Family Announces Burial Date Of Onyewuchi Nnawuogo

The family of the late Mr and Mrs Patrick Udigwe Nnawuogo in Ishiuzo Egbu, Owerri North Local Government Area Imo State has announced the burial arrangement of their late son, Bernard Onyewuchi Nnawuogo who died on Friday October 20, 2023.

Activities leading to the final interment of late Bernard, according to the family in tribute and endorsed by Christopher (Caritas) Nnawuogo, will commence on Tuesday 26, December 2023. He will be interred on Wednesday December, 27 at his family home in Ishiuzo, Egbu

Late Bernard who died on Friday October 20, 2023 was born at Ishiuzo Egbu, Owerri North Local Government Area Imo State, and is the third child and the first son among eight (8) children of the same parents.

He had his Primary School at Sacred Heart Primary School, Ishiuzo. By 1970 when the war ended, he was in Elementary School. Interestingly, due to his brilliance, he did not do Elementary 5 but jumped to Elementary 6, where he took the Common Entrance Exams and passed.

He was at Community Comprehensive Secondary Egbu, formerly known as Ejiogu Memorial High School for his WAEC/GCE before proceeding to Teacher’s Training College where he obtained his Teaching Certificates. He proceeded to the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), where he obtained his Bachelor of Science in Psychology.

After his compulsory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Benue State, he further went for a Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Business Administration/Management at UNN Enugu Campus 1995-1997. He moved a step further to obtain his Masters of Business Administration (MBA) in Management 1997-2000. Late Bernard worked in various places including the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) before his demise.

Christopher in a tribute, wrote: “I thought you were going to recover and bounce back to life although, I have elderly siblings, as the most senior surviving son of our parents, the mantle of headship and leadership has fallen on me.

“How should I carry on? Only the Almighty God will give me the grace and strength to always bring us together and equally see to it that your children receive the best of training and care.

“As we bid farewell to our brother and exceptional gentleman, teacher, and man who loved God with passion, I want people to make peace with their maker. Bear no grudges and live an upright life to the best of your knowledge.”

He wrote: “We all know that there is a time to be born and a time to say goodbye to this world. One thing we have always been afraid of is when we will die and how we are going to die. Yet we don’t have a fixed place, time, or date. We only pray that we reach the right age or the biblical age, for the Christians before passing on. Interestingly, only God knows, apportions, and fixes it as He so chooses.

“Our beloved brother, we are always moved whenever you tell us not to worry about certain things but say “One with God is majority” Being a human Manager, you came across different people of various ethnic groups, and walks of life and had exceptional working relationships with them. They spoke in glorious tributes of you when they heard about your passing on to higher glory.

“In the Catholic Church where you belong, it was difficult to see you being absent from mass or other church activities, history will always mention you at all stages both home and abroad.

At the parent church, Saint Anthony’s Catholic Church Gwoza, Off Sauka, Airport Road, Abuja; you were the Pioneer Chairman of the Catholic Men Organisation (CMO). For eight (8) years (2011-2018) you represented both Parish and Archdiocesan Levels.

“You were also the Pioneer President of the Board of Lectors the same eight years. A Chorister while at home and Abuja. You used your life, time, energy, and resources to serve the Lord in his vineyard.

“At home in Ishiuzo, you never joked with the church. As if you had a premonition of your date with God, on arrival for a two-week break with your family, you went around the village exchanging pleasantries with all. You equally attended all the daily church activities of Sacred Heart.