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Mr. Owusu Adum Akoto a.k.a Mr. Owuu

February 6, 2019

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS

Burial and Funeral Service: Saturday February 9, 2019 in Kumasi at Baffour Osei Akoto’s House No. 0.1 244 Ashanti New Town (Ampedwee Street) at 4:00 am.

Burial: Saturday February 9, 2019 at Asante Affiduase.

Thanksgiving Service: Sunday February 10, 2019 at Baffour Osei Akoto’s House No. 0.1 244 Ashanti New Town (Ampedwee Street)

All friends and sympathizers are cordially invited.

Comfort Asikyiraah Aidoo

February 5, 2019

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS

Lying-In-State: Friday, 8th February, 2019 at the Family House, Wasa Afransie.

Burial Service/Burial: Saturday, 9th February, 2019 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Wasa Afransie.

Family Sitting: Saturday, 9th February, 2019 at the School park, Wasa Afransie.

Thanksgiving Service: Sunday, 10th February, 2019 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Wasa Afransie.

All friends and sympathizers are cordially invited.

Dr. Emmanuel Serebour Amofah a.k.a Ohenenana Kofi Serebour Amofah

February 5, 2019

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS

Saturday, 9th February, 2019.

Lying-In-State: at the family residence close to the Juabenhene’s Palace from 6:00 am – 9:00 am.
Burial Service: Wesley Methodist Church, Juaben from 9:00 am – 11:00 am.
Burial: At the Methodist Cemetery, Juaben at 11:00 am.
Final Funeral Rites: at the Forecourt of Juabenhene’s Palace from 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm.

Sunday, 10th February, 2019.

Memorial and Thanksgiving Service: at the Wesley Methodist Church, Juaben from 9:00 am – 12:00 noon.
Continuation of Final Funeral Rites: At the forecourt of Juabenhene’s Palace, Juaben 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm.

All friends and sympathizers are cordially invited.

Cephas Emenyo Kwaku Haligah

February 5, 2019

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS

Wednesday, February 13th 2019.

Asafo Traditional drumming and dancing, Abutia-Kloe, 5:00 am to 9:00 am
Church Service, E.P. Church, Abutia-Kloe at 7:00 pm.

Thursday, February 14th 2019.

Avihe Traditional music, Haligah/Sipitey Family House, Abutia-Kloe at 6:00 pm.

Friday, February 15th 2019.

Conveying of body from mortuary
Family Gathering, Haligah/Sipitey Family House, Abutia-Kloe at 9:00 pm

Saturday, February 16th 2019.

Laying-In-State, E.P Church Premises, Abutia-Kloe. 6:00 am – 8:30 am
Burial and Memorial Service, E.P Church, Abutia-Kloe. 9:00 am.
Interment, Abutia-Kloe. 11:30 am.
Final Funeral Rites, E.P Church, Abutia-Kloe. 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm.(Abutia Dzigbordi Borborbor group, Abutia-Kloe Cultural Group and accompanying live band in attendance)

Sunday,February 17th 2019.

Thanksgiving Service, E.P Church, Abutia-Kloe. 9:00 am.
Borborbor Drumming and Dancing. 2:00 pm

Monday, February 18th 2019.

Traditional Drumming and Dancing

Tuesday, February 19th 2019.

Firing of Musketry with Wuga Traditional Drumming and Dancing, Abutia-Kloe. 5:00 am – 9:00 am.
Funeral Closure Rites (Traditional Drumming, Dancing, and others), Abutia-Kloe. 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm.

All friends and Sympathizers are cordially invited.

Ernest Bobby Kwesi Ekar

February 5, 2019

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS

Friday, 8th February, 2019. Body will be conveyed from the Margaret Marquart Catholic Hospital, Kpando to Ekar Family House, Kpando, Tsakpe-Hiloma.

Family Gathering: Ekar Family House, Tsakpe-Hiloma at 9:00 pm.

Lying-In-State: Saturday, 9th February 2019 at the Ekar Family House, Tsakpe-Hiloma from 6:30 am to 8:30 am.

Burial and Memorial Service: At the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Kpando at 9:00 am.

Interment: Kpando Cemetery.

Final Funeral Rites: Heaten Garden, Kpando, soon after interment.

Thanksgiving Service: Sunday,10th February, 2019 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Kpando at 9:00 am.

All friends and sympathizers are cordially invited.

Mrs. Mabel Akweley Sam-Pennie

February 1, 2019

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS

There will be no wake keeping

Viewing and Pre-burial Service

Friday 8th February 2019 Wesley Methodist Church, Asafoatse Netty Road Palladium Accra at 8:00 am – 9:00 am.

Burial Service

Wesley Methodist Church, Accra.

Final Funeral Rites

Friday 8th February 2019 the Wesley Methodist Church grounds, Accra.

Burial at Osu Cemetery

All friends and sympathizers are cordially invited.

Lady Georgina Warmann

February 1, 2019

BURIAL AND FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Lying-In-State: 6pm-10pm Thursday 7th February, 2019 at her residence no. 1 Asafoatse Odweini Lane, Ringway Estates, Osu.

Burial Service: Friday 8th February, 2019 at the Holy Spirit Cathedral, Adabraka.

File Past: 7:30 am.

Burial Mass: 9:00 am.

Interment: Private Burial at the Gethsemane Memorial Garden, Shiashie, East Legon.

Final Funeral Rites: Holy Spirit Cathedral grounds.

All sympathizers and well wishers are cordially invited.

Mrs Betty Akosua Adjorlolo née Hiadzi

January 31, 2019

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS

No wake

Lying-In-State: Friday 8th March, 2019 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at her residence.

Pre-burial Service: Saturday 9th March, 2019 from 6:00 am to 8:00 am at her residence.

Burial Service: Saturday 9th March, 2019 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am at the EPCG Keta Premises.

Interment: At family cemetery, Adina.

Final Funeral Rites: Saturday, 9th March, 2019 from 1:00 pm at her residence.

Memorial and Thanksgiving Service: Sunday 10th March, 2019 from 9:00 am to 11:30 am at the EPCG Keta Premises.

All friends are cordially invited.

Mrs. Mary Manubea Ampaw née Darko

January 31, 2019

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

There will be no wake

Burial Service: Saturday, 2nd February at 8:30 am, Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, Dansoman.

Interment: Osu Cemetery.

Final Funeral Rites: Alpha Beta Education Center, Dansoman.

Thanksgiving Service: 3rd February at 9:30 am, Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, Dansoman.

Family Gathering: Alpha Beta Education Center, Dansoman immediately after church service.

All friends and sympathizers are cordially invited.

Amb. Edmund Charles Heymann

January 30, 2019

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS

There will be no wake

Saturday, 2nd February, 2019 at 6:00 am -10:00 am,Pre-Burial / Church service at Police Training School, Tesano.

Interment: Private Burial. Attire is Black and white.

Sunday, 3rd February, 2019 at 9:00 am. Thanksgiving service at South La Evangelical Presbyterian Church, La.

Funeral Rites: Police Fitness Center, Behind Police Headquarters. Attire is white.

All friends and sympathizers are cordially invited.

John Coleman Longdon a.k.a Safohen Kwesi Gyekye

January 30, 2019

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS

Lying-In-state: Friday 1st February 2019 at H/no. AN 12,Community 5, Tema at 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm.

Filing Past: Saturday, 2nd February, 2019 at Tema Joint Church, 6:30 am – 7:30 am.

Burial and Memorial Service: Saturday 2nd February, 2019 at Tema Joint Church, 8:00 am – 9:30 am.

Interment: Saturday, 2nd February, 2019 at Asonkyeano Cemetry, Cape Coast.

Final Funeral Rites: follows at Star Basic School Community 5 Tema, 10:30 am – 5:00 pm.

Thanksgiving Service: Sunday, 3rd February, 2019 at Tema Joint Church, 8:00 am – 10:00 am.

All are cordially invited.

Group Captain Albert Nyadu Nkansa(RTD)

January 30, 2019

BURIAL AND FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS

There will be no wake

Lying-In-State,Burial and Thanksgiving Service.

Friday 1st February 2019 at the Garrison Methodist-Presbyterian Church, Chapel Lane, Burma Camp. Lying-in-state at 7:00 am-8:45 am. Burial and Thanksgiving service begins at 9:00 am.

Interment: Private burial.

Funeral Rites: Air Force Officers’ Mess (matambo area) 2nd Giffard Lane, Burma Camp.

All friends and sympathizers are cordially invited.

Rosina Nana Efua Hackman a.k.a nee Ewusi-Mensah

January 29, 2019

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS

Vigil

Thursday,31st January, 2019 at Calvary Methodist Church, Adabraka. 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm.

Pre-burial Service

Friday, 1st February, 2019 at Calvary Methodist Church, Adabraka. 7:00 am – 9:00 am.

Funeral Service

Friday, 1st February, 2019 at Calvary Methodist Church, Adabraka. 9:00 am.

Burial

Private burial at Gethsemane Memorial Garden,Shiashe.

Funeral Rites

Accra International Conference Center grounds.

All friends and sympathizers are cordially invited.

Cremation vs. Burial: Which Is the Right Choice?

January 26, 2019

At the end of a loved one’s life, many decisions are made by the family in order to celebrate the deceased and enable those left behind to move on in the face of their loss. Among these decisions is how their loved one will be finally put to rest. Earth burial is one of the most common means of bidding farewell in Ghana. However, cremation, which involves reducing the body of the deceased to ashes, has also become a common option in Ghana. In 2016, the Ghana Cremation Society revealed that Ghanaians opted for cremation 50% of the time as an end-of-life care.

When deciding how to say final goodbyes, the family may want to consider factors such as the budget for the funeral, their belief systems, how they wish to remember their loved one and the wishes of the lost relation.

Why Burial?

Earth burial is what is traditionally practised in Ghana. This is what is usually done and usually expected when we lose someone. There is always the psychological need for anyone who loses a loved one to ‘send them off’ properly. In Ghana, there is also the social component of putting together a befitting burial for family and friends to mourn the dead. The idea of burning the body of the dead may not always satisfy these psychological and social requirements. A burial enables the family to mourn the dead and get closure as they see the coffin lowered into the earth. Knowing that the remains of your loved ones are available in a location which can be visited, can also be psychologically satisfying. The burial site will forever be marked as their final place of rest and peace. Some religious organisations prescribe earth burial and do not accept cremation or other forms of disposition such as water burial. The family will have to inquire about their religious sect’s position on cremation if they intend to abide by their faith.

Why Cremation?

Despite these aspects of burial, some people may opt for cremation as a rite of passage to honour a religious belief or the wishes of the lost relation. Cremation is often considered the cheaper option for giving our loved ones their final rest. It limits the expense that typically goes into financing items such as caskets, burial vaults, lowering devices, cemetery plot and grave marker services among others. Experts have also described cremation as a more hygienic and environmentally friendly end-of-life choice because it avoids the use of chemicals that could have adverse effects on land resources. Assistant Secretary of the Ghana Cremation Society, Victoria Boi-Doku, explained that,

“The procedure avoids embalming chemicals. The fire disintegrates all diseases that the dead person might be having, and it is environmentally-friendly”.

Cremation helps to conserve our limited land resources. The practice allows people to try creative ways of memorializing their lost relations and maintaining that sense of presence we normally crave for at such a time. Some people who cremate their loved ones keep their ashes in an urn which is placed somewhere symbolic in their home. The urn allows for the lost one to still be a part of the home. Tree-urns are another modern innovation for memorializing a cremated loved one. The ashes of the dead are mixed with soil and used to nourish a grow a plant. The options available after cremation are many and they keep growing.

In Ghana, the body of the deceased belongs to the external family. They are also the final decision-makers in everything related to it. Whatever the choice of the family, it must be one that enables those most affected by the loss to go through the final rites with significant ease. The loss of a relative is by itself a challenging period and great consideration must be given to the family’s psychological state.

Earth burial is still the most popular means of disposition in Ghana, however, you can contact local funeral homes and cemeteries if you are considering cremating a loved one here in Ghana.

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Mr. Owusu Adum Akoto a.k.a Mr. Owuu

Comfort Asikyiraah Aidoo

Dr. Emmanuel Serebour Amofah a.k.a Ohenenana Kofi Serebour Amofah

Cephas Emenyo Kwaku Haligah

Ernest Bobby Kwesi Ekar

Mrs. Mabel Akweley Sam-Pennie

Lady Georgina Warmann

Mrs Betty Akosua Adjorlolo née Hiadzi

Mrs. Mary Manubea Ampaw née Darko

Charles Kofi Amankwaa Mann

Amb. Edmund Charles Heymann

John Coleman Longdon a.k.a Safohen Kwesi Gyekye

Group Captain Albert Nyadu Nkansa(RTD)

Rosina Nana Efua Hackman a.k.a nee Ewusi-Mensah

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