Memories of Maureen "Lady Mau" Ogechukwu Oddie-Okeke | Ever Loved

Notifications

No notifications

Load more

In memory of

Maureen "Lady Mau" Ogechukwu Oddie-Okeke

Lagos, Nigeria

January 17, 1961 - August 17, 2020

Jan 17, 1961 - Aug 17, 2020

In lieu of flowers

Please consider a gift to American Cancer Society.

Learn more & give
Help keep everyone in the know by sharing this memorial website.

Share

Story

Condolence

Year (Optional)

Location (Optional)

Caption

YouTube/Facebook/Vimeo Link

Caption

Who is in this photo?

Or start with a template for inspiration

About you

What was your relationship to Lady Mau?

Cancel

By posting this memory, you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Notice.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Unoma and Ekwunife Okoli

Maureen,
You were a gentle, peaceful and loving soul... though your time with us was shorter than we would have wished for, you gave of yourself selflessly that we shall strive to live by the example you set for us. May your soul rest in perfect peace IJN🙏🏾. Unoma and Ekwunife Okoli

Read More Read Less

Blessing Duke

We met @Marble House ,Falomo , Ikoyi where she had her office 2004 then I was working in the same building. Several times we smiled at each other and the smiles led to friendship only to realise we shared sisters Rita and Enemo , we then became family.
Sister Mau was simply waiting at all times with words of encouragement demystifying whatever pains and challenges I shared with her. She introduced me to BMJS where my boys met their senior sister Kamsy and Dumeje. Kamsy is another sister Mau in the making for she lovingly helped my boys settle into BMJS .
Sister Mau taught me a few things in life but I need to say this, she displayed humility, patience and tolerance at the peak. Her modesty is simply a school. Always saying to me Bleble don't worry all is well. I learnt from her while alive and amazingly I have also learnt from her even in death as she seems to be asking with her smile, "Bleble who are your friends?"
Rest in peace big sister I have heard you.
Your God is alive and so much on his throne. Yours babies are under his canopy of love.
Rest on Sister Mau!
Blessing Duke

Read More Read Less

Nkiru Chinweze

Shared a heart

Please consider a gift to American Cancer Society.

$20.00

Raised by 1 person

Learn more & give

Nkiru Chinweze

My God-fearing, kind, extra-humble sister-in-law, Mau-Mau. Quietly a fashionista!! A good woman. Uniquely made. Always had a smile. You had a warm and generous, gentle heart. You always had a kind, soothing line for all circumstances. I can still hear you say "...don't worry, it is well". Mau-Mau, we are still deeply pained by your loss. A cruel loss. You've definitely left a void in the world. You will be forever missed, never forgotten! We'll hold on to the beautiful memories of you.

The silent strength, dignity and grace with which you bore that horrific illness was admirable and awe-inspiring. You stayed faith-filled, prayerful and courageous to the end. God bless your good soul.
May our good Lord continue to comfort all the heart-broken left behind especially your children, who are a testament to your well-delivered motherly skills. May your gentle soul rest in peace. It is indeed well with you as you sing Halleluia praises with heavenly angels!!

Rest in perfect peace in the Lord, Sis, rest well.

Nkiru Chinweze

Read More Read Less

Pst Gladys Nwankwo

Our Beloved Sister and Friend Maumau,
May the good Lord continue to grant you Rest and Peace in His Bosom, till we meet again.
Though you have gone to be with the Lord, your departure is like a wake up call to all of us your friends that are living.
Our prayer is the the Almighty God should comfort your husband and your children and all of us in Jesus name.
A lot had been said about our beloved sister. Permit me to let you know that she was a woman of Faith and Prayers that was always ready to say sorry for Peace to Reign. She was eating prayer like food when she was here with us.
The earth had lost But heaven has gained. To God be all the glory in Jesus name.
Adieu our loving and humble and ready to sacrifice all to make others happy sister.
From us Psts Steve and Gladys Nwankwo.
Rccg Everlasting Arms Houston Texas.
+17235188130.

Read More Read Less

1

Comments:

Pst Gladys Nwankwo

+17135188130 +17135188130 +17135188130

Share your sympathy. Send flowers from a local florist to Lady Mau's family or funeral.

Browse sympathy flowers

Roseline Hamakim

Lady Maureen,
I don't have any memory of you in Queens School but the testimonials speak volumes about you. Your good works and love for God attest to the fact that you lived a life that mirrors the life of our Saviour Jesus Christ. You have run your race and finished your course, may you recieve that crown of righteousness that He has prepared for you.
Rest on angel till the resurrection morning. May the Lord comfort your family, buddies and the entire Queens School family.
Yours in Christ,
Roseline Hamakim
Queens School, 1979 Set

Read More Read Less

Angela Chinweze

My dearest Mau-Mau,

Where do l begin? To say that l am still in complete shock and in denial is grossly an understatement. The memories of our last get together in London just a few months ago and your visit back to the US for a wedding are still so vivid. Those memories are what is sustaining me, but at same time, leaves such hollow space in my heart. The faithful believers never question God’s actions but l have to admit that my faith has been badly tested of late. I haven’t stopped asking why!? Mau, as l pen this note, l can hear you say-Angela, ‘tis well, it’s God’s will. I have to believe that. God knows best and thy will be done.

Mau-Mau, THANK YOU for being the best sister in-law anyone could ever hope for. The way you welcomed me into your family with open arms and the undeniable love you gave, l will forever be grateful. Will miss our candid and not so candid conversations, your ‘no wahala’ way of dealing with stressful situations, your strong faith in God which never wavered, your love for family, friends and strangers alike. I can go on and on. You touched so many lives in ways unimaginable. You were a God sent, an Angel. It is no wonder God has called you back so soon. l am comforted knowing that you can’t be anywhere but in thy Holy Kingdom spreading your love and looking looking down at us with that beautiful smile of yours and uttering the words-it is well.

It is well. Mau-Mau, l am honored to have shared this world with you. We will meet again. Rest in perfect peace.

Angela Chinweze

Read More Read Less

Nnenna Ojiako

2018, Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria

A wedding of a friends daughter at Lekki.

Read More Read Less

Nnenna Ojiako

Mau Mau my dear sister and friend and confidant, it’s tough for me to write this but the reality is that you were an angel that came and fulfilled her purpose on earth. You reached out to me and my family in our most difficult moments in life. My husband and children can never forget Aunty Maureen. I recall during our family’s brief sojourn to Festac when you found out, you literally stood in as a sister which you are to me , comforted us, encouraged us all , cooked assorted meals for us, brought your children to our temporary abode then to cheer my children under those challenging moments. Your home was our comfort zone home till we went back to Surulere and years later we ended up as neighbors. We had our moments alone in Gods presence and we prayed through our life’s challenges but what was most exciting was seeing God intervene for our children through admissions and academic huddles our major prayer points. Maureen you were a praying Mother. I saw God manifest the interventions in your family.
We usually had our prayers sessions together regularly and never stopped till it was difficult for you to communicate. What challenged me about you was your deep undiluted love for God evidenced in your quiet time with God. Amazing!
Maureen you impacted me positively with your humility, kindness,
unassuming nature, forthrightness and dedication to the things of God, this bonded us together and definitely I know that your gentle soul is resting in perfect peace with your maker.
We are assured that your family you left behind and your beautiful Children are protected and safe in Gods hands
Adieu my peaceful De Mau onye Udo., Ezigbo Nmadu, Ada Jesus gaa Nke Oma.

Read More Read Less

Stella Ozojiofor

Oge, my sweet sister & confidant. You were a good human being. Very tolerant & caring. Since the strange ailment that led to your death started ,we have been in the presence of the Lord pleading but God loved you more and decided to call you back. You fought gallantly , now rest in the bosom of the Lord nwannem & watch over your family.
Chinyelu Ozojiofor.

Read More Read Less

Funmi Nwanguma

SPECIAL YOU-LADY MAUREEN

Sometimes you meet a person you just click, you are comfortable with them like you have known them all your life and you don’t have to pretend to be anyone or anything.

My relationship with Lady Mau was short but highly impactful. She had this special smile that can melt any heart, honestly the most humble person I ever met in my life.

A beautiful soul in and out, lover of peace, very accommodating, genuine, a true giver and a LOYAL friend.

Lady Mau is a friend that will drop everything to help or listen and never ask for anything in return, someone who loves you for who you are and remind you about your greatness when you need to hear it. Radiates genuine love, positivity and gave from within.

Sis you fought a good fight, heaven gained an Angel.

Continue to rest in peace

Funmi Nwanguma

Read More Read Less

Uloma Ubani Ndu

Mau ,was a rare kind ,full of grace and beauty . Lived an inspiring life of selflessness and large heart in friendship. Adieu our sweet soul . Uloms.

Read More Read Less

Kate Ohale

A kind, loving and wholly accepting human being I have ever known. A unique ability to see the silver lining in every situation, always ready with a compliment.
You're gone too soon and so unexpectedly, Mau, but I know you are now among the angels. May He who has called you home be with, comfort and heal the heartbreak your passing has caused to those you left behind, your loving family and friends. You are missed! Adieu Mau. Rest in perfect peace. Kitty.

Read More Read Less

CONSTANCE OBI

1

CONSTANCE OBI

A tribute to my dear friend Mau Mau

My heart still aches MauMau but I am consoled by the fact that you are in a better place now, resting in Peace.

We met Maureen in 1990 when I joined Century Merchant Bank. From the beginning You adopted me as her junior sister, always looking out for and checking up on me.

You were a woman with strong faith and complete trust in God Almighty.

I remember the days when we had prayer meetings in the library in Century Merchant Bank during our lunch hour.

On one of those days August 9th, 1995 to be precise, You prophesied that I would give birth to twin boys. I fell pregnant that August and was delivered of twin sons in April 1996.

Through the years You always remembered the twins birthday, You would always call on their birthdays, sometimes visit always bearing gifts. Maureen you were kind, generous and completely selfless.

We were always in touch. In June of 2018 You called me to tell me you had this incessant cough and were going to the US to have it investigated. I paid you surprise visit in Houston in August of 2018. We spent a wonderful afternoon together.

When your treatment continued in London, I had the opportunity to visit you on several occasion, the last time was in February this year. Every time I visited, Maureen, You would be the one fussing over me, preparing different meals. It was just who you were. Your generosity of spirit was unlike any other. Always giving of yourself. In spite of the pain you were in you carried yourself with such grace.

It was a real blessing to have had you in my life. I can still hear your voice in my head and you will forever be in my heart.

May the Lord strengthen and comfort your Children Uzo, Chiemelie, Camsi and Dumeje, Your Husband and your entire family in Jesus Name Amen

Ga nke oma ezigbo nwa nmem.

Adieu my dear friend

Constance Obi

Read More Read Less

Chiazor Kodilinye

TRIBUTE TO A BEAUTIFUL/NOBLE LADY OGE CHINWEZE-OKEKE MY WORTHY IN LAW

News of your passing on hit me like thunderbolt into my ear. That was on Special Day the 17th of August 2020 when my daughter Onyeoma called to wish me happy birthday only to add that there was sad news and stated that our beloved and cherished OGE was no more. I was still to come to terms with the passing on of my beloved elder brother Sir Barr Chike Arinze whose Service Of Songs was slated in the evening of the same day when this terrible bombshell dropped. I had no option but to shout Heyi! Heyi! Heyi! because that morning during my Quiet Time I reminded God that All I need was for Him to perform a miracle concerning Oge so she can go back to her lovely family in Lagos.

Precisely on the 26th of December 2019 Oge in company of Tony and Ada Harris-Eze, children and some family friends visited to enjoy a family get together with Nkem and Onyeoma Adigwe's family in Ipswich. That visit on Boxing Day will forever remain memorable and indelible in my life. Our beloved Oge enjoyed every second of the day appreciating the delicious dishes served us that day.
Few days later the Adigwe family had a return match to the Harris-Eze's in London. Our beloved and caring Oge was on top of that visit as she served us sumptuous Yam/Vegetable Anambra lunch, so delicious that both adults and children enjoyed eating. Lunch over I had a really good chat with our beloved Oge during which she told me the story of her life. That chat touched me so much and increased my admiration and respect for her. That also reminded me of the good time Oge and I, with her retinue of friends from Lagos, had when in 2017 we attended the wedding ceremony of our mutual friend's daughter in Dubai.
Our beloved Oge is very caring and I can never forget her promise that as soon as I came back to Enugu in January I should remind her to arrange for her son to send down some bottles of special fried groundnut - a promise she fulfilled as soon as I landed in Enugu. I discovered in Oge a selfless, caring, loving, dependable woman with a heart of gold.
The Book of Ecclesiastes 3:2 tells us that there is: "A time to be born, and a time to die, .....". The Almighty God has decreed that He needs an Angel to come home and we cannot question Him. My heart goes ti her Lively/Outgoing Husband, her children, siblings, The Adigwe and Chinweze Families and Oge's numerous loving friends. May we all be consoled that Oge is in a better place at rest with her Maker.
Our beloved Oge Sleep On In Perfect Peace In The Lord's Bosom Till We Meet
To Part No More!

ADIEU NWANYI OBI OMA!
ADIEU CARING SOUL!
ADIEU SEFLESS LADY!
ADIEU LOVING SOUL!

EZINNE CHIAZOR KODILINYE
YOUR IN LAW

Read More Read Less

1

Helen Nwaobi

Ngozi Muo

Shared a heart

Victor CHINWEZE

Shared a heart

Victor CHINWEZE

This feeling of,
"Is it 'Oge, be-anyi' that they are talking about? "Oge, dead?".
Every second of the time since the sad news of the demise of Oge Chinweze, Oddie-Okeke, drew-in the sad reality that our amiable OgeChi is no more.
It is sad!
It is painful!
...to lose such a dear one to the cold hand of death!

Maureen was always welcoming with warmth and assuring smile. Her willingness and easiness to converse-with and her show of real care endeared her to family and all who came-by.
She would speak with deep concern and to interrogate any weak link at proffering achievable ways for a desired milestone.

...'GeChi! As Ocheaku (Late Chief F. A. Chinweze - Oge's Dad) would fondly call her!
'GeChi! You will surely be missed.
It is hurting to come to terms with your death, but only God's Will be done!

OgeChi, jee nke oma!
And may your gentle soul rest in the perfect peace of the Most High God. Amen!!

- Victor CHINWEZE (UbaChukwu)

Read More Read Less

Christopher Ifekandu

Ogechi, may our everlasting god grant you eternal grace and peace. May he adore you as we friends and family attest to a remarkable being, your selflessness and joy and hope in and for others. You lived an exemplary life not only for you but for your nearest and dearest. May they in turn be comforted for all that you were and may god shroud them all with the love and warmth to bear your immeasurable loss. God love you always
Meto Ifekandu

Read More Read Less

Olufunke Enitan Sowole

Maureen, dmore as I used to call her when she was alive was an epitome of the virtuous woman typified in Proverbs 31. She was an eternal optimistic; forever seeing the good in people & situation no matter what. Maureen was a hardworking, compassionate, dogged & diligent woman. She can give her last penny to someone in need disregarding her own needs. Maureen was large hearted and tolerant. I will miss her calling me enibabe! May Almighty God grant her eternal rest in Jesus Mighty name. 🙏
Enitan Sowole

Read More Read Less

Uzor Monu

There is a time for everything: a time to be born and a time to die. This well-known Bible passage did not make the shock and sadness of the passing of a cherished friend, Maureen any less.

Maureen was my junior at Queens School Enugu. We met years after at Century Merchant Bank where we worked together and became closer. Maureen had a nickname at the Bank, ‘Namibia’, because she effectively managed Namibia Social Fund.

Mau-Mau, you were a beautiful lady inside and out. You were not only caring and gentle but loving and authentic with people, saying what needed to be said in the interest of everyone. You were so pleasant that you always saw the good in your friends. Your smile can light up a room. As I think of you, Colossians 3:12 comes to mind, “… as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience”. You were an embodiment of these virtues.

During your last weeks, you believed that you could "pass through raging waters in the sea and not drown" because God was with you. You had an unshakable faith and believed that God would come through for you. Well, He did. He chose you to relocate to a better place and be free from pain and the turmoil of this world.

I celebrate your life and the legacy you have left. I give God all the glory for a life well lived. Your good memories will forever be remembered.

Rest in peace dear Mau-Mau, till we meet to part no more.

Uzor Anyaegbuna Monu

Read More Read Less

Pamela Ibeh

Mau Mau,
I still have no words to describe the shock of your demise. My last conversation with you was filled with your usual cheer and goodwill, with no hint of malaise. Your kind, affable personality made you a great friend. You were more than a classmate and will be greatly missed. Rest in the Lord, in whose sight you're precious.

Read More Read Less

Rosemary Chikwendu

Mau de Mau, the news of your demise hit me like a thunderbolt. I've tried to make sense of it all, but in vain.
I've resigned to the belief that God calls home His best, yes His best.
You were different, so so different.
I can't remember ever seeing you angry, or have I heard you raise your voice, or seen you without a smile?
I've heard about your battle, it bleeds my heart that I did not get the chance to say a word of prayers 😪
God knows best.
You have now recieved your crown of glory.
Rest well my dear Mau de Mau.
Rest well.

Read More Read Less

Dilibe Chinweze

Memorial video by Rita Uruakpa

Read More Read Less

1

Helen Nwaobi

Get notified when new photos, stories and other important updates are shared.

Connect with others in a formal or informal capacity.

View grief support

Please consider a gift to American Cancer Society.

$20.00

Raised by 1 person

Learn more & give

Share your sympathy. Send flowers from a local florist to Lady Mau's family or funeral.

Browse sympathy flowers

Created with love by Dilibe Chinweze (Lady Mau's sister).

Report memorial