of God, no torment shall ever touch them. In the eyes of the unwise, they did appear to die, their going looked like a disaster, their leaving us, like annihilation; but they are in peace”... Dear big brother, may your soul rest in this profound peace which God so assuredly promises. You are dearly missed!"

Ben Dick 

We love you daddy but God Loves you more so with you up there by God’s side, we pray to God to give us the strength to know you are no more. Your words to your children were very reassuring in times of pain and difficulty. Thank you for being there for me. We miss you and will always miss you may you RIP in the hands of the lord love you so much. 

Adieu Daddy Wandji until we meet again.

 Canition Wandji
(sister-in-law and daughter) 

(Daught

A Tribute to my dad

It is still very difficult for me to believe what is going on, I just can’t fit into the reality, it seems like a or a nightmare. I spoke to you on Saturday and your voice was so strong leaving me with hope and confidence Only to receive the heaviest shock of my life a few days later that you are no more.

Daddy where are you going to at this prime age of your life? I talked to the Almighty everyday to spare you some few more years so that you too can reap the fruits of your hard work but I am realizing that God’s ways are not the ways of man.

My heart is so heavy and over-grieved because I can’t imagine. I will not talk to you any more or see you again to get your words of love, wisdom and knowledgeable advice. Who is going to call me mami again? Daddy truly I don’t know if am ever going to get over this. Your grand children especially your namesake “coh coh”, as you usually called him, keeps jumping everyday in the house saying ”daddy grand pa daddy grandpa” not knowing that he will not see daddy grandpa any more. It makes me sick in the heart.

Oh daddy, why did you have to go so soon? It breaks my heart so badly. Well I will never get the answers to these questions the Almighty God knows why. I give Him all the Glory. Rest in peace my darling father until we meet to part no more. Adieu, Adieu, Adieu daddy.

Yvette Wandji Akerenwi Seh

(Daughter)

A TRIBUTE TO MY FATHER-IN-LAW

“Daddy", as we usually call you, it is with shock that I received the sad news of the demise of a fine gentleman. It's still like a dream to me that you are gone. When I was coming back from the USA a few weeks ago, you insisted you were coming to Douala from Bamenda to welcome me back just like you saw me off when I was leaving. Together with my beloved wife Linda (your first child) we refused since we wanted you to get a much needed rest.  Little did we know that that was a golden opportunity you were creating for us to see for the last time? Notwithstanding we were constantly talking over the phone and you kept reassuring us that all shall be well. Even on that fateful Tuesday when I received a call that you had been taken to the hospital, I was very convinced that in the evening you would go back home. Even when I was told you were hospitalized I was still very positive that all will be fine knowing you to be physically strong, courageous and resilient

Daddy you took me not as a son in-law but like your first son. You were always by my side in times of joy and sorrow. You will brave the very bad roads to Ekondo titi and to Tombel whenever there was an event good or bad. You will take the risky highway to Yaoundé, Kribi, Kumba, etc. just to assist me. I remember when I was promoted to higher a rank you told everybody never to call me Commissaire anymore but to call me PRINCIPAL. The name you called me till you departed.

    Daddy, you were very important to me, and more so to my beloved wife Linda. The gap your departure has created in our hearts is very difficult to fill. I benefitted from your sound and wise pieces of advice that you always gave in every facet of life- I took them to heart and I want to say Thank You.

     You were a God-fearing honourable man. You were a loving husband, father and grandpa. You were a trusted and confident friend. Your transition has brought pain that cannot be described. My head is full of fond memories of you. You insistently propagated the message of your love for us and God’s Love

     As we mourn your transition to higher glory, we are consoled that you have overcome all the pains, trials, tribulations, struggles and contentions of this life.

    Our prayer is that the Almighty God will grant your soul eternal rest and also grant us the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss

Adieu fine gentleman

Adieu Daddy

Adieu Daddy grandpa (in your grandson Lele’s voice) 

CP Principal Wilson Elong NJume (Son-in-law)

Daddy, you are gone way too soon. It's like a bad dream that I want to just snap out of. You told me not to worry, that you’d be fine. I begged God to give us another chance, so you would snap out of that health scare. I begged God for five more years, then one more year, then a few moments, so I could hear your voice again but my desperate prayer was answered but not the way I wished. I witnessed you being tormented by sickness, it broke my heart but I thought the worst was over.  Mama will be lonely in the kitchen without you daddy. You have left a big vacuum in our lives dad. I'm still struggling to comprehend and accept Your Will Lord. Thank you, Dad, for being the most incredible father I could have ever wanted. Thank you for making me want to make the world a better place and for showing me a path to do so. Thank you for making sure that I knew that I was loved every single day of my life. You say you were so lucky to have us in your live. But you were wrong Dad. We were the lucky ones. Out of all the Fathers in the world – we were given YOU.

Dad, I love you and I’ll miss you more than I can ever say. I will miss your special little nickname for me, and also your signature “ok honey” at the end of every conversion. I will miss your trademark hat & the way you lit up a room when you entered it, with your imposing physique and yet gentle and kind spirit. I will miss that overwhelming feeling of security and protection that emanated from your reassuring voice. I will miss your subtle humor daddy. I take solace in the conviction that you are God's Angel. Continue to watch over us. I know you are by my side every step of the way as you have always been daddy. Mostly dad, we will just miss you. You left your grand children wondering and questioning. Your grandson, Lele keeps nagging me to call “daddy grandpa” as he would call you. “I want to go into daddy grandpa’s car”

I can’t wait to impart in my children everything you ever taught me. You had a big and kind heart and you touched everyone you encountered in a special way. You left a lasting memory in the minds of the friends you made while you were here in Boston with me. You were supposed to be here in Boston this October but you met your demise before your travel plans were realized. God alone knows why. I thank you for not only fathering me but also actually being a dad to me. With your wisdom, you molded me into the woman I have become by instilling in me important life values. I am the oldest of your children and will always ask myself what would daddy have done/said. I promise to uphold your unbeatable legacy of love, kindness, and hard work.

You served your community and church selflessly and in your own little way, you made the world a better place.

Friends, just want to say today is a gift, yesterday history and tomorrow a mystery. Would never have thought that my dad will take that last breath on fateful Thursday Oct. 2nd 2014.

God I give you all the glory. The LORD is our strength. Rest in Peace my daddy PA WANDJI until we meet again to part no more.

Linda Wandji Elong-Njume

(Daughter)

Oh the sacred earth beckons to swallow the human dust, with the blithely lovely spirit of brother Isaac flown to join the heavenly flotilla by the throne of God...

O brother, how can you leave us all ever so soon?

Your length of years hardly reached 65 and now thou art gone!

You were so raised up, groomed with loved, spawned and nurtured with exceptionally loving attention and you lived your life with the freshness of heavenly mist and celestial fog. You were the most handsome, so smooth, clean, refined, polished, amazingly good natured, outspoken, self-effacing, humbled, God fearing and above all a pillar of great strength to your family, friends and colleagues.

The eternal elixir of the fountain of youth shone brilliantly in you.... Making us feel the quiet power of your unforgettable presence...
Brother we shall carry and really do have your image engraved deeply unto the tapestries of our individual hearts. 
I will miss you forever.

Your impeccable image is now graphically en cratfed unto our souls...We shall relentlessly scroll the tapestry all the time in remembrance of you.

Oh Brother, it is so sorrowful to think of you, gone now. We cannot even pause to imagine the emptiness and the reality of not meeting you in Bamenda as we had planned.

Your fascinatingly erudite family is bereaved, the Shesans have lost a monumental reference, Cameroonians have lost a colossus of the best and beauty of the human spirit, and the world of enterprising professionals has lost a bright and shining comet..

How can one ever imagine that the cold hands of death would visit and take you away from us? We cannot pause even to weep for the dawning reality of your passing is so overwhelming we shudder at the sadness and wonder if it is a nightmare we would wake up from!

Oh Pa Isaac Chuwa, It is hard to imagine you are gone...

 When the afflicted had cried, you wept.... You became a charitable institution, a philanthropist extraordinaire, bringing rising entrepreneurs to dream, hope and achieve great triumphs as a means of uplifting the welfare of society in travail...

Oh brother and now you are gone.. How can one believe your work here on earth had reached her cul de sac? Like an eagle flown, where in the sky can we envisage you flying? The Horizon is beyond us yet we shall look for you beyond the setting sun, over the waters of the sea, in drops of dew, over the beauty and expanse of mountains and hills, the verdure besides the lakes and the ripples of the waters of the fish ponds your powerfully gentle and self-effacing father had created...we shall keep looking for you even as the gathering clouds keep dissipating and come together again, oh Brother we shall look for you...even in dreams, thoughts, and flowing memories that shall never die; we shall look for you. There was so much life left in you and a catalogue of many things to do with your unique impact. The torch is not fallen but it has been passed on to family, friends, and colleagues a like...

 Oh Dear brother Isaac, who knew you were singing your lovely and enlightened song, your swan song?
The clouds are cleft asunder as your essence enters the flottila sailing to heaven. We shall never pause for you...Your image flows in all of us; a new generation of Wanji’s will bear your name and enhance the undying memory your existence created here on earth...If as your legacy deserves a foundation is created it shall thrive because it will be in memory of Isaac Chuwa Wanji !!!!

Fare thee well, oh Brother, fare thee well, see you soon.

I heared much about Mr. Issac Wandji, before  I ever meet him. I travelled to Cameroon in 2011 to bury my dad and I met with him at Bambui en route to Mamfe. He was heading to a church meeting in Limbe and said he was unable to follow us to Mamfe. Though my encounter with him in Bambui was brief, it had a lasting memory. I saw in him a nice man, who deeply shared in my sorrow and comforted me.

So, when he later visited in Boston, my entire family was thrilled. We gave him a welcome treat and he visited several times and we got to know him better. He loved everyone in my family, joked with our children, advised me and my wife and shared life experiences with our mum who we call Grandma. In fact, we spent good times. We went out for coffee, we ate out and in each occasion, we talked and shared some good moments. What I saw in him was a father without frontiers and that is why I could be there for him without reservation. I am fulfilled I assisted at his ailing moments in the US, caution and advised him too about his well being. I thank God for the opportunities we had and the experiences we shared. Above all, I am thankful to him for being a wonderful father without frontiers. Even though he is gone, his advice remains and therefore he lives.

Ruphous Takang 

          It shocks me, it pains me, and it really takes away my strength as I try digesting and accepting that my boyhood friend from Sacred Heart is no more. All Shesans who knew this cool headed gentleman through the years, like I did, will miss him a whole lot.
          Isaac was a dear and kind friend I met in Sacred Heart and with whom I holidayed in Abakwar (Old Town), Bamenda until we separated in 1972 and caught up with each other again here in Boston, USA a little over a year ago. Isaac joined us at several Cameroonian functions to share in the community spirit of love and belonging, where he would often preach the lessons of love, Community cooperation and hard work to every Cameroonian who craved for a happy and satisfactory life in the future.
          I felt blessed to find in him a friend and a brother with whom I could proudly as a true contemporary. We both shared admiration for our children and grand children for whom we had a lot of pride to be parents and grand parents at our young ages.
          I'm sad because God has decided to call Isaac home so early. For me it will be very difficult to find another living friend like the one I found in Isaac Chuwa Wandji. But I know that he has gone ahead to prepare us a place, and we shall meet again, and rejoice again.
          Good bye Isaac, good bye brother, good bye Mishe, good bye friend; and rest in perfect peace with The Lord and his Blessed Angels up there in the Heavenly Kingdom.






Nazy Ebua (friend and a fellow SHESAN)

My dearest Daddy, You were not just a father to me, you were like a brother and a very good friend I never had. What a very big shock! Whom will I discuss with every morning and evening? Whom will I confine to? You thought everything on earth but you never thought me how to live without you. I want to promise you that I will not let you down. I will continue all what you’ve started just the way you’ve wanted. I believe your spirit will continue to guide and give me the strength to accomplish your projects. Daddy, I promise to remain the good son, brother and friend that you’ve ever had. I will not fail you for I know you have fought a good fight. You have finished the race and have kept the faith.

Adieu Daddy

Your son, Wandji Dagobert

Daddy,

I am speechless daddy, you had all the qualities of an awesome father. You taught me Love and I will never forget those your words you said to us in easter, ‘ We should treat everybody as if it is the last time we are seeing that person’. You always wanted the best for us and has given us the best you could up to your last days on earth. We love you soo much and will always do. May your gentle soul rest in perfect peace.

Your daughter

Wandji Rosemary Epse Tebid 

Those we love don’t go away; they walk beside us every day. Unseen, unheard, but always near, still loved, still missed and very dear.
We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever; the goal is to create something that will.
Daddy, for the short while that we’ve been together, your objectivity and positivity about life crowned with boundless love is what we inherit. Treating me like your son. As you depart I keep these words you once told me, ‘Christ Jesus remains our Good Shepherd and Lord’.

If we could hold you back, we could have, but God has the final say
After all, to the well organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.
We LOVE YOU DADDY and shall miss you
R I P Daddy Wandji

Solomon Tebid (son in-law)

Daddy, I did not know you were going to go so soon. You were a great, hardworking, loving, kind and ambitious man. Even though you were caught by sickness, you still hard so many plans’. You thought me how to respect and love others. You provided me with everything I needed; I have never known lack with a loving and caring daddy like you. I don’t know how am gonna stay without you.

You used to call me honey. My sweet heart, my dearest but now there is no one to call me those names again. You always wanted me to  be by you side, daddy I thought you were even going to see my children, but God  has better plans for you. You left this big house just for mummy and I .you are really a great loss to me . I don’t know how I will cope without you Daddy. I love and will miss you so much but God has a better place d=for you. I pray you rest in the Lords bosom. You are the best Daddy in the world. Till we meet never to part again

Good bye Daddy

Your last daughter, Wandji phallon

Your death took me as a surprise. You were everything to me, you solve the majority of problems I had, now how will I cope without you? I will miss you so much but God loves you more and he kept a better place for you.

Your sister, Wandji Grace

Daddy you went as dough you were having a nice sleep. Taba, daddy, my legs, my hands, my adviser, my teacher, my husband, You were everything to me and my children, what will  I tell Blaise and Ann. You have made me what I am. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I will not ask God why, For He has the final say.

To him alone be the Glory

You sister

Wandji Nicoline

Daddy, it brokens my heart to know you’ve left us. For the period of time that I have known you, I have come to understand that you are a man of principles and few words and these you had always made me to understand. It is a true way of life. Daddy I will continue to pray for you so that the Almighty God will keep you in his bosom. Good bye daddy

Yours daughter in-law, Wandji stella

Tribute to our grand Pa

Daddy grand Pa, we miss you so much, there will be no body again to remind us to take breakfast every morning, do our assignments  after  school.  You taught us how to love one another but you never taught us how to live without you.

Good bye grand Pa

Your grand children Oniel, Liam and Makella Wandji