John Akubor Obituary, Death – We are deeply saddened to inform the Iona community of the passing of John Akubor, a former student from the senior class of 1984. We are happy to publish Patrick Harding’s touching obituary for John, an Ionian as well, despite our loss: “I am writing to let you know that John Akubor (class of ’84) passed away on Monday evening, May 29, 2023, in his native Nauru.
𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘐𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘰𝘯𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘍𝘳 𝘋𝘢𝘯 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘐𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯’𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘳 𝘒𝘦𝘷 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘍𝘳 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘋𝘢𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘳 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘔𝘤𝘔𝘢𝘩𝘰𝘯, 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳 10 𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘰𝘯𝘢 𝘪𝘯 1982.
𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘰𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘐𝘰𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘐𝘰𝘯𝘢. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘐𝘰𝘯𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 – 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘵𝘰𝘯 – 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘹.
𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺.
𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘐𝘰𝘯𝘢 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘍𝘓, 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘍𝘳 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘔𝘤𝘔𝘢𝘩𝘰𝘯, 𝘎𝘢𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭.
𝘍𝘳 𝘋𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘴 𝘙𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘐𝘰𝘯𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘵 𝘝𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘭 𝘏𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.
𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭, 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘕𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯 𝘍𝘪𝘫𝘪. 𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳, 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘶. 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝘖𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦, 𝘐𝘰𝘯𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯’𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵-𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘋𝘢𝘯 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘰𝘯𝘢 𝘈𝘬𝘶𝘣𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦.
