Mother Mary: Geoffrey Iwuofor gives vote of thanks.
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The first son of the late Mrs Mary Eziada Ezihuo Iwuofor, Mr Geoffrey Iwuofor has issued a vote of thanks to all the guests, mourners, family and friends as well as community based organizations and non-community based organizations that took part and stood by the family from the day his mother Mrs Mary Eziada Ezihuo Iwuofor also known as Mother Mary died till the day she was buried. Iwuofor who is a top Owerri based participant in the Organized Private Sector OPS, sent his appreciation message in a brief chat he had with Umuaka Times reporters who covered the event on Thursday last week.
While discussing with Umuaka Times shortly after the internment of his mother on the roles played by several individuals and organizations, Mr Iwuofor told Umuaka Times that he and his siblings and the entire Iwuofor large family were overwhelmed by the total involvement of family and friends towards making the burial of his mother a success.
Iwuofor specifically thanked the entire Umulolo family union, Umuezeala men, women and youths, umuada Uba, CWO Uba, Christian fathers Uba and other Christian brothers and sisters who graced the event. Others who had a mention in the chat were the members of G87, a group of old boys from High School Umuaka who graduated in 1987. He also extended his greetings to Umuaka men and women who live in Owerri, his fellow businessmen and women from Owerri and many other organizations including various clubs and individuals he could not remember during the interview.
On the large number of men and women who left their personal engagements and made it to Umuaka to console the Iwuofor family, he disclosed to Umuaka Times that the high number of people at the burial ceremony of his mother represents a testimony that his mother lived a life that pleased God. Iwuofor used the opportunity and prayed to God to lead every person who attended the burial ceremony of his mother safely to their respective destinations both in and outside Imo State at the close of the event.
has come and gone in a blaze of glory and praises to God. The rites of passage which started on the night of Wednesday August 16, 2023 in Umulolo Umuezeala Uba Umuaka saw many Catholics gather together in the family compound of the diseased where they observed a service of songs and wake keep all night long. The following day being Thursday 17 August 2023 the family, friends and other Christian brothers and sisters took time to perform the Church rituals at St Mary’s Catholic Church Umuaka where a funeral Mass was held for the repose of the soul of the diseased.
During the church service, the priest who celebrated the Mass took time to extol the virtues of the woman in question and further talked about the need for Christians to show good examples as amplified by Jesus Christ in all their dealings. In no distant time, the church service came to an end and all the people again moved to the family of the diseased for the interment.
The ambulance conveying the remains of late Madam Mary Iwuofor had pulled up in the compound and the undertakers went straight for the casket and proceeded to the graveside for the graveside prayers. After offering his prayers alongside others, the priest then instructed that the casket should be lowered into the grave.
The lowering of the casket marked the eventual end of a life that spanned for 84 solid and years of activities.
Rest in peace the late Eziada Mrs Mary Iwuofor.
