Mr. Ntoh Peter Fru was born on the 13th of March 1947 in Alachu Mankon into the family of Papa TANGIE NEH NTOHMUNWI and Mama BIH ATEH both of blessed memory..
His educational background
He attended primary school at CS Ntambeng where he obtained his First School Leaving Certificate. He proceeded to Longla Comprehensive College Mankon where he obtained RSA stage II, after which he picked up a job as Chief Clerk at the District Office in Bali. While working he studied by correspondence and had RSA stage III and GCE Advance Level. He wrote the entrance examination into ENS Bambili and succeeded in the Bilingual Series. He studied for four years including a one year probation period in France.After teaching for five years, he continued to pursue studies in Higher ENS Yaoundé where he obtained a DPLEG.
His career
He worked as teacher in C.E.S Doume, G.B.S.S Fontem, G.H.S Wum, G.H.S Bali and finally G.H.S Mankon where he finally retired in 2010. . He also worked as part time teacher in Full Gospel Secondary School Nkwen. He was a shareholder of Sunrise College and acted as teacher and later on principal from 2007-2016.
Family life
He married the love of his life Mrs.Cecilia Siri Fru in 1975; they were blessed with six children (one of whom is of blessed memory) and six grandchildren.
His spiritual life
Pa was a baptized, confirmed and married catholic and served in the Christian Men’s Association (CMA). He was Chairperson of the Parish Pastoral Council and later became chairperson of the Parish Finance Committee of Ntambeng in the recent past.
His social Life
Pa was a very sociable person a ‘people’s man”. He belonged to many social groups and was very attached to his family. He was a problem solver as he often endeavored to solve every problem presented to him by any individual be it family, friends or acquaintances. He was a good adviser, a disciplinarian, strict and generous. He was a good nutritionist as he often advised those around him to eat healthy. Pa Peter believed in hard work in all spheres of life. His hard work in academics raised him to a very high level of the civil service before his retirement. Besides his teaching profession, he was equally engaged in farming ( food crops and animal husbandry). He served as a liaison between donors and local farming cooperative groups.
Attachment to his family
Pa Ntoh Peter worked relentless to raise the reputation of his immediate and extended families through education and infrastructure. He touched the lives of both the young and the old of the family as well as the society at large. He tirelessly looked after the aged, less privileged, with a lot of concern, love and generosity. Some found his frankness offensive, but later on appreciated the fact that his actions had a positive impact on the lives of his children, brothers, sisters, cousins, relatives and friends.
His final Days
He was very healthy physically by Sunday March 24 2019. He fulfilled his Sunday obligations that day. On Monday 25th March 2019, stayed mostly indoors and talked very little to the children who were at home with him. Then on Tuesday morning the children noticed that he moved and talked with difficulty. He was then rushed to the St Mary Soledad Catholic hospital. Two days later he was transferred to the Mbingo Baptist Hospital, where he was operated upon twice on the head. His health became very critical, despising the ingenuity of the doctors until he breathed his last on the 3rd April 2019 in the intensive care unit of that hospital.
May his gentle soul find rest in the bosom of the Lord Most High.
