Re: Biography - Amoge Ifeora-Umeugo
Born in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria (West Africa) on July 13, 1962
She was one of five girls and one brother raised by strict, conservative and God
fearing-parents in Enugu, Nigeria.
Her elementary education was at Christ Church Primary School, Enugu.
She attended Queen of the Rosary College Nsukka Nigeria for High School.
At the University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, she first obtained a BS (Bachelor
of Science) degree in Zoology in 1986, and a MS (Master’s degree) in Banking /
Finance in 1988
She migrated to the United States in 1989, and met her "baby" Oswald
Onyedikachukwu Umeugo in New York, who became her darling husband in 1991.
Amoge joined Oswald in Connecticut where they started a family with the arrival
of Junior in 1993, Amogechukwu in 2001 and Chibuzo in 2005.
She commenced a career marked by compassion working for the Connecticut
Institute for the Blind. She excelled at her job, loved and admired by
colleagues and clients alike.
She remained a dedicated employee of the State of Connecticut in the Department
of Development Services until her death on September 24, 2009
Amoge Ifeora-Umeugo leaves behind her dedicated husband, Osward Onyedikachukwu
Umeugo, her sensitive and sensible children Onyedikachi Umeugo Jr. (Son),
Amogechukwu Adaugo Umeugo (Daughter), and
Chibuzo Ndubisi Umeugo (Son), her loving mother Mrs Christina Meniru Ifeora, her
forever sisters Mrs Uchenna
Obierika, Mrs. Ngozi Obiaku, Mrs Ayodele Okoli, and Ms. Nkechi Ifeora, her
brother Ebuka Ifeora, her supportive brothers-in-law Dr. Austin Obiaku and Rtd.
Air Vice Marshall Osi Obierika, several cousins,, nieces and nephews, and a host
of close friends.
Amoge was preceded in death by her father Mr. Albert Ifeora in 1992, and her
dearly beloved brother Dr. Chibuzo Ifeora in 1996