Sir Mishael Ndubuisi Akwiwu, (1936 - 2012) - ForeverMissed.com Online Memorials

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76 years old
Born on June 16, 1936
Passed away on December 28, 2012

This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Sir Mishael Akwiwu, 76 years old, born on June 16, 1936, and passed away on December 28, 2012. We will remember him forever.

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December 29, 2023

Dad, it's 11 years gone. We thank God that we all are still here none broken none missing. Your bosom friend dem Isaac Achonu follow your pattern of dying in Dec was called to eternal rest on the 22nd of Dec. I hope you are reunited there. Nigeria is definitely not the nation you knew. Continue to RIP

June 16, 2023

My Dearest Daddy, Happy posthumous 87th birthday I know you are resting in God's bosom. The two times I have dreamt of you since your passing. Your abode was phenomenally beautiful. Continue to be our angel and watch over us and your grandkids who are doing well in their different fields of endeavor. Rest well you and Ada Oshimiri

June 16, 2023

Very beloved senior Old Boy, I always will remember your role in keeping SAGS Old Boys Association strong in Aba… and those memorable annual re-dedication services we enjoyed in a convivial atmosphere, where with respect, age barriers were broken.
May eternal peace and rest attend you, in Jesus Name, Amen!

June 16, 2023

Happy Posthumous birthday Daddy, today would have been your 87th birthday. Recently Zina (who you named Adaobi), asked me if there was anyone who is not alive now that I could have an opportunity to see them again one more time who would that be? I told her it was you. Right then I realized how much I had missed you. So many things have happened in my life since you left us that I wished you were here for me to share and also get your thoughts and guidance on what to do.

Also recently someone shared a video of you making a speech at Brother Eman's house. It was so surreal to see how young and vibrant you looked in that video.

Even though I wish you were here I am still eternally grateful to God for the times we had you and for having you as a Dad.

Love you
Kelechi

June 16, 2022

Our loving Dad, I didn't want to write anything here today rather I chose to remember you and Ada Oshimiri in my heart which is where I will forever carry you. It is 10 years already. See how time flies!!!

June 16, 2022

Daddy is ten years this 2022 that you went to rest. Forever miss you. You were indeed the best dad anyone could wish for.
Thank you for being who you were. Another birthday passes without me calling you or better celebrating with you.
Rest in peace, remembering you and your twin, sister Dora. Till we meet.
Lots of love, honestly tears roll down when I remember Dad

December 28, 2021

Daddy,I don't know how to say I have missed you. I remember all our fights and disagreements in the course of business. I never knew it was your odd way of teaching. The principles I saw u uphold been difficult for me to attain. Even the empire you built is becoming a tall order for us to surpass. But we know you are protecting us. Chimaijem asks of u and wishes he knew u more. I love and cherish the times we shared. May you continue to Rest in Peace. Love OLUGUO II

December 28, 2021

Daddy it’s been 9 years you left us to be with the Lord. Still miss you but comforted by the memories of the good times we shared when you were here.

December 28, 2021

It's 9 years that I got that life altering confirmation on the call with Kelly that you had gone to sleep. Still sorely missed Daddy -RIP

June 16, 2021

Oh Daddy my Dada, I still miss you so. It's getting to 9 hard years. I imagined you and Sis D at 85 years today- more white hair, you sitting back and dotting on your grandchildren and giving land acquisition advice.☺️.

Organizing your estate has taken a productive part of time when I'm not working. It's my pleasure to organise your hardwork daddy - just as was the many times you drove the Aba Uturu highway in the quest for my Uni admission. I'll do it over and over again.

I miss having you my life. Rest on Ebubedike, my noble royalty. Hope 85 is looking smashing good on you both. Still sorely missed.

June 16, 2021

Happy post-humous 85th birthday to you and your twin sister. Daddy, I miss you sorely, to think that I finally made it the America's where you had graciously provided for me to come and do my residency but fate had it otherwise. I got my American citizenship in February of this year and I am eternally grateful for you and the drive for excellence that you instilled in us. May your soul continue to RIP

June 16, 2021

Dad every day I miss you. You were selfless and caring. Rest on till we meet at the presence of God. Love you

December 22, 2020

This is your granddaughter, Zinachidi. I miss you very much. Even at the age of two, from my moms post i can tell I really missed you. In 2020 it is very hard without you. I love you today tomorrow and forever!

June 16, 2020

Happy birthday Daddy continue to Rest In Peace

June 16, 2019

A happy post humus 83rd birthday. Daddy imagine I own a house in the US and you are not here to see my achieve that. It is well. continue to RIP

December 28, 2018

Dad, amazing that it is 6 years already since you departed this side of eternity. I do miss you and of course many a times in our ( my siblings and I) discourse you are a reference point. Overall. I do thank God that we had the opportunity to have you as a Dad- a man of integrity and fairness. Never wanting to do injustice to any one. Dad i am sure you will be glad to know that I live in my own house in the US and the kids are doing just fine. Continue to rest in peace

December 28, 2017

Daddy m , Nwoke Onye Oma, Ebubedike n'ulo na mba, Ogbu abuo, Olugbuo, Nwoke ihe ukwu. Grand style Dada. It's been 5 years .... I still miss you and wonder what sterling advice I'd have been privileged to get from you about life for that added thrust and momentum. Thanks for the life you lived and the privileges you gave. All of us and mum are doing OK- just as you always saw to. P.S I gather mum hired Hiace buses to take stuff home Abba. hmmm, that's nothing compared to the trailer you park outside the house every Christmas to enable her throw in whatever she wanted for Abba house to buzz. Thank you daddy . Love you and grateful to God for a dad like you! :-)

December 28, 2017

Dear Daddy it’s already five years since you passed. I remember that dreadful morning in my hotel room in Harare when Kelly called to give me the inevitable news that you had passed on. It was not what I had hoped for. I always asked God for the privilege to be by your bedside whenever he was going to take you home but that was not to be. Because I know God answers prayers, He being supreme in knowledge must have answered it in a way that worked out for my good. Today we remember your passing and see the tributes from all of us

From Kelly - Dad, Today is 5yrs to that fateful day when we felt a great sense of loss in our family. How time flies. No matter how painful your passing remains, we still thank God for your life and for the lovely times we spent together when you were around. We thank God for keeping us in good health and unity since you left us. We miss you. Continue to rest in peace in God's bosom. Amen

Okey Ajaero - Dad may your soul rest in peace. Still remember your last outing was in my house, thank you for making it your last outing. We miss you but God loves you more.

Nkechi Okoli - My yaddy I will continually miss you u were the best I could ask for. Keep resting in Perfect peace!!!

Ochi - You know the Bible says “Love never fails [it never fades nor ends]. But as for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for the gift of special knowledge, it will pass away.”
‭‭1 CORINTHIANS‬ ‭13:8‬ ‭AMP‬‬
Daddy’s simplicity in loving us and people around him is what has sustained us. Money, knowledge, power can never give what love gives because love is of God and every one that loveth is born of God and knows God. He that loves not does not know God. May the eternal love of God continually bind us together in Jesus name.
Daddy continue to RIP AMEN

June 16, 2017

Daddy @ 81 - Forever missed and remembered

My darling Daddy, my super star,

I found this picture(see latest upload) in my bedroom and thought to keep it till today for posting. Taken on your 25th wedding anniversary on October 12, 1988. Typical of your lifestyle - the usual breakfast set-up, mommy beside you and Uju smiling away in glee before leaving for school.
Now I see the similarity in posture between Uju and Chinemerem my last card. Interesting!

Daddy you'd have been 81 today. I miss you.....big. Can't help but feel the vacuum of having not benefitted from discussions we would have had were you still with us. I'm in an interesting phase of life and I feel you would have been just the one person to talk to. I stay grateful to God for the privilege of having you as a father.

For your info, mom just got back into Lagos yesterday from London and she's fine. We doing ok to fit into your shoes to love and care for her just the way you did.

I remember you with love today and pray that you continue to rest in peace till we meet to part no more.
Happy birthday dad! Love you.

December 13, 2016

I am sorry Daddy.

June 16, 2016

Dad,
Happy Birthday! Today you would have been 80years. How nice that would have been. I am sure we would have been planning a big celebrate. But even though you are not here with us anymore, we still celebrate the life you lived and in our hearts celebrate the special memories and happy birthdays we had with you.
Love you always.
Kelechi

June 16, 2016

Dear Dad,
You would have been 80 today. Would have been planning to thank God for your and your twin sister. At your demise 3 + years she had expressed disappointment that you two wold not be doing the big 80 together, Little did she know that she wont even be here for us to lavish her with love and celebrate her. Well the two of you have gone to be with your Maker and I pray that you both are resting in perfect peace. We do really miss you.

June 16, 2016

Happy birthday daddy , Memories of you live on everywhere continue to Rest in Peace.
Ogbo

February 20, 2016

Nnamochie! I have only left you a tribute now because it is only now that I am able to start coming to terms with the shock of you passing away. You were and always will be my hero. As far as I am concerned, you are not gone because you will live forever in my heart. I miss the days we played scrabble, communed one on one, you taught me about life and told me things it was a privilege to hear . To think that those days are gone for good is a consistent source of heartache to me. I will try however to take heart in the fact that you rest in the Lord in heaven. I will not say goodbye because I do not acknowledge finality to your departure. Ka emesia Nnamochie.

December 28, 2015

It's 3 years already, but your memory still lingers on. No wonder I woke up this morning feeling all kinds of downcast and i could not put my finger on it until i got this reminder. My hope is in the Lord who maketh the heaven and the earth and that one day we shall meet to part no more. Daddy you are sorely missed. sad to note that we will be laying to rest in 3 days time your gentle, jovial and amiable twin sister Ada Osimiri, who passed on to glory in September. Continue to RIP.

June 17, 2014

Dad, I didn't forget it was another father's day and the day after, your birthday. These two events either coincided or were within one day of each other as if you were born to be a father and a committed and great one you were. I was in travel status so could not get to pen down my thoughts but the memories linger on and i trust that you are resting in the Lord. We were able to get a post humous biography done for you so that years and years your effortless hard work and example will linger on. Imagine that we have since lost your ebullient brother in law with whom you shared many laughs and champagne bottles. My younger ones did a good job of remembering and there is really not much more i can say except that you should continue to sleep on in Abraham's bosom

June 17, 2014

Still like fine wine your memories linger in our hearts getting better with each passing day .Making us realize that love was the most important without saying too much but implementing .Am still looking for men like you that will dine with all ,loved children and yet hands own with every facet of your business . Daddy your shoes are hard to fill but with the love of open doors you have planted in us only the sky will be our limit .Happy birthday and continue to rest in peace . We really miss olugbuo!! .

June 17, 2014

Dear Daddie, another Fathers' day/ your birthday has gone by without you. Beautiful memories of you on a certain Fathers' day, wearing your white tennis shorts and tshirt, trying to make 'Ogbono' soup in the kitchen for another fathers' day get together, flip through my mind. As the months go by I find that I miss the benefit of having you in my older adult life. Miss the would-have-been gists with you, the children learning how to play scrabble with their visiting grandpa, the counsel on life's journey. Counsel...... that's what you gave out without restriction. I miss the way you used your fingers to snap your palms whenever you heard amazing news, the way you humbly went about picking up empty soft drink bottles around the house in Abba, the countless challenging games of scrabble, the 'jakwu', the 'oka' and 'ube' feasts in the parlour after meals, the sound of your hearty laughter when I told you as a child that I thought your money would finish during the construction of Abba house. It seems I'm going back into the decades as Parkinsons' gradually quietened the sound of your voice in the recent past...... Be that as it may, I write today with a heart full of JOY - Ogbo did get married, we did complete your biography, we are planning on reaching out to families going through the same process and in all, we are advancing with courage and strength as you always taught us to do and of course looking up to God the Sovereign One and the Almighty and the solid Rock on which we stand. It is a privilege from God to have had you as a father. Sleep on, O ye Knight in shining armour. I love you.

June 16, 2014

Dad,it almost 2 years since you left us. You would have been 78 years today. Yesterday was fathers day and I remembered how I never enjoyed fathers day on my own in the past couple of years because I had to always visit you. I miss you dad. We always argued over a lot of things but I wish you were here to answer some questions concerning haulage business And some traditional things. I also wished you were around to criticise the building of my village house and to eventually cut the opening tape.
When I do things now, I still marvel at how you were able to achieve so much with the limitations of your time. You were indeed a great man.
We remember you today on your birthday and hope that you are resting in bossom of the Lord

April 29, 2014

Uncle Misheal was a legend to me. He had a way of making people feel special and I was no exception. He would always call me a pet name E-emmmbu! which always made me feel like a princess as a child. He made Abba feel like a fun place to be because his house was the theme park for all, full of fun, full of activities for all Akwiwu na umu. His house was always full of gist, full of people, full of love, full of food, drinks, and always open to all. I was always excited to sneak to his house after we had been given strict instructions that we should go to bed. I was always faced with the choice between going to have fun in uncle Misheals house where I had choices of Auntys to spoil me - Aunty Nkechi and Aunty Ochi, my special Uncles- Uncle Kelly and Zuby or movie night with Uju, Ikenna, Stanley, Amaka and Gogo or going to bed as I had been told to. I was always prepared to face the flogging the following day for disobedience rather than miss out. Though your house is still open to all, Abba does not feel the same without you. It was a privilege to have been left with fantastic memories with you. Rest in peace!!

April 9, 2014

grandpa I miss you were simply the best.
that is why your gome but not forgotten
from your grandson

December 28, 2013

Daddy, "To live in the hearts of those who love you is not to die". Daddy, eventhough we miss you greatly, we are rest assured that you are resting in the bossom of our Lord. Sleep Daddy till we meet to part no more. Of a truth, we lost a gem! Adieu Daddy.

December 28, 2013

Daddy, your memory is still very fresh in my mind. Our few moments, in chatting, in silence…..I miss you. We have your picture in our home here in Canada, and every time Zina looked at it and said “ I don't love Grandpa anymore, because he is not talking” , my eyes fill with tears. I don't know how to explain to her that she will never see her Grandpa anymore. But I am happy for her because she knew you, I never knew a grandpa. You were the closest I got to having one and I loved everyday of it. I loved you as my father and grandpa, and I love you even more now that I know how much you loved me and how far you went to express it even in death. It means so much to me, I wish I had an idea, I wish……..Continue to rest in peace of the Lord Daddy. I miss you.

December 28, 2013

Dear Daddy, it's a year now and i am now able to light a candle for you. A rare breed and a fine gentleman you were... Most of all, my beloved Daddy. I thank God for making me fortunate enough to be fathered by you. I love you daddy , thanks for giving us the best of you. Your memory surely lives on, sleep on in God's bossom till eternity. God, thank you for your grace to bear the loss for a year.

December 28, 2013

June 16, 2013

In loving memory of a father, uncle, in-law, friend and gentleman. You are fondly remembered this day as you would have turned 77 years. We love you but God, who loves you more, knows the end from the beginning. So unto Him we bow!

February 8, 2013

To The Family of Mishael Akwiwu

Take comfort in knowing that the darkness of mourning will wane but the memory of your father's life and love never will. As time passes a recall of his memory will illume your faces and lighten your hearts.
De Mishael was a good man, a hard working man and a man of faith . He was also a good friend of the Metu family and a friend of my father especially . It w

February 6, 2013

May his soul rest in Perfect Peace and i pray that God will give the you all - Nkechi, Kelechi, Oby, Chisom, Ogb etcand your Mum the fortitude to bear this loss. The Lord is your strength an my prayers are with you all during this difficult time...

February 1, 2013

The world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and entrances. And one man in his time plays many parts - William Shakespeare. Rest in Peace.

January 28, 2013

dear grandpa, it was such a great homor and privilege to meet you and also to have you as my blood,we are forever going to miss you , that there is no doubt. Adieu!!!!!

January 28, 2013

Who is really worthy to write a tribute for the man who was the real Grandfather of those of us whose mothers are Akwiwus? As adults, we finally are able to attempt comprehension of what it took to give us the Abba we grew up to know. Thank you for the life you lived, the unending sense of family you instilled and the ever-open doors you left. Uncle Mish, Adieu! With you, an era has ended.

January 16, 2013

"My absolutely great daddy, i am still in shock but still grateful for the way you loved me in every way you knew how to, you taught the core values that has formed us and made me who i am. Thank you for being a wonderful dad i truly love you and will always miss you. We love you but God loves you more"

January 15, 2013

Chief Akwiwu, businessman par excellence, We were brought together by Ogendu Hospital of those days, i feel so sad about your demise, Chief you've only gone through a transition! By the grace of God, may your gentle soul rest in the Lord; Amen. My heart goes out to your wife, my sister, Oge, may you find solace in the Lord, Amen.

January 15, 2013

Daddy, my daddy! You are a special breed who treated other people's children as if they were yours. So, how do I write the tribute of a man who cannot die in my life?. Ebubedike, Agunwoke, Dike,Nwokeoma, Omereoha! are you dead? Well, one thing is sure daddy, you are on eternal journey, that grants you eternal rest. Adieu Daddy!!!

January 15, 2013

I salute YOU Sir, as you rest with our good God, I may not know you in person but I do believe "by their fruits, ye shall know them" I know a very good fruit of yours' that is touching lives and changing people for good. You have defeated death by living through her, the cycle will continue. Rest in the Peace of God.

January 14, 2013

Dearest Sir...
...I may not have had the priviledge of meeting you in person, but I'm ever so grateful to have heard such warm and loving stories about you from your son Uju. I thank God for the life you lived and even more, for the legacy you've left behind. May you find eternal rest in the divine presence of the Lord... Amen.

January 13, 2013

From Ven Prof Uche C. Isiugo-Abanihe, UI The demise of Sir Mishael was d end of an epoch. He lived well & touched many lives positively. I believe he also made peace with God by accepting Jesus Christ into his life. Given his protracted illness I thank God for calling him home at the time He did to rest eternally in His bosom. For Auntie Oge, Ochi & d children may God comfort or this loss

January 13, 2013

Daddy it has taken me so long to write this as i have refused to come to terms with ur passing and writing this means u are truely gone.I want to say thank u Dad for being the man u were in my life, for having the heart you had,4 loving our mother the way u did,U did so much and said so little, ur actions did speak louder than ur words. I will always love and miss u EBUBEDIKE! laa na udo

January 11, 2013

Uncle Mishael! Even though you have moved on to where The Lord has called you, forever you will remain in our hearts. Thank you for being the best uncle to my siblings and I. Rest in peace uncle. Gone but never forgotten. May the good Lord grant the family strong hearts to bear such a huge loss. Laa na udo.

January 11, 2013

Ogbuabuo,
Words cannot express how we feel but God Knows best
Rest In Peace.
Zuby & Uloma Achonu

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Daddy @ 81 - Forever missed and remembered

June 16, 2017

My darling Daddy, my super star,

I found this picture in my bedroom and thought to keep it till today for posting. Taken on your 25th wedding anniversary on October 12, 1988. Typical of your lifestyle - the usual breakfast set-up, mommy beside you and Uju smiling away in glee before leaving for school.
Now I see the similarity in posture between Uju and Chinemerem my last card. Interesting!

Daddy you'd have been 81 today. I miss you.....big. Can't help but feel the vacuum of having not benefitted from discussions we would have had were you still with us. I'm in an interesting phase of life and I feel you would have been just the one person to talk to. I stay grateful to God for the privilege of having you as a father.

For your info, mom just got back into Lagos yesterday from London and she's fine. We doing ok to fit into your shoes to love and care for her just the way you did.

I remember you with love today and pray that you continue to rest in peace till we meet to part no more.
Happy birthday dad! Love you.

One Year memorial

April 28, 2014

We want to thank God for keeping us for more than 1 year after your passing on to glory. We also thank God for the grace and enablement given to us in getting your Biography completed within that time and launching it on the 19th of April 2014. We your family are committed to support the cause of alleviating the suffering of people battling with Parkinson's disease. We will soon launch a foundation in your honour so people will not have to suffer what you suffered with the help of God on our side.

It's three days to your birthday

June 13, 2013

Dad,
if you were still here with us by now I will be networking with my siblings on plans for you. Your birthday was always nice because most times it coincided with Father's day so that spared us the double expense of celebrating you for your birth and for being the father you were to us. You are not here now only memories and I remember when we were much younger that the committee of friends wives will cook for their husbands and gather at our house to celebrate you as well as Father's day. You were not perfect but I will like to have a father like you over and over again

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