Wake keeping
The family compound
Ikenegbu, Owerri
Friday 3 December · 6:00 PM
Songs, prayers and stories by lamplight.
Celebrating a life well tended
PaEmmanuel Nwachukwu
1939 – 2027
He planted, and we grew.
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Celebrating a life well tended
PaEmmanuel Nwachukwu
1939 – 2027
The Nwachukwu family invites you to give thanks for the life of their father, grandfather and teacher.
Funeral service · 10:00 AM · Owerri
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He planted, and we grew.
Papa taught history for forty years and spent every evening in his garden. He believed anything would grow if you were patient with it, children included. He went to rest peacefully at eighty-eight. Come and help us give thanks for him.
His children and grandchildren
His life
A young teacher in front of his first class
Ten years married, and still holding hands
Retired, finally, to the vegetable garden
Surrounded by his grandchildren
What he planted
- 40
- years in the classroom
- 3,000+
- students who still call him Sir
- 23
- grandchildren and great-grandchildren
- 1
- garden that never stopped growing
The services
The service dates appear when the leaf unfurls.
The services
Funeral service
Holy Trinity Church
Owerri, Imo
Saturday 4 December · 10:00 AM
Interment is private. The reception follows at the family compound.
Wake keeping
An evening of songs and stories at home.
Funeral service
A service of thanksgiving for his life.
Reception
Lunch in the garden he planted.
Black, white and a little green.
Black and white, with a touch of leaf green for the gardener.
- Leaf green
- Sage
- Soil
- Morning cream
A life, well tended.
Will you join us?
It helps the family to know who is coming. Kindly reply by 26 November 2027.
Good to know
What should I wear?
Black and white, with a touch of green in his honour if you have it.
Can I bring flowers?
He would have preferred a plant. The family will plant every one that arrives in his garden.
Are these photographs of a real person?
No. Everyone pictured is a fictional sample for this design, and the venues are imagined.