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               *********ANNOUNCEMENT*********

THANKING YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT, KIND WORDS AND SHOW OF LOVE.
WE ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

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This memorial website was created in memory of our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunty and friend, MRS REBECCA BOLA OLAFARE, born on the 31st March, 1944 and passed away on the 29th March, 2021 at age 76 years. She lived a fulfilled life and her unconditional love, care and generosity will be dearly missed. We will remember her forever.


April 1
Happy post humous birthday Aunt! Hope you had a hymn filled resurrection morning at this Easter with the heavenly saints ….
March 31
March 31
Happy posthumous birthday mum. It would have been your 80th today mum... on Easter Sunday I know you are dancing with the Elders and Angels in Heaven.
March 31
March 31
Yes Iya ! Happy posthumous 80th birthday. You are truly missed daily. Rest on Mum . Make sure party hard tonight .
March 31
Happy Posthumous 80th Birthday Mum. Wish you were here physically with us to celebrate this special day on Easter Day! What a unique day! But I know you are celebrating it with angels in heavens! What a lovely sound of praise and thanksgiving will fill the heavens!!

Continue to rest in God’s peace Mum❤️

You are forever in our hearts❤️❤️. Your grandchildren (Modurotioluwa and Mololuwa) remember all the love and care you showered on them. Your memories live on Mum❤️
March 31
March 31
It would have been your 80th birthday today mum and on an Easter Sunday! Miss you but I know you’re resting well.
March 31
March 31
Happy 80th Posthumous Birthday Mum. How we wish you are here with us physically today but sweet are the memories you left us. Continue to RIP. ❤
March 30
3 years without you being with us physically but your presence is felt whenever I long for you for advice and support. You surrounded me with amazing brothers and sisters, your peaceful nature dwells among us. Continue to rest on Mum.

March 30
March 30
Mum 3 years on gone but not forgotten . Miss you but I know you are resting well with God Almighty ❤️
March 29
March 29
My dearest auntie and mother,
I believe you are having a great celebration with the host of angels and the Lord ! We miss you very much. Continue to enjoy His presence! Your brother decided to join you in March also!
March 29, 2023
March 29, 2023
Two years gone by...
We miss you so much, Your sweet memories we always cherish ❤❤
Continue to rest in peace till we meet again dear Mummy
March 29, 2023
March 29, 2023
Mum, it’s been two years you left us to rest. We are grateful to God for His strength. Your sweet memories are here with us filling up that space you left.
Thank you for the sacrifices you made for us all. I wished you could stay longer to enjoy more of your hard-work. The strong foundation you built us on is still solid as ever. Your words of wisdom I kept to heart.

Thank you “mama e” for all that you did for me, Kayode and your grandchildren. Modurotioluwa and Mololuwa miss and love you so much. You will continue to be in our hearts forever❤️❤️
No one can take your place in my heart mummy❤️❤️
March 29, 2023
March 29, 2023
God looked around his garden
and found an empty space.
Then he looked down upon this earth
And saw your tired face.
He put his arms around you
And lifted you to rest.
God’s garden must be beautiful
He only takes the best.
Keep resting
March 29, 2023
March 29, 2023
IYA, two years on since you left us. We miss you so much but sweet and blessed are your memories. God has been faithful, and I know you are resting peacefully in His bosom. God reigns above all and keeping watch over us all.
I am sincerely grateful for your sacrifices. Thank you.
March 29, 2023
March 29, 2023
My dearest aunt and mother,
Remembering you today with gratitude to God, knowing you are resting in His bosom. Be rest assured the Lord is looking after us and we will continue to celebrate you.
March 29, 2023
March 29, 2023
Iya Deji 2 years on still missing you like crazy we lost your older sister mummy Eko on the 11th of March 2023 i am sure she has given you and Aunty Tale a good telling off for leaving before her. . she fought the good fight but God loves her more. Everyday I remember your wise words about life, to move closer to God and to be kind to people no matter what. I am trying mum so many questions I would have still liked to ask but you have left a solid foundation. Thanks mum continue to rest in the blossom of God Almighty. Thank you for giving me my brothers and sisters they have been a tower of support and love. We all miss you mum.
January 3, 2023
January 3, 2023
Yes Mum! Continue to rest on. Missing your soft toned voice .
June 4, 2022
June 4, 2022
Missing you more today mum. Continue to rest on. I know your angelic voice is showering prayers down on me. Your girl is +1 today☺️. Forever in my heart❤️❤️❤️
May 10, 2022
May 10, 2022
A year ago we laid you to rest beautiful mummy ❤. Miss you so much Mama Deji. Continue to rest well mummy. Love you mum.
May 10, 2022
May 10, 2022
A year today, we laid you to rest Mum.
We miss you more every passing day. Sweet are your memories.
Sleep on Mum.
April 18, 2022
April 18, 2022
Mum, Always in our hearts . MIss your gentleness and calmness. Continue to rest in eternal peace .
April 15, 2022
April 15, 2022
Mum…always short of words every time … now that you’re not here anymore, I think more about how you must have felt when I was growing up until my early 20s… but thank you for not giving up on me till the end… love you mum but wish you were here still
March 31, 2022
March 31, 2022
Today mum you would have celebrated your 78th birthday....Happy Posthumous birthday...
March 30, 2022
March 30, 2022
Mama e, as I fondly call you and Mama DEJI when I want to tease you. A year had gone and it feels like yesterday. Miss you so much, didn’t get that early call of prayers on my 40th birthday last year. You gave us everything without asking nothing in return.
You are rare gem and no one can fill your shoe. Thank you mummy for your sacrifices, love and support you gave me. Your words of wisdom and advice I still use mum. You are forever in our hearts (Kay, Modurotioluwa and Mololuwa). Continue to rest on
March 30, 2022
March 30, 2022
IYA.... I can't believe it's a year already. It still hurts but I take solace in the fact that you ran a good race, you gave your all and left the most amazing legacy. I miss you Mum, your calls, prayers and counsel. March, our special birthday month, I celebrated my 1st birthday since you left without your usual call, card, banters and prayers. Sweet are your memories Mum. We all miss you. Continue to rest in peace. 
March 29, 2022
March 29, 2022
Dearest Auntie,
It has been a year of not hearing your voice. We miss you so much! Continue to rest in the Lord.
March 29, 2022
March 29, 2022
A year on mum and i still miss you so much...You gave so much without asking for anything in return.
Thanks for being my loveable, God fearing and generous mum. Continue to rest at the bosom of God Almighty.
May 27, 2021
May 27, 2021
Big Mama Olafare,
A humble, quiet and understated woman. A powerful prayer intercessor and wonderful and giving mother. Wonderful to have know you.
God Bless- safe in the arms of our Heavenly and Almighty Father
May 10, 2021
May 10, 2021
Mummy, your legacy in your children, grandchildren and loved one speaks so much about you kind and gentle nature. Rest in eternal peace Grandma Olafare.
May 10, 2021
May 10, 2021
I have personally not met mummy but Nikky as a great personality and am sure that is from mummy

Sleep well ma, Rest well ma in the blossom of our Lord Jesus Christ.
May 10, 2021
May 10, 2021
Dear Mummy Olafare, you have left a remarkable legacy here on earth. You are gone but won't be forgotten. Growing up, I remember you been so gentle, loving and very accomodating to me and my siblings. Continue to rest in the bossom of the Almighty. You will be sorely missed.
May 9, 2021
May 9, 2021
Mama! You really are one of a kind, I always remembered how calm and serene you were, always smiling. All the tributes here have included the qualities people saw in you - prayerful, hardworking, loving, selfless, kind, gentle I could go on and on. I saw all those qualities in you myself and I consider myself privileged to have known you. We wanted you here on this earth for a little longer Mama but God wanted you in heaven more. Rest in perfect peace sweet Mama
May 8, 2021
Mummy although I didn't personally know you but I know of you. The way others speak of you, speaks volumes. I can feel your spirit through the words spoken about. As I write this tears flow, it's always sad when Beautiful soul leaves this earth.
You are in a better place than we are, Heaven is our home. God Bless you and May the Lord comfort your family during this time. We celebrate your life and the impact you had on other through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Rest in Perfect Peace! You are loved & missed!
May 8, 2021
May 8, 2021
To my dearest Aunty, I am so Saddened by your departure and my heart is filled with so much pain. However, I believe that you are resting comfortably in the blossom of the Lord and that you are surrounded by the Angels of heaven. I will miss you dearly and your soft spoken words of love and encouragement. Till we meet again, I believe that you will always surround us in spirit. I love you very much my dearest Aunty❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
May 7, 2021
May 7, 2021
Dear Mum Olafare,

I thank you for the warm memories and conversations shared, you will be missed.

Those we love, don't go away, they walk beside us everyday. Unseen, unheard, but always near, so loved, so missed, so very dear.

Rest in Peace
May 6, 2021
May 6, 2021
Tribute to granny: Words can't express how good and great you are granny. You are industrious, loving, Wonderful, hardworking and prayerful.I remembered the book you do read in the morning always ''maana ojoojumo''. Wished I could be seeing everyday but God took you away from this sinful and sorrowful world.you lived a good life and loved everyone even those who aren't related to you, your advice and selfless acts will forever be remembered and will forever linger in my heart, I promise to incurcate and live the good life you lived. Rest well granny till we meet to part no more.

From Aworele Boluwatife
May 6, 2021
May 6, 2021
If God ever ask me what I would like to bring back, I would say it's you, your daily advices, prayers and the legacies you left behind will forever live on,I remembered vividly you called me and semilore whom you named before your demise and I was left heartbroken but who can question God who giveth and taketh, I know u are with your creator resting peacefully and worshipping him,Rest on granny..


Oluwatosin and Oluwasemilore omotayo.
May 5, 2021
May 5, 2021
The occurrence of your demise made me speechless, you were one of the kindest, most special people I was Lucky to have. You were loving, great, awesome, industrious and virtuous, thank you for life and your many legacies to us, generations comings , and humanity on whom you bestowed a monumental social impact which still ripples. Thought you would be with us a little longer but who can question God who giveth and taketh, I thank God for the life you lived and the legacies you left behind which cannot be forgotten, you have fought the good fight of faith, you conquered in life and finally made it to heaven (what a great achievement), your love and beautiful memories will forever linger in our hearts till Christ comes, sleep in holiness, beauty, in Christ's bossom till we meet at Jesus feast.

Aworele Bamitale Florence.
May 4, 2021
May 4, 2021
Mummy, my mother in-law was truly a humble and gentle person.

A true treasure that can never be replaced, a kind and loving mother to her children and to those who met her.

She was a light to all our lives

A prayer warrior, she would spend hours praying for all her children and their families.

A light from our lives has gone but will never be forgotten.

The bible says that those that believe in the Lord shall live even after death.

I take comfort in knowing that Mummy is gone to be with the Lord, although she is gone from us. She is now in a better place.

Mummy you have run the race and you have ran it well.

May your soul rest in perfect peace.   Patience Olafare
May 3, 2021
May 3, 2021
Dear Mummy, the news came as a shock to me. I will always remember you for your gentleness, humility, peacefulness, and meekness. These are virtues of a true mother. I will miss your smile and your soft voice. Continue to rest in the bossom of the Lord till we meet again. You will be missed.
May 3, 2021
May 3, 2021
We love you but God loves you most. You are a loving mother, dear sister in the Lord; rest in the bossom of the Lord Jesus Christ. Adieu mama. 
May 2, 2021
May 2, 2021
It was so sad to hear of your demise Mama, I remember meeting you at the Ogundana's residence, you made me feel welcome with your hospitality and kindness. May God's perpetual light continue to shine on you and may your gentle soul continue to rest in peace. Adieu Mama.
May 1, 2021
May 1, 2021
Dear Aunty,
So sad that you have gone so soon. You were such a nice person and always asked about our well-being when you were around. You will surely be missed but we take comfort in the fact that you are with our heavenly father in a place where there is so much peace and absolutely no more sorrow.
I pray that God will comfort all your loved ones that you have left behind and also that we will all live our lives in such a way that when the great re-union comes we shall all meet up with you and our Lord once again.
Till that blesseth moment comes, Adieu Aunty.
May 1, 2021
May 1, 2021
Dear Aunty,
You were such a kind aunt with a gentle spirit. I remember how you consistently called me just to find out how I was doing. You'd ask after my husband and children and pray for us all. I will definitely miss you aunty, but I know you are resting in the bossom of the Lord. Sun re o.
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April 1
Happy post humous birthday Aunt! Hope you had a hymn filled resurrection morning at this Easter with the heavenly saints ….
March 31
March 31
Happy posthumous birthday mum. It would have been your 80th today mum... on Easter Sunday I know you are dancing with the Elders and Angels in Heaven.
March 31
March 31
Yes Iya ! Happy posthumous 80th birthday. You are truly missed daily. Rest on Mum . Make sure party hard tonight .
Her Life

BIOGRAPHY

April 18, 2021
Mrs Rebecca Bola Olafare nee Elugbadebo was born on the 31st of March 1944 to Papa Gabriel Elusiyan Elugbadebo and Mama Esther Elugbadebo nee Ogunyemi at the Ile Lowa Ake compound, Ayetoro in the ancient city of Ile- Ife, in the then Western region now Osun state, Nigeria. She was raised in a large tight-knit Christian family and they attended the Cathedral Church of St Philip Ayetoro, Ile- Ife. She was the first of the two surviving children of her Mother, Mama Esther Elugbadebo.

The young Miss Elugbadebo started her primary education at St. Philips Primary School Ile-Ife in 1953. She earned her primary school leaving certificate in 1958 and proceeded the same year to Anglican Girls Secondary Modern School, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria, where she started the initial part of her secondary education and was there until 1959. She then attended Ebenezer Grammar School in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria from 1960 to 1963 where she finished her secondary education and earned her Secondary School Leaving Certificate. 

She got married to Mr Kolawole Adisa Olafare from Ojuade compound, Oke-Jan also from Ile-Ife at a Yoruba custom engagement and marriage ceremony conducted by a Priest at her father’s residence in Ile-Ife, followed by the usual pomp and pageantry. She continued and finished her secondary education in 1963 and later settled in Lagos, Nigeria where she worked briefly at the Nigeria Railway corporation until 1965. She joined her husband in 1966 in London, United Kingdom, where he had relocated earlier in 1964. They started life together in the United Kingdom at 3-33 Coningham Road, Shepherd’s Bush, London.

In the United Kingdom, mummy started and did part of her tertiary education at the Chiswick Polytechnic School, London between 1968 and 1969. She also passed the General Certificate of Education(GCE) examination in British Constitution at Ordinary Level in 1969 at the University of London and the Associated Examining Board  GCE examination in General Principles of English Law at Ordinary Level in 1970. 

She sat the Advanced Level Economics GCE Examination, which she passed in 1970 at the University of London. She proceeded  to the West London College, Hammersmith, London, where she obtained her Higher National Certificate (HNC) in Business Studies and was awarded the National Awards in Business Studies and Public Administration in the session 1972/73. 

Mummy had started work in 1967 as a Clerical Assistant in the Purchasing and Supply Department of the Post Office at 211 Old Street, London. Whilst working at the Post office, she and her husband were blessed with their first son in 1967 and later their daughter in 1970. She was a devoted wife and caring mother who looked after their beautiful children in addition to working and studying at the time. She continued working at the Post Office until 1977 where she resigned as a Clerical Officer and received an exceptional letter of recommendation highlighting her distinctive conduct and efficiency on the job.

She relocated to Nigeria with her two children in 1977 soon after resigning from her employment at the Post Office to join her husband who had returned earlier to prepare for their arrival. On returning to Nigeria, she was employed by the Federal Government of Nigeria into the Federal Civil Service in 1977 and was posted to the Federal Ministry of Establishments, Lagos, where she worked until 1979. 

Mummy and the family were blessed with a son in 1979 just six months before she was transferred to Ibadan, Oyo state and redeployed to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Forestry at Jericho. She and her growing family settled in Ibadan where they were further blessed with two more daughters in 1981 and 1983.  

She remained at the Department of Forestry until 1986 and was redeployed by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation to the Federal Court of Appeal, Ibadan in 1987, where she outstandingly performed her responsibilities and contributed to the overall learning and development of the staff until her retirement in 2004. She retired at the top of the Executive officer cadre of the Federal Civil Service as a Chief Executive Officer and was fondly called “Mama One” by her colleagues.

Mrs Rebecca Bola Olafare was a devoted Christian and member of Bishop Akinyele Memorial Anglican Church, Iwo Road, Ibadan, where she served and was a long standing member of the Church society, Egbe Ife Kristi. Mummy engaged in various charitable deeds and was involved in the Anglican Church activities. Before her demise she worshipped at the St John’s Church of England, Caterham, London, United Kingdom.

Mummy passed on to glory on the 29th of March 2021 in London, at her youngest daughter’s residence. She was a rare gem and will be dearly missed. She was reserved, meticulous, accommodating and had a gentle temperament. 

She is blessed with children and grandchildren who love and cherish her and are grateful for the sacrifices she made and beautiful memories she has left behind. “Mum Gudu” as she’s fondly called by her kids, lived a fulfilled and selfless life. 

We would have preferred to have her for much longer on this side of heaven to enjoy more of the fruits of her labour, but we take solace in knowing that she is in a better place and resting in the bosom of the Lord our maker. 

She is survived by her husband, children, grandchildren, sisters,  cousins, nieces and nephews. 

May His peace be with you till we meet to part no more. 

Sleep on Mum. 

Sun re o.



Recent stories
April 19, 2021
Mummy Olafare, a wonderful woman, beautiful in and out. A very caring mother to both her biological and non biological children.
She never forgot to call on my birthday and the children's as well. Even when I got too busy to call her, she would call to check up on me and the children. All her calls ended with prayer. Whenever I had the chance to visit, she never let me leave empty handed, no matter how little.
I will always remember your kindness and care.
We love you mum, God loves you more.
Rest well mum.

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