Every individual has two important dates in a life time, date of birth and that of demise.
For Late Engineer Kenneth Chukwumanjo Emodi, he came, saw and conquered.
Correspondent, Odinaka Nwolisa who was at the burial ceremony reports that it was a home coming for his professional colleagues, friends and associates as his remains were committed to mother Earth at his Family Compound Obosi, Idemili North Council Area.
Late KC Emodi was a retired Director of Engineering in the Anambra Broadcasting Service, ABS, who contributed in advancing the course of the Department.
Aged Seventy-three years, the deceased was a devout Christian.
Friends, relatives, as well as members of Basilica of Saint Andrew’s Anglican Church Trans-Ekulu, Nike, Enugu gathered to pay their last respect to the deceased.
In his sermon at a funeral service held in his honour at All Saint’s Anglican Church Littlewood, Obosi, a retired Bishop of Nike Diocese, Right Reverend Evans Ibeagha, reminded Christians of the need to acknowledge Jesus Christ as the sure refuge in time of challenges.
Bishop Ibeagha noted that the deceased was a servant, who stood for Jesus Christ, pointed out that the Emodi family has remained a blessing to the Diocese.
Describing his life as an exemplary, worthy of emulation, the first son, Engineer Onyinyechukwu alongside First daughter Chidimma Emodi who eulogized his virtues, promised to uphold his legacies
For a former Managing Director of ABS, Sir Amobi Adirika and Mr. Amandi Odogwu, their fallen colleague was a personification of humility and embodiment of peace, whose attributes cannot be easily washed away, urging the family to toe the foot prints he left behind.
Commiserating with the family, ABS management retirees, as well as the Engineering Department in their numbers, identified with one of their own.
In his condolence message, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the ABS, Dr Uche Nwora represented by Head of Engineering, Engineer Paul Okoye, encouraged the family to be consoled that their father lived a purposeful life
Groups and in-laws took turns to pay their condolences.
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