My Beautiful, strong, determined, upright, hardworking, kind, loving, adorable, and supportive Sister...my other Mother, you will forever be a part of me! How I have been able to carry on without you has been Divine and I thank God Almighty that our paths crossed in such an intimate way. I will never be able to say thank you enough but I know you heard me when you looked at me as you took your last breath and I know again you heard me as I requested that you stay with me...Thank you Ma Merse for all your Love and Direction...I would never have been Blessed with a Sister better than you. Love you sooooooooo much as I know you do well with what you always did...Watching over Me and Mine...
Aunty Hen, i see that you and your sister looked very much alike. Not in the actual physical looks per say but women with determination and a will to change the world.
It is a pity she left this earth so young but as i read a book about a pastor's journey to Heaven, i now know that is it silly for us to mourn those gone before because they are in a place far more splendid that we could ever imagine.
You were my sister and my friend, and how I admired you when we were girls in Small Mankon quarters, Bamenda!!! Slim, athletic, happy-go-lucky, and dynamite beauty. You were generous and outgoing friendly, the heart and soul of any party - any gathering. that voice, that laughter still rings inmy ears!!! I so wanted to be like you, wished I were you. We remained sisters and friends until your passing.... Thank God for that
I will always remember receiving the news that Easter Sunday morning - Just coming out of Mass in San Jose with Maureen Vega when my cell phone rang to announce that you had passed away only a few munites before. I even remember the moment as I had a qickening of the heart after receiving Holy Communion, and I just could not believe that after fighting and conquering cancer; after our celebration of that victory (I recall the party Henn and Briant threw for you in Yaounde Hilton too), you could succumb to the fight to live! Mercy, no one loved life like you did. How could you let this happen?
And this is me, many years later still wondering; still missing you. It is simply unbearable. I will never forget you Mercy Nah-nyonga Oben!!!! My sister';my friend!
May God keep you in His bosom so you can enjoy His everlasting Peace.
I pray that someday dearest sister, we will be together! But I cannot lie... it hurts to think that you were gone too soon. I love you girl, and always will.
Henrietta Igra Effiom (Orjiako) (1981)
My Beautiful, strong, determined, upright, hardworking, kind, loving, adorable, and supportive Sister...my other Mother, you will forever be a part of me! How I have been able to carry on without you has been Divine and I thank God Almighty that our paths crossed in such an intimate way. I will never be able to say thank you enough but I know you heard me when you looked at me as you took your last breath and I know again you heard me as I requested that you stay with me...Thank you Ma Merse for all your Love and Direction...I would never have been Blessed with a Sister better than you. Love you sooooooooo much as I know you do well with what you always did...Watching over Me and Mine...
Your memory will always live with me...
Henn
Marja Etchi (Motanga) (1995)
Aunty Hen, i see that you and your sister looked very much alike. Not in the actual physical looks per say but women with determination and a will to change the world.
It is a pity she left this earth so young but as i read a book about a pastor's journey to Heaven, i now know that is it silly for us to mourn those gone before because they are in a place far more splendid that we could ever imagine.
Maggie Kilo (Sanosi) (1973)
Mercy, Mercy!!!
You were my sister and my friend, and how I admired you when we were girls in Small Mankon quarters, Bamenda!!! Slim, athletic, happy-go-lucky, and dynamite beauty. You were generous and outgoing friendly, the heart and soul of any party - any gathering. that voice, that laughter still rings inmy ears!!! I so wanted to be like you, wished I were you. We remained sisters and friends until your passing.... Thank God for that
I will always remember receiving the news that Easter Sunday morning - Just coming out of Mass in San Jose with Maureen Vega when my cell phone rang to announce that you had passed away only a few munites before. I even remember the moment as I had a qickening of the heart after receiving Holy Communion, and I just could not believe that after fighting and conquering cancer; after our celebration of that victory (I recall the party Henn and Briant threw for you in Yaounde Hilton too), you could succumb to the fight to live! Mercy, no one loved life like you did. How could you let this happen?
And this is me, many years later still wondering; still missing you. It is simply unbearable. I will never forget you Mercy Nah-nyonga Oben!!!! My sister';my friend!
May God keep you in His bosom so you can enjoy His everlasting Peace.
I pray that someday dearest sister, we will be together! But I cannot lie... it hurts to think that you were gone too soon. I love you girl, and always will.
Maggie Kilo Sanosi (Ms. Meg)