The final burial rites for Elder (Mrs.) Adeline Ndoma-Egba (nee
Wilson) begin in April, according to a statement released by the
head of the Ndoma-Egba family, Prof. Rowland, Tuesday.
To kick-start her funeral rites, Prof. Rowland said the Mourning
House would be open on April 2, at her home, Dr. Bassey Ndoma-Egba
Hills, Bokomo, Ikom at 7.00am prompt.
A Night of Tributes holds at No. 1, Ndoma-Egba Crescent, off
Parliamentary Road, Calabar Municipality, on April 5.
Thereafter, Vigil Night would be at her residence, Dr. Bassey
Ndoma-Egba Hills, Bokomo, Ikom, from 6.30 p.m. till dawn on April
6.
She would be interred on April 7 at Memory Acre,
‘Ithaca’-Nkpanjen, Akparabong, Ikom.
A memorial service would hold at Presbyterian Church,
Akparabong, April 8 at 10am prompt.
Mrs. Adeline Ndoma-Egba was born on January 8, 1926 to James and
Elvira Wilson in St. Catherine’s Jamaica, The West Indies, where
she had her early education.
She left for England to join her brothers, Brad and Aston, on
the death of her father.
While in England, she trained as a nurse at the Lewisham School
of Nursing (affiliated to Guys Hospital, London), University of
London, London School of Tropical Medicine & Diseases and the
North Middlesex Hospital.
Upon qualifying, she worked at Kings College Hospital, London
and the Bristol Royal Infirmary (where she also did Theatre
Technique).
She got engaged to the patriarch of the Ndoma-Egba family, late
Justice Emmanuel Takon Ndoma-Ega (famously known as E.T.) on her
birthday in 1958, and they got married on December 16, 1960.
Late Elder Adeline joined her husband in Nigeria in 1962 and
worked at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (former
General Hospital) Enugu, and Park Lane Hospital, Enugu, as the
first Theatre Matron.
At the outbreak of the civil war in Nigeria, she was matron at
the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Umuahia. She also worked with the
International Red Cross at the Awomama Reference Hospital,
Awomama.
After the civil war, she was matron at the General Hospital,
Ogoja, matron at Catholic Mission Hospital, Monaiya, Ogoja, and
matron at the Holy Family Joint Hospital, Ikom, from where she
retired in 1985, into a quiet life of service to family, community,
humanity and the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria; where she had long
been an Elder.
She died on December 31, 2017, barely nine days to her 92nd
birthday.
The final burial rites for Elder (Mrs.) Adeline Ndoma-Egba (nee
Wilson) begin in April, according to a statement released by the
head of the Ndoma-Egba family, Prof. Rowland, Tuesday.
To kick-start her funeral rites, Prof. Rowland said the Mourning
House would be open on April 2, at her home, Dr. Bassey Ndoma-Egba
Hills, Bokomo, Ikom at 7.00am prompt.
A Night of Tributes holds at No. 1, Ndoma-Egba Crescent, off
Parliamentary Road, Calabar Municipality, on April 5.
Thereafter, Vigil Night would be at her residence, Dr. Bassey
Ndoma-Egba Hills, Bokomo, Ikom, from 6.30 p.m. till dawn on April
6.
She would be interred on April 7 at Memory Acre,
‘Ithaca’-Nkpanjen, Akparabong, Ikom.
A memorial service would hold at Presbyterian Church,
Akparabong, April 8 at 10am prompt.
Mrs. Adeline Ndoma-Egba was born on January 8, 1926 to James and
Elvira Wilson in St. Catherine’s Jamaica, The West Indies, where
she had her early education.
She left for England to join her brothers, Brad and Aston, on
the death of her father.
While in England, she trained as a nurse at the Lewisham School
of Nursing (affiliated to Guys Hospital, London), University of
London, London School of Tropical Medicine & Diseases and the
North Middlesex Hospital.
Upon qualifying, she worked at Kings College Hospital, London
and the Bristol Royal Infirmary (where she also did Theatre
Technique).
She got engaged to the patriarch of the Ndoma-Egba family, late
Justice Emmanuel Takon Ndoma-Ega (famously known as E.T.) on her
birthday in 1958, and they got married on December 16, 1960.
Late Elder Adeline joined her husband in Nigeria in 1962 and
worked at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (former
General Hospital) Enugu, and Park Lane Hospital, Enugu, as the
first Theatre Matron.
At the outbreak of the civil war in Nigeria, she was matron at
the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Umuahia. She also worked with the
International Red Cross at the Awomama Reference Hospital,
Awomama.
After the civil war, she was matron at the General Hospital,
Ogoja, matron at Catholic Mission Hospital, Monaiya, Ogoja, and
matron at the Holy Family Joint Hospital, Ikom, from where she
retired in 1985, into a quiet life of service to family, community,
humanity and the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria; where she had long
been an Elder.
She died on December 31, 2017, barely nine days to her 92nd
birthday.
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