This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Mary Oguejiofor (aka Mamao, Ifeatu) 83 years old , born on March 7, 1936 and passed away on March 11, 2019. We will remember her forever.
Please click on the LIFE tab above to access a PDF file of her Biography.
Tributes
Leave a tributeMamao, you'll forever be missed and remembered by all your loved ones.
I bless God for giving us you and Papao, as our parents. We are what we are today because of you both, your teachings/trainings, directions, etc.
Your legacies will not end with us but we'll pass them on to our next generation.
May your souls continue to rest in the Lord
Remembering you on the 4th anniversary of your joining the heavenly hosts! May you continue to rest in peace together with Papao and all our loved ones!
You'll forever be fondly remembered. I miss you so much ❤️❤️❤️ Keep resting in the Lord
Mamao, your legacy sure lives on. I am confident that you've joined the host of God's Angels to watch over us.
Continue to rest in the Lord You're FOREVER in our hearts ❣️❤️
We miss you so much and may you continue to rest in the bossom of our Lord!
Victor Obi
It's two years to the day that you left us to be with God. Though you are not here physically, you are still very much present in my life as the memories have only become more treasured with the passage of time. Your life was truly one of service to your family and friends. We intend to continue in your footsteps and carry on your great legacy. I pray that your soul and the souls of all the faithfully departed continue to rest in peace until we meet to part no more.
Or you can smile because she has lived
You can close your eyes and pray that she will come back
Or you can open your eyes and see all that she has left
Your heart can be empty because you can’t see her
Or you can be full of the love that you shared
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday
Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday
You can remember her and only that she is gone
Or you can cherish her memory and let it live on
You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back
Or you can do what she would want: smile, open your eyes, love and go on."
We miss you every day Aunty but we take solace in the knowledge that you are with our Lord ♡
Today marks exactly a year since you left us physically but your enviable legacy and love for us will always remain with us as cherished memories that help brighten our days. You always reminded us not to cry as you would have departed to a much better place and a place that we should all aspire to get to at the end of our earthly sojourn. Such was your unwavering faith in God and your destiny.
You bore life's unavoidable vicissitudes with equanimity and good cheer thus serving as a great example "Ifeatu" to all of us. Your love for education was legendary and you will be glad to know your grandchildren are following in your footsteps.
As we remember you today, we pray that God grants you and all of our dearly departed family members, including our dear Papao, eternal rest.
Continue to rest in perfect peace Ifeatu until we meet to part no more!
Love Always,
Cosy-Joe
I write this tribute with a very heavy heart. I miss your sweet sweet smile and the joy you always radiated whenever I was in your presence. Every time I came to visit, you would always ensure we prayed together. You were an example of how one should aim to live a good Christian life. I know you are in the presence of God and his angels watching after us all. I pray that you are resting well in heaven. May your memories continue to live on with Uncle Ogonna, Uncle Emeka, and your other children.
I miss you dearly Mamao.
Adieu, Mamao.
May God bless the entire Oguejiofor.
We all learnt a lot from you and your life is a great lesson and testimony in unfailing love and trust in the almighty. These are true Christian qualities.
Each time I came in to see you, you will enquire about my prayer life and then urge me to pray ceaselessly for you.
I have no doubt that you have found the much deserved peace in the Lord's bossom, where you truly belong.
We can only rejoice for we know you are in a better place, but because we are human and share so much love,we cannot help but feel sad about the loss.
Rest peacefully in the Lord's bossom until we meet to part no more.
Adieu beloved mamao!
“God saw that she was getting tired, a cure was not to be. So, He put His arms around her and whispered, “Come with Me”
For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die. 70 years is all we have, 80 if we are strong-Psalm 90 vs. 10. At 83 years, Mama Osy as we fondly called her, was super strong. Nonetheless, our Christian belief teaches us that the death of a Christian is a passage into eternity. Christians really don’t die, they fall asleep in the Lord. The New Testament is clear on this. To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. But the body sleeps until the last day. Our beloved Mama Osy, has just fallen asleep ahead of us and she fell asleep with style, with prayerfulness, with faith, with courage, with grace, and with a heart filled with love and affection for all.
Mama Osy, family meant everything to you and perhaps one of your greatest accomplishments, was building a strong family and home environment. Your children and grandchildren were your treasure and your gift to them is a lasting heritage. You took special and utmost care of your children and ensured that they all attended some of the best schools in the country and came out with sterling performances which reverberated all over and we know you were very proud of the way they all turned out which is a testament to all your hard work, sacrifice, commitment and love for each and every one of them.
Together with your late husband, Gwazuora and our late father Akunnia, you taught us all the value of family relationships, love for one another, and how to ever remain committed and loyal to them. You made personal sacrifices to keep the family united and strong including making one of the biggest sacrifices ever, of giving your son Okey up for the priesthood. Without doubt, no sacrifice can be greater than this. Indeed, your sacrifices did not go unnoticed and will never go away from our consciousness and that of the Church, the body of Christ.
You continued to show tremendous interest and support for the family and genuinely worried and prayed when you felt that things were not going the way they were supposed to and gave useful and constructive advices. We know you were proud of the way we all turned out which is a testament to all your prayers and love for each and every one of us. You bore your illness with equanimity, absolute faith in God and courageously too and never failed to tell us that you were going through your own purgatory in life as a preparatory ground for divine glory in Heaven and we have no doubt that you are now resting in the bosom of our Lord. Each time we visited you, you ended up offering prayers for us and showing more concern for our well being and safety.
You lived your entire life in consonance with the Christian tenet and was a prayer warrior in every respect. Your life was Christo-centric - you lived in Christ and died in Christ and thus shared in the victory of Christ over death. Your death is a celebration of life, for our Christian belief assures us that those who lived in Christ and died in Him shall share everlasting happiness in His bosom. Yours was a life that impacted positively on the lives of others
I am happy that you died in Christ who is your hope in death and as death is inevitable, every mortal must die. I console with the word of God in the book of wisdom 3:1-4, that the souls of the righteous is in the hand of our God, no torment shall ever touch them for their work will follow them. Your passing on is indeed a celebration of life, for our Christian belief assures us that those who lived in Christ and died in Him shall share everlasting happiness in His bosom. Yours was a life that impacted positively on the lives of others and I am exceedingly proud to be your nephew.
Rest in peace dearest Mama Osy! Adieu, until we meet again, to part no more. May your gentle soul rest in the bosom of our Lord Jesus Christ. To God be the glory for a life well lived.
Your nephew,
Chinedu Oguejiofor, FCA
I saw in you, a life of a true ambassador of Christ living out your cross and made it appear easy and light. This your sacrificial love is a little bit of a heaven to me, a virtue I personally encountered the number of times I had sat to chat with you in your chosen dwelling place in your house. My husband encountered your comforting hand of care on one of our visits from Oraukwu, and commended your wisdom which you cheerfully shared as through the saviors great Love. With all my heart, I say, adieu mamao for your smiles, and joyful times you shared. Mamao's life prayer of "Not my Will, Yours be done." will remain in my memory.
To Ossy, Mekus, Fr. Okey, Ogonna, Nnabueze, & Ngoo, and all the Oguejiofors, please take solace in Mamao's legacy, & virtue of " Willful humility." Adieu, dear!!!
You will be forever missed,you were unwavering in your Christian faith which gives us solace that you are resting in peace in the bossom of the Lord.
I met you about three years ago and it was as if you gave birth to me. You accepted and loved me as your own second daughter after your only daughter, Ngozichukwuka. The trust you had on me was enormous which made you spend hours with me filled with significant stories of your life and the family. These stories integrated me properly into your family. I will surely miss your good and sweet memories.
Your illness was a big cross but you told me always that you were undergoing your purgatory on earth and would go straight to God after your terrestrial existence. I prayed for you always that God should grant you your heart’s desire and I hope you are now resting in the bosom of the Lord. In your pains, you knew God, loved Him and remained ever joyful, peaceful and grateful for God’s superabundant blessings upon you and your family. You were a great woman of faith.
Although you had challenges as regards physical mobility for many years, you remained current through reading of the dailies, scriptural and inspirational works, and listening to social media. I remember your most popular station, Radio Sapientia, based at Onitsha, which you always tuned on to and constantly and vicariously participated in the Eucharistic celebration, the daily recitation of the Angelus and the Divine Mercy prayers. I remember the Divine Mercy we prayed together. How you articulately recited the long and inspiring prayer in English without even reading it from a text. Mamao, I really will miss all those gracious moments I shared with you.
Your generosity was contagious because you and I exchanged small gifts as friends, and as daughter and mother, this I will also miss very much. Your life touched my life in a very special way and gave me a different perception about pains and sufferings as you usually said; "Let God take control" There was no room or even need for worrying as you entirely surrendered yourself to the will of God in the circumstances of your life. I will forever miss your physical presence, but your sweet memories cannot be lost, and I hope and pray that we will meet again to part no more in God's kingdom in Jesus’ name. Amen.
REST IN PEACE MY BOSOM FRIEND AND MY MOTHER.
Sr. Ifunanya Anozie.
Our hearts and prayers are with you in this difficult time. We mourn and also celebrate with you, the great life that Mamao lived. May the good Lord continue to bless her legacy and may her memories live on, bringing solace to your hearts.
Adieu Mamao!
From Isaac and Vickie Okafor, Tennessee, USA
THE HOME-GOING OF OUR
SAINTLY MAMAO.
IFEATU lived A Most Catholic Christian Life of UNSHAKABLE FAITH IN THE ALMIGHTY GOD.
With Great and Inimitable Fortitude and Equanimity, she Cheerfully Bore her Ailment of over Thirty Years.
That MAMAO will Unequivocally Forever Remain IFEATU (A ROLE MODEL) for ALL who knew Her is Our CONSOLATION.
We ALWAYS QUOTE MAMAO’s OWN CONCEPT
Of What Should Be Our Attitude To PAINS OR SUFFERING: “O BU UGWU CALVARY ANYI KA ANYI NA-ARI”!!!
MAMAO’s Upbringing is Worthy of Mention. Often She would CITE Her Own Father in happy jests: “Thank You God My Heavenly Father!”
Ma o burukwa Nna m, MAMAO would add. It is little wonder, therefore, that Coming from this SOLID CATHOLIC BACKGROUND, MAMAO’s Son is A Reverend Father and her Younger Sister’s Daughter is A Reverend Sister!!!!
May MAMAO’s GENTLE SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE. AMEN.
Emeka/Milady/Emy /Azee
Our people say "onyekwe, chia ekwe".
" Jee nke oma". You will be forever missed till we meet to part no more.
Bony Akwuba
On Behalf of the Nwiloh Family
On Behalf of Bonny & Beatrice Akwuba Family
Your demise caught me as a shock and I still can't believe you are gone. We will surely miss you. You lived a great life worthy of emulation. In times of distress you had this calm personality and I always remember you saying that no human being can make you take your life. Your spirituality and morality were worthy of emulation and defined your strong character.
As an undergraduate, I frequently visited Adazi during our break and one of my cherished moment was to swing by and hear your words of advice, while enjoying your good meal.
Before I left the country for graduate studies, you took time to write me a letter advising me to to work hard and always be prayerful.
Adieu Mamao, continue to rest with the Lord. May your soul rest in peace!
Ogbonna.
Our deepest sympathy is with you as you mourn the loss of your dear mom, Mamao. Judging from the quality gentlemen (Emeka, Cos, Fr., and others) she nurtured, which can only be possible by a disciplined upbringing, it is evident that your mom lived an exemplary motherly life. The adage that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree is very much validated here. My family and I will keep you in our prayers as you travel home to give Mama a befitting burial. May our good Lord welcome Mama's soul in His kingdom. Chris, Akudo, Nnaemeka, Kelechi, and Chiemerie (your Godson). Sacramento, California.
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Condolence
Dear Cosmos and family.
This is to express our sincere condolence for the loss of your beloved Mum.Even though death is a necessary end and everybody has to pay that debt we are saddened by her sudden departure but we take consolation in the fact that she is resting in the bosom of the almighty God and watching over her children. She will for ever be remembered for her kindness and simplicity. May her gentle soul continue to rest in perfect peace.Ame
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Tribute from Prof. C. J. Mbah
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