This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Juliet Chinagorom Okorie-Agwu, 48, born on January 25, 1967 and passed on to glory on November 6, 2015. We will remember her forever.
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Leave a tributeIn three occasions since your demise, I have followed someone that I was totally convinced it you just to prove to the world that you are alive.
In the three occasions, I painfully found out that I was wrong.
I am getting emotionally more stable to accept the fact that we can only see again at the foot of Christ on the last day.
You were an Angel. We may not have totally understood your values but the great good memories of you remains a blessing.
You are forever missed
Zik Uduma (your one and only brother)
Your bravery in the face of death made us find the strength to push on. Our shared blessings are doing well and also have fond memories (though somewhat fading for Sugar— as you feared might happen). But guess what —- She is a fighter, just like you were. Spice has grown into a fine chivalrous young man.
Both remember the children of whom they are, just as you always admonished them to.
Continue to intercede for us, as we continue to pray for the repose of your sweet Soul. I remain proud to have known you, moreso to have been your lover for twenty-five years and your husband for twenty-one years.
Rest on, Princess.
Yesterday would have been your day!
But ...!
Always in our hearts at times like this dearest Juliet.
Continue to rest in the bosom of the Lord.
Sinachi had her first Holy Communion last Sunday.
Iyoo, I am sure that from where you are, you can see that Leanya is turning into a fine young man. Almost as tall as me but with a deeper voice. He has your caring nature but he is still questioning God. Sinny, is still as feisty as ever but she looks more and more like you with each passing day. She told me the other day that she wants to go to Yale when the time comes! Wowww! Remember the day dreams we used to have about them even when we were still in school!?
Yes Princess, I am sure that you can see all what’s going on and that’s why you have been our Guardian Angel. You know the children and I can never stop loving you. We can never stop missing you. You know it still hurts!
Squaring your shoulders, head help high, you unflinchingly stared at death in the face. You mocked it, though it finally had its way. You gave meaning to the word dignity as you left on your own terms taking time to even dress up for it. You taught us to only cry in the rain.
Sprite, keep smiling down at us. Goldilocks, keep parting the clouds. Nkem, good night.
Princess, we love you eternally.
just to let you know that the children are really growing!
Sinny is almost as tall as me! Imagine that -- little Missy. She is now in JSS3!
Leanya got admission into PAU but, he prefers to go abroad. All i can do is direct them and continue to commit them into God's care.
We continue to miss you and call upon you to watch over us and be our Guardian Angel.
Sleep on, Princess
The children and I will continue to miss you, love you and pray for you.
I was devastated. But I drew strength and courage from the carriage and attitude you had exhibited. Twenty five (25) years of being friends, lovers, confidants, husband and wife. Memories of you and our live together at every turn. Every place carried a memory. Every song heard brought back memories. Words from others or even on tv became triggers. My phone stopped ringing at that particular hour when you would call for office chitchat. The phases of grief and then emptiness, absolute void, but I trudged on as you would have wanted. I bottled it all up and tried doing my crying in the rain, but at times it would burst out spontaneously. Then I would remember and look at the most wonderful gifts you left with me, Sugar and Spice. They were more than enough reason to live, for you live in them! Each displaying different aspects of you.
Six years now, the tears have somewhat dried up and the sun dares to rise again. I have confirmed that we are truly tallest when when bend our knees in prayers!
Princess, your smile is perpetual, as indeed is the light that now shines on you.
Sleep on, Iyoo.
Princess, please continue to watch over us as we continue to pray for your Sweet Soul.
We love you, forever!
As the Angel that you are now, remember us and continue to pray for and protect us.
The children and i love you, always.
Continue to sleep in heavenly peace!
5 years since you've been gone. We miss you.
Continue to sleep in Heavenly Peace!
Since you left, Leanya has graduated from Secondary School. Made his papers in the WAEC Exams. Sinachi is in Secondary School.
We love and miss you but remain consoled that you are where you feel no more pains.
'Sinachi, did her primary school graduation last Saturday. I am so proud of them. You would have been too.
I am hanging in there.
We love you very much and still miss you like crazy, Princess.
You would have been so proud of her.
Leanya, is just like me! Scattered! Hahahahahahha
You would have been so proud of him too. His voice is so deep now. He is truly your little man, now.
Iyoo, just know that we miss you. Continue to be our Guardian Angel.
Sinachi, passed her entrance exams!! Obele Sisi is a big girl now ooo.
Iyoo, please continue to intercede for us. We need your prayer now more than ever.
We love you, we miss you.
God is indeed wonderful.
Iyoo, continue to be our Guardian Angel. The children and I love, now and always.
The try still flow but we know you would want us to be strong.
Iyoo, the children and I love you. And always will.
we continue to pray that the Almighty (who you loved with all your heart) will grant you rest from your earthly toil and suffer. please continue to pray and intercede for us.
the children and i love you so much.
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
Princess!
But you thought me not to question God. So I still hold my head you high.
We love and still miss you, Princess.
The children and I will say the Rosary in your memory. And the Memorare. We have taken solace in the fact that we know that you are with our Lord. We draw strength from the lessons we learnt from you. Continue to be our Guardian Angel!
We love you, Princess, for all time. Wife of my youth. My Warrior Queen. My Iyoo. Sleep on.
May your sweet Soul continue to rest with the Almighty until we met again at His feet. Sleep on, Iyoo.
Iyoo, you will forever live in our hearts!
Leave a Tribute
In three occasions since your demise, I have followed someone that I was totally convinced it you just to prove to the world that you are alive.
In the three occasions, I painfully found out that I was wrong.
I am getting emotionally more stable to accept the fact that we can only see again at the foot of Christ on the last day.
You were an Angel. We may not have totally understood your values but the great good memories of you remains a blessing.
You are forever missed
Zik Uduma (your one and only brother)
Continue to rest in peace Julliet
It's exactly 6months today that my friend of 26 years, wife of 21 years, was laid to rest.
I still lack the words to explain my emotions. I knew the meaning of friendship with her. Love became a sacred word. Loyalty was redefined.
Hand in hand we had walked down the lonely path of childlessness for 10 years. Some so called friends jeered at us as if they had control of determining who gets a child and who doesn't. She thought me to ignore all such side distractions and to focus on the only Being that had the final say -- God! And He did have the final say and in the positive too!
And when it was just time to start the real round of honeymoon and marital bliss, she was struck down with an acute form of Rheumatoid Arthritis. A disease that left her with Pulmonary Fibrosis, an irreversible and progressive deterioration of her lungs. She was told it was terminal!
And that was when the strength in her became fully manifest. She did not panic, she took it in good stride. Whilst asking and believing God for a miracle healing, she still reached out and started preparing the children for life without her. She clung on to life for my sake and for the sake of the children.
The healing didn't come and she came to terms with that fact. Then it was as if she asked death to wait, even in her weak state. She appeared to put it on pause! She dared it! She stared at it in the face without fear. She knelt in prayer and attained heights of gigantic proportion, made peace with God and man and when she crossed over into the Year of Mercy she quietly took her leave having held on for almost 4years. She passed on in my arms.
She was attached to an oxygen machine 24/7 for almost 3 years. After the initial period of being self conscious about it, she squared her shoulders and bore it with poise and grace. Even when she couldn't go out much, she was the one impacting positively on those that came near. She silently offered her pains "as a sweet smelling sacrifice to God, who had allowed her to her on this journey".
She was a rare breed. She was strong. She was graceful and dignified in her sickness. She was a Lioness. She was a Princess. She was my Princess. She was my Iyoo. She was my friend. She was my lover. She was my wife. And I am a much better person for it. Whatever I am today, is largely thanks to Juliet Chinagorom Okorie-Agwu.
And I pray from the depth of me that her Soul and the Souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God rest in peace.
Nanna, my heart bleeds reading your touching story. I share your pain and comfort in your story of courage and strength?
Larry my husband who loved me beyond words can ever express passed exactly ten years yesterday. What keeps me and the boys going is the fact that Larry loved us so much and that keeps us going.
I know the love you both shared for each other will keep you and the kids going?
Larry unfortunately died of a heart attack which is nothing compared to what you and your dear wife went through. That period of struggle was a special time to spend bonding? I know one of my boys always wished, Daddy would have been sick for us to nurse him instead of him dying so quick and not knowing if he wanted someone to hold his hands, but his twin brother is always telling him he would not have wanted Daddy to go through any of that. To me I would have loved to share that moment and time with him but it happened so quick and we never had the chance to say good bye. Who are we to tell God when and how it should happen? The same God has kept us and still keeps us going until now that my dear son Aleje, has again gone to be with the Lord.
I have asked questions and close to forgetting my faith, as "in all things, give praise and thanks". In moments like this is when our faith is tested and tried and life does not make any sense. Am a living example of one's faith been tasted and one day, someday, God will make sense to me and my boys as to why. I want God to teach me to accept things without blame. " God weeps wth us so that we may one day laugh with him" Jurgen Moltmann. By asking questions, it brings us to asking " where is God when it hurst?"
I have my family and friends support and share the pain and sufferings of those who have passed through similar experiences and we draw strength from each other and I know you will because God is alive and stand to tell you this.
We talk about Larry everyday, when I say we, the boys and I find consolation talking about Larry because he had so much love and shared it with his family. They will never be another Larry in our lives but we are happy he loved us. His love keeps us going. We miss him everyday.
I am going to leave you with the fact that though, they have gone, they are still with us and I know your beloved wife, Chinagorom, is with you, looking above from heaven and smiling saying, you are a fantastic husband and father and could not have picked a better man other than Nanna. I share that with her. Larry says it too because, my boys tell me how fantastic a mother I am and have been. Your kids would say same. God will look after them beyond your expectations and favour will be their name.
Remain blest my brother.
Helen Adoga (Ntol's sister and Imaji's cousin)