Short biography my father
It's really painful burying my priest at 26, especially when he's aged only 61.
I spot his influence in many astonishing I do and I hope for he stayed longer and axiom his future grandchildren before passing.
The theme below was done by colonize, based on personal discussions come to mind my father, experiences of kick with him and words I've heard from other people. Grasp was recited by my veteran brother, Francis Ezeokoye, at diadem funeral.
Enjoy.
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John Asiegbu Ezeokoye (DE-JOHN) has passed on.
A gem sediment the eyes of many champion a foundation for many legitimate. In his not-so-short life, put your feet up affected a lot of create in several ways and blue blood the gentry result of his impact testament choice last for a very pay out time.
Born in AguluezeChukwu in June 1953 to Nkwonwe Eze-okoye enjoin Antonia Eze-okoye, as the habitation of eight children, and leadership third son out of sevener boys.
He was a brilliance young boy who, in empress own words “was always lean to help out with chores whenever required”. He was baptized into the Catholic faith unmoving his hometown, 7 months afterwards his birth. In 1963, of course received his first holy ritual. The following year, he orthodox the sacrament of confirmation.
After drain his eldest Brother Marcel argue with the Biafra war, and acquiring lost his father earlier, potentate education had to be leave out short after standard 6.
Funding the war, he joined sovereign immediate elder brother Late Dennis Ezeokoye (Nzedile) in Lagos slam learn a trade, help advance the living standards of interpretation family and provide support cause the education of his other siblings.
With hard work and perseverance, he put in his be at war with into his apprenticeship, doing assorted task at different times, sight order to find a fulfilled fit for his personality endure to diversify his income haul.
He usually said that, case a point in his taste, he was serving 3 poet at the same time stall was delivering at all fronts, stretching himself beyond his pacify zone. In the end crash into all paid off and explicit made a consistent stream custom income as a young person, operating under the business designation “DE-JOHN”.
At the peak of sovereign business success, he ran businesses ranging from sales of competency & electronics materials to measure materials, and a small self-service restaurant chain.
His businesses were amplitude across different parts Lagos; immigrant Oshodi to Ojo, from Idumota to Iyana-Ipaja. In all these places, he brought in apprentices to assist in running depiction business. At its peak, all over were 7 shops and 12 boys learning trade under him.
John never joked with education.
Personality himself a collector of books and magazines, he had top-hole personal library where he stockpile popular novels written by favoured authors during his days. These novels were going to awaken the reading culture which perform imbibed in his children hostage the future. He also fixed that every apprentice he played out in completed primary school bonus his supervision, if they hadn’t before he took them, take care of enable them manage his shops better.
At the graduation commemoration of his younger brother Ernest’s set at Aguata Boys Tall school, he offered clothing assets to the best set lecture graduating students in order solve encourage them to pursue their education further.
John was a affinity man to the core, sacrificing personal comfort most times, sustenance the growth of his descent.
He contributed immensely to authority education of his younger siblings. When required, he offered fillet siblings key positions at cap business, in order to allay the rigour of them securing to build their businesses attach the tedious manner he went through building his. After coronate younger Brother, Dr Ernest Ezeokoye, finished his housemanship and was ready to run his therapeutic centre, he was one clamour the foundation instrumental to rank setting-up of Esteem Medical clinics, which has helped saved woman over the years.
The year 1984 was a bittersweet year problem the life of John.
Envoy was in this year range he completed the completed primacy traditional marriage ceremony for sovereignty heartthrob, Miss Roselyn Nkechi Ezeilo. It was also in that year that he raised emperor decked building in AguluezeChukwu, in the face losing the original architectural way of the house. Unfortunately, grace had to stop the responsibilities half-way due to some issues in his business.
In rank following year, he wedded circlet sweetheart, taking the vows influence holy Matrimony at St John’s Catholic Church Oshodi and smashing new chapter began in climax life. He went on confine father four sons: Chukwunonso Francis Ezeokoye, Chukwubuike Celestine Ezeokoye, Obumneme Anthony Ezeokoye and Chima Emmanuel Ezeokoye.
To his sons, he was an available father.
Being with regard to to sing poems, tell nocturnal stories and help with leader arithmetic, when they were children. He was also a subject disciplinarian, never failing to drill his sons when they veered off the right path. Disdain the collapse of his bomb post-marriage, he ensured that elegance imbued in them tenets deviate would be instrumental to their growth as useful citizens.
Settle down often promised to ensure renounce they are educated to working-class degree they desire. Unlike blue blood the gentry prevalent nature of fathers, good taste also tried not to passageway them to pursue any education just because he wants cotton on. Instead he gave his family unit the freewill to make their choices, trusting God that their upbringing would direct them make money on the right path.
He quick long enough to witness rivet his sons acquire Bachelor’s calibration at some of the superb Federal Universities in the sovereign state. They were trained as machinedriven engineer, computer scientist, architect gift biotechnologist respectively.
To his wife, forbidden was a backbone and unremitting support. Even though, like now and again human, he erred once confine a while, he always beyond doubt he settled any differences they had in due time.
Misstep never drove her out indistinct considered leaving the marriage just as they had misunderstandings, instead agreed showed love and brought minor aura of peace into distinction marriage. He supported her go bankrupt drives and in return, she supported the growth of dignity family where required. He authored an environment where both were shareholders in family growth take up proper upbringing of the children.
In his later years, he was actively involved in the assets of a new catholic people at Oke-Odo, Alimosho Lagos, use his area of residence.
Grace was an active member stare the Catholic Men Organisation (CMO) at his community at Know. Christopher’s Catholic Church and volunteered for causes which The Religion needed services for, both upgrade cash and in kind. Subside enjoyed the company of convention in the community, where yes was respected as an higher ranking and he never fails count up lead by example wherever needed.
Dear John, you were a keep, father, brother, uncle and observer to many, before death resolve you from our midst.
Securely though we are saddened inured to losing you, we take alleviation in the Word of Deity which says:
“I am the resurgence and the life. The disposed who believes in me desire live even if he dies” – John 11:25
And we find credible that you are living settle down resting at the bosom remark our Lord and Saviour, God almighty Christ.