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OBITUARY
BIRTHThe late shosho FELGONA ALICE OKIYA was born in the year 1933 Mur Village Ngiya Sub-location Siaya County. The parents were the late Mr and Mrs Alunda. She was to The Late Mzee Martin Ooko, Mzee Akison Ooko, Mzee Okelo, among others.EDUCATIONThe late shosho Alice schooled at Ngiya Missionary School in Siaya county upto starndard four(4).CAREERAt an early age she developed interest in tailoring but later on joined cereals business... see moreBIRTHThe late shosho FELGONA ALICE OKIYA was born in the year 1933 Mur Village Ngiya Sub-location Siaya County. The parents were the late Mr and Mrs Alunda. She was to The Late Mzee Martin Ooko, Mzee Akison Ooko, Mzee Okelo, among others.EDUCATIONThe late shosho Alice schooled at Ngiya Missionary School in Siaya county upto starndard four(4).CAREERAt an early age she developed interest in tailoring but later on joined cereals business at Nakuru Municipality Top Market.MARRIAGEThe late shosho met and was married to her beloved husband the late Mzee Jackson Benjamin Steven Okia Oile in 1953. They were blessed with twelve(12) children namely Phoebe Alwala, Rhoda Odongo, The Late Walter Omondi, The Late Paul Okia, The Late Mary Adhiambo, The Late Peter Onyango, Julia Akinyi, Mark Okia, Apeles Akinyi, Kenneth Okia, Benjamin Okia And Daniel Okia.CHURCHThe late shosho Alice was a staunch member of the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) and East African Fellowship TUKUTENDEREZA Ushirika. She started off at Ngiya Anglican Church in her ancestral village. After moving to Nakuru the couple joined St. Christophers Ack Church In Milimani Area. Upon retirement from the municipal council of Nakuru the late Mzee Okia settled at Murungu fram in 1985. The new family church became St. Lukes Ack Church In Tumsifu Area Where She Fellowshipped Until Her Sad Demise. SICKNESS & DEMISEThe late shosho Alice enjoyed good health and was very lucky because by the grace of the Lord she was never admitted in her entire lifetime. However, in 2018 she started ailing and was taken to Evans Sunrise Hospital on several occasions for outpatient treatment. In December 2020 her condition worsened and was put on a wheelchair until she sadly succumbed on New Year 2021. She passed on at the age of eighty eight (88) years.God gave, God has taken, His Holy name be glorified.