All is now set for the funeral of Eziada Patricia Okeoma, mother of Chidiebube Okeoma, the  State correspondent of The PUNCH Newspapers in Imo State.


A statement by the Okeoma family stated that their matriarch will be laid to rest on Thursday, January 11, 2024 in her family compound.


The statement  disclosed that  the service of Songs holds on Wednesday evening, January 10,  while the funeral rites service holds also  at the family compound the next day at Umuduruehie, Aguna village in Anara community in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State.


The funeral service will be conducted by the members of the Living Christ Mission Incorporated.


The journalist, enjoined  friends and well wishers to join the family in bidding his mother farewell, lamenting that the death of his mother had broken his heart and the entire members of the family. 


The statement read partly " our mother, Eziada Patricia Okeoma ( Nee Ezeala) will be laid to rest on Thursday, January 11. Funeral service will be conducted by Living Christ Mission Inc at the family compound at Umuduruehie, Aguna village in Anara community in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State. 


"our mother, a temple mother of the church for 39 years, was a hard working mother and treader who diligently raised her children single handedly after the long sicking period and the eventual death of her husband, our father.


" Our mother will be remembered for her uncommon disposition for peace and unparalleled love for the things of God. She married as a holy woman and remained a holy widow till death. Please join us in according her this last respect."