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This memorial website was created in the memory of our beloved father, Nicholas Frank-Opigo, 83, born on October 3, 1926 and passed away on April 19, 2010. We will remember him forever.

October 12, 2022
October 12, 2022
Happy belated birthday my wonderful father. i have never stopped loving you.
October 3, 2021
October 3, 2021
Happy birthday Granpi. Sleep well, for the Lord loves you.
April 19, 2021
April 19, 2021
Our father liked fish
Was crazy about cream caramel
He liked sugar cane cos it was the nearest thing to a fight
He had to pull and peel and break with his teeth
Oh the joy when its chewed
That's how I remember you Dad.
Helen
April 19, 2021
April 19, 2021
Grand pi was someone who brought warmth, happiness, wisdom and love to everyone he came in contact with. I am grateful to have had him as my grand dad. Rest well for God loves you. Babbie
April 19, 2021
April 19, 2021
Ask me who has inspired me the most, I would say it was my grand dad. May his soul rest in perfect peace. Karen
April 19, 2021
April 19, 2021
Dad,
How time flies, Eleven years already since you passed? I miss your voice, your jokes. Even now, when I close my eyes, I see you. Dad, you were the best and I miss you so much. Rest well in the bossom of the Lord.
Your daughter
Helen
October 3, 2020
October 3, 2020
Happy birthday. Grandpi, we admire you for your selfless and loving heart. We miss you. Babbie, Karen and Karina
October 3, 2020
October 3, 2020
Happy birthday Dad, you are fondly remembered as the best dad in the whole wide world.
Your daughter
Dr. Helen Opigo
April 19, 2020
April 19, 2020
Papa your life was full of Loving deeds, your heart was solid gold. You were like the oak that spreads its branches as a shelter for all. You were such a wonderful blessing to us, and that's the way it will always be.
Love you always! You are fondly remembered by your grand and great-grand-children.
April 19, 2020
April 19, 2020
The time we had, Dad,
Wasn't nearly enough
I wish you had stayed to see me graduate
Helen Opigo Ph.D.
That was a dream I’d always had
To have you come to my graduation
In life and in death, you’ve always been
My guiding star, I’m ok with that
So with the still photos and videos
I can always say you never went away
April 22, 2018
Those we love do not go away, they walk beside us every day... unseen, unheard, but always near, still loved, still missed and very dear. Continue to rest daddy!!!
April 21, 2018
April 21, 2018
My dear Papa, my friend, mentor, counselor,
Eight years flashed by like chariots on fire
Galloping into the horizon in a huff of dust
To come again for the ninth,
The tenth....
The fiftieth...
The hundredth...
Till eternity...
But I will still miss you as if 2010 were yesterday!
April 21, 2018
April 21, 2018
In ever so loving memory of you, my dearest father. You are truly missed. I wish you were here to continue to watch over us forever and ever more nut God knows best. Love you PAPA!
April 21, 2018
April 21, 2018
Papa, we promise that every unfinished business or dream of yours we will pursue to the logical conclusion. Each time I reread your memoirs, Down River Nun, I get more and more amazed at your dedication and resilience. I have therefore decided to represent your memoirs in poetic form, to reach an even wider audience...

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Recent Tributes
October 12, 2022
October 12, 2022
Happy belated birthday my wonderful father. i have never stopped loving you.
October 3, 2021
October 3, 2021
Happy birthday Granpi. Sleep well, for the Lord loves you.
April 19, 2021
April 19, 2021
Our father liked fish
Was crazy about cream caramel
He liked sugar cane cos it was the nearest thing to a fight
He had to pull and peel and break with his teeth
Oh the joy when its chewed
That's how I remember you Dad.
Helen
Recent stories

Trip to South Africa

April 21, 2020
     When I took our father to South Africa that first time for treatment and the doctors found a tumor in his duodenum, can you imagine what I thought?  'Cancer?'. That was the worst day of my life. The money we had, had run out. The banks in Nigeria said the 5 million His Exellency Alamieyeseigha had given us had finished, but how? We left with only a million. I resolved there and then to go back to Nigeria and plead with his Excellency, polish his shoes if I must to get some more money for our father's treatment.
      Whilst the doctors waited for instructions to proceed with the operation I was faced with a dilemma. I could leave our father in South Africa to do the operation whilst I rush to Nigeria to checkout the Banks, if not possible go to His Excellency for more. No, cannot leave our father, nothing was guaranteed so, we told the hospital we'll be back in a week for the operation.
      We got to Lagos, I had to push my father on a wheel chair and roll our luggage at the same time. Some man came from nowhere and asked to help and I thought he was a life saver. When we got to the counter he asked for our passports for stamping. I gave them to him and they were stamped. Immediately after he vanished with our passports. 
      To cut a long story short, we got to Port Harcourt, went to his Excellency and again he gave another 5 million and Grace, 'bless her' sent an equivalent of 1million naira in dollars. We got new passports and went back to South Africa for our father's operation. I am telling this story because we must not forget to thank His Excellency Alamieyeseigha even though late for he added years to our father's life and as a family this is a good time to say thank you to Dr. Grace Opigo his daughter for stepping up with 1 million to support her father in time of need.



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