I’m saddened to hear of Yomi’s transition to the immediate presence of the Lord, but grateful that she’s out of pain. I met
Yomi at Immanuel’s Church where we both served in the Worship Arts Ministry for several years. I was always blessed by her sweet smile and gentle demeanor. Above all she and Bro Dapo always exuded the humility of Jesus to me. I remember texting her in November as she was on my heart. She responded in her sweet way inquiring about me and my family as usual, never highlighting her struggles. Her testimony was always “God is good.” I’m honored to have known her and grateful for the testimony of her enduring faith until the end. I will miss her presence and sweet soprano voice lifted in praise to God. See you in heaven, my dear sister.

Yomi,

You were a truly beautiful soul who loved the Lord dearly. We never got to have that lunch we had been planning for about 3 years. What will I miss most... your laugh, your warm personality, the humility you gracefullly showed, the postings of your many nieces and nephews....it's hard to choose because I'll miss it all. See you on the other side...walk good my friend

Good night yomi till we meet again. You have truly fought a good fight and we are assured that you are with your Lord and Savior. Yomiiii

"The souls of the righteous are in the hands of God..."

I met Yomi when I lived in MD in 2002/3, and what a lovely soul she was! We worshipped together at New Covenant, and had many pleasant times together. We lost touch after I moved, but very recently, I found her via LinkedIn and sent a request to connect. I was not expecting this to be the response, but God knows best. Sleep on Yomi. Your race is done!
My deepest condolences to Prof, and to the entire Okunola and Bakare families. May the God of all comfort be especially close to you at this time.

Wande Onodipe ( nee Morgan)

I was deeply saddened to hear about Yomi's passing but I know that she has gone to rest.

I pray that God will wrap His mighty hands around the family and comfort them all.

Sleep on beloved!

Sister Yomi, I am certain you have joined the hosts of heaven to sing the eternal praise of our maker. Your humble and sweet self is strolling through the gold paved streets and enjoying the many mansions of our father’s house.
Bye for now. You will be missed. I pray God’s comfort for brother Dapo and your entire family.
IT IS WELL!

Dr. Bakare.
My deepest sympathies go out to you and your family. May God give you the peace that you seek.
May my condolences bring you comfort and may my prayers ease the pain of this loss.
I offer you my thoughts, prayers and well-wishes during this dark time in your life.

Dearest Yomi,
It’s hard to accept that you are gone. I miss your laugh & your beautiful sweet spirit.
You have fought the good fight, you have kept the faith! Well done Sis. Through thick and thin, you remained steadfast in Christ and an encouragement to all. Our Sister group won’t be the same without you.

We can not understand everything now, but one thing I know is that nothing can separate us from the love of God, and you are resting in His loving bosom.

Sleep well my Sister. Rest In Peace . We miss you and love you!❤️❤️

Dear Sis. Yomi, Can’t stop thinking about you at this time but I know our Almighty Father will comfort us all.
Dr. Yomi Okunola Bakare - Loving, caring, giving, patient, prayer partner, choir mistress, scientist, dearly beloved of God. She seeks not to be known by man but to be known by our Heavenly Father. Your story is ; “I don’t need my name in lights, I’m famous in my Father’s eyes, Make no mistake He knows my name”. You have ran your race in life and now in the bosom of our Lord Jesus Christ. Leaving us to it to make our own mark before we meet our maker, our Lord and savior, Jesus Christ. Adieu Sis. till we meet at Jesus side to part no more.

Dearest Oluyomade,

Indeed you have fought a good fight and am glad you have gone home to rest.

I will always remember you for being a true friend and a committed child of God. You so much trusted the Lord to keep you this far and you once told me not to be too worried about you cos you will be fine in Gods hands. . . . . now I know what you meant.

You are resting now and am happy for you. May the good Lord keep your husband and all your loved ones.

Goodnight Ore mi Oluyomade.

Dear Yomi,

We will miss that soprano. We're guessing you've already joined the choir over there.
We will miss your laugh. A sound that filled the room, even if the joke wasn't really that funny.
We will miss your warmth. And your kindness.
And your intellect. You committed your career to healing the sick. You are now in the presence of the Great Physician.

Above all we will miss your audible, tangible testimony that God is good. And faithful. And trustworthy.

The testimony is your legacy. We won't hear you tell it, but we'll remember it. How God saw you through a sickly childhood.
How God saw you through higher education. In science. And introduced you to Bros Dapo.
And how God saw you through medical challenges.
And on and on...

We won't forget you. And we know you'll keep cheering us on from glory, as Hebrews 12 puts it.

We love you.
Yewande and Byron

Dearest Yomi,

If only you could read this. I remember our time together as room mates at the University of Ibadan for 2 years running. We became friends. I shared some of your pains, your disappointments, and sometimes, your secrets.

I would have loved to share some of your struggles too, but I didn't know. We think you're gone too soon and it's quite painful, but our God knows best.

Sleep tight....

For the believer in Christ we know death isn't an end in itself rather it's the beginning of a life much more Glorious...exactly what Paul calls "Absent from the body yet present with the Lord".

Dear Aunt Yomi, you'll be greatly missed!
Thank you so much for happening to us.

A woman with a heart of Gold.
A worthy and exemplary soldier of the lord Jesus Christ.
Very diligent, strong and focused.

By his Grace we trudge on, making you proud in all we do.
You are forever in our hearts.

We look forward to seeing you again at the resurrection.
You're deeply loved, treasured and honoured.

Yours,
Toluwalope and Henry

The strife is over, the battle done; the victory of life is won. Rest well now Aunty Yomi, you will be dearly missed.

Yomi, your passing will leave such a void in our DLAPI family. You were one of the most genuine, loving people I have ever met. Your smile would light up any room you walked into and your laugh was infectious. I know you suffered considerably from various physical infirmities, but no matter what was going on in your life your first words to me were always "How are you and your family?" And you meant it. They weren't just polite words. You genuinely cared. I will miss having you pop into my office for a chat. I will miss sending you funny videos and pictures of Genghis. I can't begin to say how sorry I am that you are gone, but knowing you are whole and at peace brings comfort. Rest in peace my friend.

My name is Ryan Holland and I have had the distinct honor of having Yomi as a friend and officemate since I started working at the FDA.  I have been reeling since learning of her passing.

Yomi has had an enormous influence on my life and I want to thank her from the depths of my soul. Thank you, Yomi... And certainly not just at work.... she has challenged me spiritually and emotionally. She has taken a pessimistic man and turn him into a smiling optimist. She has helped me stay focused on the true importance of life, helping me rise above the day to day negativities that can give me tunnel vision. Thank you, Yomi... 

You are one of my great friends.... I can't possibly overestimate how deeply I care for you.  Please do not fear God's plan... for you are truly a blessed soul.

With a heavy heart,
Ryan

Hmmmm….My family & I are still in shock and denial, as it is very hard and painful to come to the realization that you have passed on to glory. We can’t question God. His ways are higher than our ways ….It is well. Sister Yomi as I fondly called you. You are beautiful inside out with a loving spirit and a pure Heart. No doubt, your life and walk of faith with God have changed & will continue to change many lives. Your unshakable Faith and trust in God to the last minute was evident as you were worshiping him on Sunday 6/6/2021. May your gentle soul rest in perfect peace and May God comfort your loving husband and the entire family/friends. We serve a living God who answers prayers….. but his will has been done. We give him all the glory. Rest on the bosom of your Lord and maker, where there is no more pain or sorrow, love you. Adieu.  From The Lanlokun Family

For ever in our hearts, live on sister.

Still struggling to deal with the news of your passing. Yomi who I've always known as the baby sister of my wife's best friend in the 80s. You've always been so nice, quiet and gentle. I heard you joined the worship team at Samonda after I had moved on to further my experience and service. I find it very difficult to hear that you are no longer with us. Having shared this challenging experience recently, I could relate to what Tope, Sis Bola and others may be going through at this time. As you will always be fondly remembered, I will keep the family in my prayers that the Holy Spirit who is our Comforter with continue to be by the side of all who are close to you and that you left behind. Go on, dear, to receive your just reward which the Lord Jesus paid for on your behalf, with His blood. So long!!

My dear sister and friend, Yomi love, not sure what to say and how to write this though I know you wouldn't trade the complete healing you have now to return to us. To say you'll be missed does not even come close. You're a precious gem the Lord took too soon....

Is it the way you light up any room with your beauty, elegance, smile, love and laughter, your goofy ways? You were full of kindness, compassion, so much love, inspite of your challenges, you were patient, sweet, God fearing , authentic, full of love and always full of life despite everything you were going through.
I'll miss your sweet voice, I'll miss you. It was great privilege to have had you as my friend and sister and choir pals, you taught me a lot, we taught each other a lot, with you, there was never a gap we pick up where we left off. You served the Lord faithfully to the very end... Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His children.

You impacted numerous lives but I know you never knew that, you were always humble, with a heart of love for others including my family. Lord blessed us with you for short time.. A precious gem gone too soon.

I pray His comfort for Bros, your family and all of us...You will always live on in my heart. Yomi love...remember my french in heaven ❤️ I love you!

May she be resting in God blossom now and forever more ijmna.

May God Almighty be with husband and family at this mourning.

Yomi, words cannot express the sadness of hearing about your sudden departure. The memories of the times we all shared in Samonda and when I saw you again in Maryland will forever linger in my heart .....and many others I believe. I bless God for the the opportunity of meeting a soul as gentle as yours. Thank you so much for coming to this side of eternity and leaving your mark. Though gone too soon, we shall meet at His feet. Rest peacefully in the bossom of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Dear Yomi, I am saddened by the news of your passing. Met you at Samonda Worship Team and those were the best days of my life; such special moments we shared singing, laughing, learning, playing, you were ever so gentle, soft spoken and yet not out of place in that very unique mix. You are special and will always be to me. Thank you for the privilege of meeting and knowing you. I will always remember you with a smile. Rest in quietness, strength and peace in and with God.

Sis.Yomi was a dear sister-in-Christ. We met at NCC Hyattsville, MD only to discover her older sister and I were classmates in High School and we all went to the same High School, St. Louis Grammar Mokola, Ibadan. 
We were at some point prayer partners and I remember when my children were younger we called each other every Wednesday evening to pray together when I went to drop them off at their AWANA Christian program. She was simple, gentle, dedicated and very thorough in everything she did and my spirit just jelled with hers.

Aside from one of her God given talent to sing, she loved to study the Bible and recite memory verses and we got closer because of her deeper interest in Christ.
Extremely talented in her line of work and study, I called her Efiko. I’m not surprised she got a job at FDA and I loved the fact that she will remember bible verses and quote it naturally whenever we got together. She will pray along with me during Vacation Bible School(VBS).

Even during the difficult times of her illness, she still made every effort to return my calls, text back and stayed very hopeful and positive in our Lord. 
The last time I saw her was when she stopped by with her husband Bro. Dapo on March 27th to wish my husband a happy birthday, though she was going through a tough time.

She may no longer be on this earth but I know without a shadow doubt she has gone to be with the Lord.
I know she is resting in Christ.
Thanking God for Dr. Yomi Bakare ( Nee Okunola) a life well lived in Christ. Hallelujah!
I pray we will all run the race set before us well and finish well in Christ. Amen  Kike Bejide

Sister Yomi

My heart breaks because I will not see you again in person. But you are now with Jesus and while that brings peace, it does not change the fact that my heart is broken right now.

Rest on dear friend.

I pray the good Lord console all those you left behind.

Like a candle in the wind..
Like the flash of thunder lightning. ..
Is like this is not true...
May God grant you Eternal Rest!!

Hard as it is for me to accept, I celebrate your life and I'm glad you've gone home to rest.

Accepting this is hard. But Dapo and I celebrate you and our friendship over these many years. My friend, my sister. #StrongWoman. Rest well Yomi.

Yomi, this is a very sad one. I remember your calm disposition so well! You were such a gentle soul. I read through your tributes with mixed feelings: joy for the things you were able to do and the lives you affected but sadness because you are no longer here. Thank God you are in a place of rest right now and that is our only consolation. May God strengthen all the grieving hearts that you left behind. Rest in peace.

Yomi it is sad to hear of your loss. This is so sad. May your gentle soul rest in peace.

Yomi, the news of your death came as a very rude shock but who am i to question God. Almighty God grant you eternal rest my friend and Sister. You will be greatly missed but your spirit lives on. You are a true definition that those who walk with God will always reach thier destination. God's General, your demise is indeed a gain to the Lord s kingdom. Sun re oooo

Oh no!
It was such a sad news when we heard of your final bow. You were such a gentle soul and always pleasant.
I recall few years back when we visited you at the hospital, you were filled with joy and thanking God for your healing. You never lost hope. Few weeks past, saw you and your husband being ordained in Church and I was so glad to see you back.
You fought a good fight and you have finished the race, now you can rest in the blossom of the lord.
As you journey to meet your Heavenly Father, May God comfort your husband, family and all you left behind.
Good Night Yomi! Till we meet again.

Dear Yomi,
May your beautiful soul rest in perfect Peace.
And the good Lord be with your family and loved ones.

Farewell friend. Rest in perfect peace with God

Rest, rest dear friend in the bossom of the Lord. We love you but Jesus Christ loves you more. This comes as a shock to me today;i pray the Lord console us your friends @St Louis Ibadan divas 92set & your family too.

Oluyomi mi owon.
My ever sweet friend of life! I am so devastated by your leaving without saying farewell. Words fail me and I am inconsolable. However, I am comforted by the fact that you were surrounded by love on all sides from family and friends and you radiated so much love without borders. We have come a long way since childhood as our trio friendship and bond with Bodunde and I is still as strong as life itself. You were my one true friend that always looked forward to our weekend visits, our endless chats and laughters beyond midnight about our childhood petty fights. We sure had fun together always. I always looked forward to seeing you, but the pandemic restricted us for a while. I miss you sooo much and will continue to love you dearly in my heart. But one thing is so certain though, that we shall meet again in glory eventually and we will celebrate together with the angels. Yomi, you were such a devoted Christian, a faithful friend with a resilient spirit and a kind soul. You fought so hard pleasantly and you needed to rest.

Rest in power my sweet sweet friend. My heart is indeed heavy. Odaaro o!
Your BFF - Adeola Fadipe.