Afua 25th May 2015

Dearest Uncle Yosi, how we are missing you, even though the last time I saw you was 10 years ago and we live thousands of miles away; I knew I wanted to write something on this memorial site, so I thought about how much you have been a part of my life. The only picture of me as a baby, that I possess, was taken by Uncle Yosi. I went to school at University Primary, along with many of my cousins because of Uncle Yosi; as I understand, it was a school for the staff and workers of the University. I would walk home to Uncle Yosi’s house with my best friend Cecelia. Because of this, I got to see more of my cousins Afua “Legon”, Kwamena, Kofi “Legon” and William if they were around. Auntie Mildred always had my lunch ready for me. When Brian and I got married and went home to Ghana for our honeymoon, we stayed at Volta Hall, arranged by Uncle Yosi. We had a few visits to the house and enjoyed the company of Uncle Yosi and Auntie Mildred. On subsequent visits to Ghana various lunches were organised at venues in Legon, courtesy of Uncle Yosi. We’ve had numerous gifts of books inscribed by Uncle Yosi. We treasure them. Every Christmas, it has become tradition that I write a “Round Robin letter” of our past year’s “happenings”. Uncle Yosi always replied with some lovely comments showing genuine interest in all of us and our activities. I genuinely regret that Emily Adjoa and George Kweku did not get to meet dear Uncle Yosi in person. Uncle Yosi was a true humanitarian and made everyone feel truly special. He will be sadly missed but remembered with very fond memories. Angelina Afua Hunter (nee Laing)