Madam Mary ADDAE Funeral Book

Burial, memorial & Thanksgiving service of the late MADAM aMdadagraed: y7e6

Entrance OfThe Body: Ch 365 SilentlyThe Shades Of Evening 2nd Collection Song: By Choir Biography: Procession Hymn: SNS 997 Nokwar Meye Catholic Asor Ba. Final Commendation: SNS 891 DaYie Dofo Fonafo Recession Hymn Ch 305 Hark, Hark My Soul Intriot: Ch 374Through AllThe Changing. PART 2 ATTHE GRAVE Kyrie:  Mass Of St. Jude Opening Hymn: Kae De Nipa Blessing Of Grave: 1st Reading: Interment: Ch 349 Abide With Me. Intercessory: Responsorial Psalm: Laying Of Wreaths: Ch 212Yes, Heaven IsThe Price. Announcement: Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia Benediction: Rev. Fr Closing Song: Hen Egya Krist. Homily: Rev. Fr The Church Choir Mistress: Prayer OfThe Faithful: Ma W'adom No MmraYe So Madam Winifred Sonful Liturgy OfThe Eucharist SNS 1049Tumfo Egya Collection Song: By Choir Mass Of St. Jude Communion Rites Offertory/incensation: Sanctus: Mass Of St. Jude The Lord Prayer: Ch 350, 245, 172 Agnus Dei: SNS 703 Where Is Our God. Communion Hymn: Post Communion: BURIAL SERVICE: Friday 11th August, 2023 at Asankrangwa Catholic Church THANKSGIVING SERVICE: Sunday 13th August 2023 at Asankrangwa Catholic Church. IN LOVING MEMORY OF MADAM MARYADDAE page 1

Biography of the late “Gone is a great woman we loved so much. Her soul is now at rest. She will sleep in peace; her work is done. Our hearts may MAMRYA DAADMDAE grieve but we know she lies in God’s bosom” A.K.A ADWOA AKYEM Opanyin Kwesi Addae and Madam Theresah Akosua Asor all of IN LOVING MEMORY OF MADAM MARYADDAE blessed memory welcomed their baby girl on their way from page 2 the farm that fateful evening of Monday, 13th February 1947 hence her name Akwantema, meaning “one who was given birth to in the middle of road” the first child of their union as man and wife. Auntie Adwoa Akyem as she was affectionately called was the darling girl among nine other siblings. After a great deal of nurturing, she was asked to learn a skill of how to sew, since Opanyin Kwesi Addae did not believe in school then. While learning sewing, she followed her father to Samreboi (AT&P Limited) where he was working to help the mother with her fish trading business. After three (3) years of apprenticeship and graduation, she opted to join her mother in her trading business for some time since there was no money for her to have her shop. When age begun telling on her mother, she took over the fish business and did it rigorously. She worked so hard to the admiration of her peers and all who were around her. After some time when the fish business begun to go down, she sought for advice from her mother’s friends at the market and later settled on selling cloths. This, she did all her life till she fell sick and couldn’t

keep up with the cloth business again. Her dedication and service to the things of God made her opt to give her house to the church for morning mass One of the people who got so much attracted to Madam celebration during the times that the church needed to Mary Addae’s trading activities was a young handsome stretch their service to the door steps of its member due Whiteman called Mr. Selliland (Papa Broni) who pursued to growth in numbers. The family has been taken aback her from AT&P Limited (Samatex) until he finally married and is in great shock with her demise due to the vacuum her and settled at Asankrangwa with her. They had five that has been created. She had taken over the duties as children; three males and two females, after the death of a mother, an aunt and a father to her other siblings’ Papa Broni, she was remarried to Mr. George Aborah and children. There was always food at home whenever you had two more beautiful ladies with him. called upon her. Auntie Adwoa Akyem was born into a Christian home. Her By her good deeds, many people who crossed path with parents being staunch members of the Immaculate her named their children after her – your name lives on Conception Catholic Church in Asankrangwa, she had no Ante other choice but to follow suit as well as guiding her siblings on the same path. She was a member of the The choice of your maker to call you home at this time is Akoma Koronkron (St. Anthony Society), having initially His. With tears and sorrows, yet with gratitude to the joined the Women’s Fellowship (Mbaa ku) in her youthful Lord for giving you to us and with hope of resurrection, days. She was an early bird, who never played with her we say: morning mass services and all other church activities and Fare thee well Ante Adwoa Akyem, Onyame nfa wo kra could be seen always in one of the first pews during mass nsie yie, Rest in Perfect Peace. celebration. IN LOVING MEMORY OF MADAM MARYADDAE page 3

Tribute by children Let the sunrise of your love end our dark nights – the extra mile for us and lend a helping hand to people break through our clouded dawn again – only you in need. Even after her demise, we have received can satisfy our hearts, filling us with songs of joy to people who have opened up to us that she assisted the end of our days. We’ve been overwhelmed with them financially in diverse ways. grief; come now and overwhelm us with gladness. Psalm 90:13-15 (The Passion Translation) Mum, you were fearless, bold and industrious, you loved to sing, dance and sit with us whiles advising us. Today, we pay the price of grief for the love we We recall all the good morals and your three (3) experienced from our mother. Your life and work on principles of life that you taught us, thus integrity, earth may have ended, but your memory and the honesty and hard work (do the work no matter how love you showed us will linger forever. small it is) all these went a long way in contributing to who we are today. Words may fail us in the description of the vacuum and emptiness our Mother (Yesu) as we Our Mum was a strong woman who always stood for affectionately called her has left in our lives and that us, nurtured us and performed all responsibilities even of the people around her life. She was one that in the absence of a man. Christ is our ultimate in the carried a bit of every virtue in a mother. She was a provision of every resource but because He works selfless woman who lived and breathed the word of through people, Mum has always been our last resort God. Through her influence, we all drew closer to (our “Go-to” Person) when we had exhausted all our God. avenues for help. During our early years and even when we became of She has been the rock and mother of the entire family, age, Mum took our friends as her own, cooked for cooking large meals almost every time to make room them and accommodated them. She will always go for anyone that may walk in and ensuring her siblings IN LOVING MEMORY OF MADAM MARYADDAE page 4

and every child in the house was fed. Even as grown-ups We promise to love and serve God with our families, we still walked in with our spouses and We promise to love ourselves and be there for each children to feast on her great cuisines. These memorable other moments will greatly be missed. You were fashionable We promise to make you proud and enjoyed looking good. We are sad you had to leave but we also know you had Not long ago, you kept telling us to celebrate you and take to take a rest. That is why we are comforted by Romans good pictures of you so that we could frame for the future 8:28 which states that, “And we know that in all things, not knowing what you meant then by that – we now God works for the good of those who love Him, who understand. have been called according to His purpose” We still can’t stand the fact that you are no more. Who do We bow in submission to the Will of God and we want we run to for advice and in our bid to understand some to assure you that your place in our lives can never be pertinent issues? filled by anyone. We will always remember your disciplinarian nature, you We love you dearly Yesu! never condoned with wrongdoing. You rebuked, chastised, and sometimes gave us some punishments – unpleasant This is a painful parting moment and a painful goodbye at the time but it’s a priceless staff we lean on today to say to our dear Mum. We have confidence that the because it has made us stronger and has shaped our lives. good God you served has called you to be with Him. He says you have worked hard enough; you have laboured We have no regrets at all. You often checked on us and to support anyone you crossed paths with. Now he one thing you loved to see us do was to go to church and says come and take your rest. The Almighty God knows be closer to God. One thing you desired to see was for us what is good for His children and does it… even though, to be there for each other, settle any differences and keep saying goodbye is hard for us - this is our lot and IT IS showing love for ourselves and everyone around us. WELL WITH OUR SOUL. Mum’s legacy of peace, unity and love she has left behind Auntie Adwoa Akyem, Yesu, We Love You and You will will continually dwell in our hearts forever. During her forever be in our hearts-We know someday, by GRACE, active life, her desire was to seek and serve God and she we will join you in singing the highest praise- did it beautifully. She now has a privilege of being with her “Hallelujah” maker and being free from the sting of illness and pain, at a better place she has desired to be. Rest in Perfect Peace Mum! Fare Thee Well Auntie Adwoa (Obaa Yesu)! We are proud to have you as our mother and will always Nyame mfa wo kra nsie yie! be part of our lives. We are comforted that, you died in The Lord. IN LOVING MEMORY OF MADAM MARYADDAE page 5

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Tribute By Grandchildren We have lost a great pillar in our lives, “Auntie” We your grandchildren can’t stand your as we affectionately called her was the one, untimely departure so we give out our we the grandchildren normally clinked to heart’s cry to our Almighty God in this when our mummies and daddies were not short piece of lyrics. around. When the sad news of your death reached us, we could not believe it because When the oceans rise and thunders we had enjoyed your jokes, meals and lively roar, nature during the Christmas holidays. We never left your sight without something to We will soar with you above the storm. munch on. Aww Auntie why? Father you are King over the flood, Auntie Adwoa Akyem, you were to us a loving, We will be still and know you are God, caring and understanding grandmother. When Oh we will be still and know you are it comes to us, your grandchildren, you were God. always there for us. You would often visit our parents to check on us and speak with us one May Your Soul Rest in the Perfect Peace after the other. We remember the several of our Almighty God!! toffees, toys and other goodies you bought for us anytime you are coming from the market. Fare Thee Well Yesu!!! We would forever miss your “bushmeat soup and with fufu” not forgetting your motherly Fare Thee Well Ante!!! advice. Many grandmothers have done well but you were an exceptional one. IN LOVING MEMORY OF MADAM MARYADDAE page 7

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Tribute By SIBLINGS / FAMILY As we pay tribute to the memory of our dear sister, Today is our time, beloved sister, daughter, Auntie and daughter, Aunty and mother, we do so with great mother, for us all to express our sincere gratitude and thanks pain and grief because of the vacuum she has for the many ways you enlightened and brightened our lives. created. Auntie Adwoa Akyem was very affable and We believe that God will comfort and take care of us. Thank compassionate. She was very caring and showed you so much for the sacrifices you made for the family, interest in the welfare of her siblings and every sharing the little that you had for your children with us. Pain member of the family. Even though our hearts are still cleaves us despite being gone for a while, guess this heavy, we choose not to grieve and mourn but shows our love for you was deeper than we thought. Thank rather to celebrate her life and share both in the joy you Owora for being an awesome personality to the family. and in the gift that her life brought to us, and the pain that her passing on brings. We wish we could hold you and tell you how much we love you. Sister Adwoa Akyem was always present at all family gatherings ever ready to show commitment We wish we could understand the sudden departure. But He for the family’s wellbeing. She extended her alone knows. motherly care to her the siblings and their children and all other family members when their parent was So…. Sleep on Adwoa Akyem, no more. She clothed us, paid our debts, cleaned all Sleep Tight. our excesses and stood for us on all fronts. Mayyou Rest in Peace, till we meet again. Auntie Adwoa stood between us and our wives and husbands during times of misunderstandings. Yes, she always understood them, making them have their way most of the time so there could be peace in our homes. IN LOVING MEMORY OF MADAM MARYADDAE page 12

Tribute By IN-LAWS To everything, there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven, A time to be born, and a time to die, a time to plant, a time to pluck up that which was planted. Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 We had been by your bed side through that short illness gather us together with the kids, play music and dance for and had shared prayer with you and we assured you that, us all to see just to share a moment of laughter and you will be well, little did we know that, it was our last beautiful pleasantries. You were very supportive and you beautiful moment with you. It was so sudden that it still were there for us through our bad times and shared in all feels unreal. You have been one of the strongest women the beautiful moments with us. we have known in our lives Auntie Adwoa Akyem as we affectionately called her was Through your undivided love for our spouses, you brought a mother to us. The warmth, the smile and the all the in-laws together as one family. You never selflessness you showed us and our families are worth discriminated against anyone. You could sit down and mentioning. You did everything humanely possible to chat us up at the least opportunity to the envy of our keep our marriages and protect our homes. We were spouses. We cannot forget your delicacies that we always privileged to have had you as our mother-in-law and came home to and we will dearly miss those moments. thank you for raising our spouses and never being a meddling mother-in-law. Saying Goodbye is a difficult thing to do, we will never forget you. You had a great gift of making people feel welcomed and we appreciate your welcome of us into the family. Never We love you but your Maker loves you more. for one day did we ever feel like strangers. You were a good woman with a beautiful heart. You had some sense Till we meet again – Fare Thee Well Auntie Adwoa of humor which made every encounter with you a Akyem!!! pleasant one. We remember days where you would just IN LOVING MEMORY OF MADAM MARYADDAE page 13

Hymn CH 365 1 Silently the shades of evening and lay their griefs to rest. 3. Happy the home where prayer is Gather round my lowly door; 2. O magnify the LORD with me, heard Silently they bring before me exalt his holy name; and praise is quick to rise, Faces I shall see no more. when in distress to him I called, where parents love the sacred word he to my rescue came. that makes the simple wise. 2. O the lost, the unforgotten, The hosts of God encamp around Though the world be oft forgot! the dwellings of the just; 4. Lord, let us in our home agree O the shrouded and the lonely, deliv'rance he affords to all This blessed peace to gain; In our hearts they perish not! who in his promise trust. unite our hearts in love to Thee, And love to all will reign. 3 Living in the silent hours, 3. O taste and see that he is good; Where our spirits only blend, experience will decide CH 349 They, unlinked with earthly trouble, how blest are they, and only they 1. Abide with me: fast falls the eventide; We, still hoping for its end. who in the LORD confide. the darkness deepens; Lord, with me Fear him, you saints, and you will then abide.When other helpers fail and 4 How such holy memories cluster, have nothing else to fear; comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O Like the stars when storms are past, make serving him your sole delight, abide with me. Pointing up to that fair heaven your wants shall be his care. We may hope to gain at last. SNS 703 2. Swift to its close ebbs out life's little CH 374 1 Through all the changing scenes of life, day; earth's joys grow dim, its glories in trouble and in joy, 1. Happy the home when God is there, pass away. Change and decay in all the praises of my God shall still and love fills every breast, around I see. where one their wish, and one their prayer, O thou who changest not, abide with and one their heavenly rest. me. my heart and tongue employ. 2. Happy the home where Jesus' name 3. I need thy presence every passing Of his deliv'rance I will boast, is sweet in every ear, hour. till all that are distressed, where children early sing his fame, What but thy grace can foil the from my example comfort take and parents hold him dear. IN LOVING MEMORY OF MADAM MARYADDAE page 14

Hymn tempter's power? Who like thyself 1 Yes, heaven is the prize CH 350, my guide and strength can My soul shall strive to gain; 1. Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah, be?Through cloud and sunshine, O One glimpse of Paradise Pilgrim through this barren land. abide with me. Repays a life of pain. I am weak, but Thou art mighty; Chorus: Hold me with Thy powerful hand. 1 Hark, hark, my soul! Angelic songs 'Tis Heaven, 'tis Heaven is the prize Bread of heaven, are swellingO’er earth’s green fields 'Tis Heaven, 'tis Heaven, Feed me now and evermore; and ocean’s wave-beat shore; How Yes Heaven is the prize. Bread of heaven, sweet the truth those blessed strains Feed me now and evermore. are telling Of that new life when sin 2 Yes, heaven is the prize! shall be no more. Refrain:Angels of My soul, oh! think of this; 2. Open now the crystal fountain, Jesus, Angels of light, All earthly goods despise, Whence the healing waters flow; Singing to welcome the pilgrims of For such a crown of bliss. [Chorus] Let the fire and cloudy pillar the night. Lead me all my journey through. 3 Yes, Heaven is the prize! Strong Deliverer, 2 Onward we go, for still we hear When sorrows press around. Be Thou still my Strength and Shield. them singing: “Come, weary souls, for Look up beyond the skies, Strong Deliverer, Jesus bids you come;” And through Where hope and strength are found. Be Thou still my Strength and Shield. the dark, its echoes sweetly ringing, [Chorus] The music of the gospel leads us 3. When I tread the verge of Jordan, home. [Refrain] 4 Yes, Heaven is the prize! CH 245 Oh! 'tis not hard to gain. Bid my anxious fears subside; 3. Far, far away, like bells at evening He surely wins who tries; Death of death, and hell's destruction, pealing, The voice of Jesus sounds o'er For hope can conquer pain. [Chorus] Land me safe on Canaan's side. land and sea, And laden souls by Songs of praises, I will ever give to Thee; thousands meekly stealing, Songs of praises, I will ever give to Thee. Kind Shepherd, turn their weary steps to Thee. IN LOVING MEMORY OF MADAM MARYADDAE page 15

Hymn 1 the victory of life is won; More about Jesus, I would know, the song of triumph has begun. More of His grace to others show; Alleluia! More of His saving fullness see, More of His love who died for me. 2 The powers of death have done their worst, but Christ their legions has dispersed. Refrain Let shouts of holy joy outburst. More, more about Jesus, Alleluia! More, more about Jesus; More of His saving fullness see, 3 The three sad days are quickly sped; More of His love who died for me. he rises glorious from the dead. All glory to our risen Head. 2 Alleluia! More about Jesus, let me learn, More of His holy will discern; 4 He closed the yawning gates of hell; Spirit of God, my teacher be, the bars from heaven's high portals fell. Showing the things of Christ to me. Let hymns of praise his triumph tell. Alleluia! 3 More about Jesus, in His word, 5 Lord, by the stripes which wounded Holding communion with my Lord; thee, Hearing His voice in every line, from death's dread sting t hy servants free, Making each faithful saying mine. that we may live and sing to thee. Alleluia! Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! 1 The strife is o'er, the battle done; IN LOVING MEMORY OF MADAM MARYADDAE page 16

Appreciation The entire Family and Children of the late MADAM MARY ADDAE wish to express our heartfelt gratitude to you for sharing in our grief. May the Lord meet you all at the point of need. Thank You!! God Bless You!!!