The Rewane and Awani families in Delta State have announced arrangements for the final rite of passage for their late wife, daughter and mother, Dame Esther Jemine Rewane.
TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Dame Rewane, wife of Chief Ogbemi Newe Rewane, the late Ologbosere of Warri, who died at the age of 97 on February 20, 2019, would be celebrated with a cultural dance.
According to a statement by the families, the cultural dance will hold at number 25 Esisi Road in Warri, Delta State on Saturday, May 4, 2019.
Meanwhile, a service of songs will hold at Harbour Point in Victoria Island, Lagos State by 5pm on Monday, April 29, 2019 to be followed by wake keeping at St. Andrew’s Cathedral at 22, Okere Road, Warri, Delta State by 6pm on Thursday, May 2, 2019.
According to the statement, the funeral service for Rewane will hold at St. Andrew’s Cathedral at 22 Okere Road, the reception of guests at 25 Esisi Road, with both events taking place on Friday, May 3, 2010.
The outing service will hold at St. Andrews Cathedral at 22 Okere Road by 10am on Sunday, May 5, 2019
Dame Rewane was the daughter of Mr. Obuku Eguojaghan Afini Awani, a retired civil servant in the Inland Waterways Department of the Federal Ministry of Transport.
The late Mrs. Rewane, an alumni of Queens College in Lagos and Saint Monica College in Onitsha, was fluent in Yoruba, Ibo, Urhobo and Itsekiri.
She was an entrepreneur who operated a medium-scale business in the Warri metropolis over the decades.
She is survived by children, many grand and great grandchildren, brothers, sisters, cousins, nephews and nieces, among whom are a former Vice Chancellor, University of Benin, Professor Grace Alele Williams; a retired general manager of AGIP Nigeria Plc in Port Harcourt, Mr. Victor Awani; and a retired member of the general management of Nexim Bank and Joint Matriculation Board (JAMB), Mrs. Evelyn Rewane-Fabyan.
Others are Mrs. Rosaline Rewane-Dafinone who retired from the NNPC; an economist, Mr. Bismarck Rewane; a director of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs; Mr. Justin Rewane; a senior Vice President at Wells Fargo Bank in Maryland, United States, Ms. Carolyn Rewane; and a Judge in the State of New York in the United States, Mrs. Toyin Damola Akinrolabu.
She was born on April 22, 1922.