it i s with sadness I write this eulogy for my uncle Luke; nonetheless my sadness is tempered with gratitude for the length of years Uncle Luke had. Death is a horrid occurrence it severs in one fell swoop all that we have known all our lives; our loved ones just simply vanish. As a young boy growing up i knew my father had two elder brothers and three younger brothers, they were a close knit family but the closeness between uncle Luke and my dad was particularly striking. they had after all been born very close in age in Bukuru grew up together with their uncle in Aba and had a close physical resemblance and mannerism. I remember seeing my father distraught and extremely apprehensive for the first time in my young life; at the time he had just found that uncle Luke would be undergoing a serious surgical operation i also remember his elation on the success of that surgery; thus through my fathers eyes I saw uncle Luke; a cultured reserved and moderate man. who i believe made my family proud by his conduct and achievements on this earth; his death is particularly painful as we lost his younger brother (my father) barely four years ago. I remember uncle Luke at his brothers wake and funeral and now i am writing this.
To my Aunty Ursla ;cousins Susan Renatta and Uzo, please take heart; nothing can bring him back in the physical form but we know the soul lives eternal and surely we shall be reunited one day. Uncle Luke now your with your parents, my aunty celine and my father; you shall not be short of company Rest well uncle till we meet to part no more
