In loving memory

Samuel Kabu Kudadjie

Rest in perfect peace

Samuel KabuKudadjie

A man of principle

Husband·Father·Dad·Son·Brother·Uncle

1966 – 2026

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“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”

2 Timothy 4 : 7

His Life

Sixty years, well spent

An engineer who could fix almost anything, a singer who led his church’s Singing Band, and a father who walked his children to school. This is his story, as his family tells it.

I

Chapter I

Early life & education

Samuel Kabu Kudadjie was born on 26th January 1966 in Accra to Mr. Cephas Tetteh Kudadjie of the Kudadjie family of Ada Foah, and Madam Florence Adei Kotey of Nii Kotey, La Klanaa We.

He began his education at Mataheko 1 & 2 Primary School and continued at Teshie Middle School, where he sat for the Common Entrance Examination. He excelled and gained admission to Wesley Grammar Secondary School. His outstanding performance there earned him a place at the Accra Technical Training Centre (ATTC).

From his early years, Samuel showed an extraordinary ability to fix things and to help those in need. He was inquisitive by nature, eager to understand how things worked and how they could be made to work again when they failed. His curiosity drew him into engineering, a career built on the ability to repair, build and improve the machines of our world with both hands and mind.

Determined as he was, Samuel set his path firmly towards auto mechanical engineering.

Samuel as a baby, sitting with a bead necklace
Born 26 January 1966, Accra

The road through school

  1. Mataheko 1 & 2 Primary School

    Where it began

  2. Teshie Middle School

    Sat the Common Entrance Examination

  3. Wesley Grammar Secondary School

    Admitted on merit

  4. Accra Technical Training Centre

    Auto mechanical engineering

II

Chapter II

Hands and mind

Samuel graduated from ATTC with good honours and spent his working life around machines: repairing them, building them and improving them. He worked hard, rose through the ranks and was rewarded for it more than once.

His siblings put it plainly: he was a dedicated professional who never joked with his work.

  1. 01

    Accra Technical Training Centre

    Training

    Graduated with good honours

    Auto mechanical engineering.

  2. 02

    Construction Pioneers

    5 years

    Internship attachment

    Where his working life began.

  3. 03

    Ghana Civil Aviation Authority

    Rose through the ranks

    Driven by hard work and determination.

  4. 04

    Ghana Rubber Industry

    A new position

  5. 05

    Interplast Company Ltd

    8 years

    Distinguished awards

    Recognised for hard work, discipline and loyalty.

  6. 06

    Duraplast Company Ltd

    15 years

    Promoted for diligence and productivity

    Posted to other parts of the country. Retired in December 2025.

Samuel receiving an award with a handshake
Recognised for hard work, discipline and loyalty
Samuel and a colleague in overalls and hard hats, working on equipment by the water
Hands on
Samuel operating pipe-making machinery in the field
Hands and mind at work
Samuel with colleagues in orange overalls and hard hats
With his colleagues
23

years across Interplast and its subsidiary Duraplast, until he retired in December 2025.

In his own words

“I am a man of principles.”

He said it often, his children remember, and he lived by it. He showed them how to be confident without being arrogant, humble without being timid, and firm without being unjust.

III

Chapter III

His faith in God

Samuel with three others in white choir robes
The Singing Band
Samuel in a white and purple choir robe
Robed for service
Samuel with fellow church members, holding hymn books
In fellowship

“Service to mankind is service to God.”

Beyond his professional life, Samuel was a devoted Christian whose faith was central to his identity. He was baptised at John Wesley Methodist Church, Accra, and raised in a Christian home. He was confirmed at Bethlehem Methodist Church (Russia), where he joined the Youth Fellowship.

In serving the Lord he found his voice, first in the church choir and then in the Singing Band. His Christian life mirrored his career: steady, committed and growing. That commitment led him into leadership, and he served two consecutive terms as Chairman of the Singing Band. Under his leadership the group grew substantially in membership, reputation and quality.

He believed in a cause greater than himself and carried that spirit of truth and love into all his relationships.

Baptised

John Wesley Methodist Church, Accra

Confirmed

Bethlehem Methodist Church (Russia)

Sang

Church choir, then the Singing Band

Led

Two terms as Chairman of the Singing Band

He was known as enduring, caring and kind-hearted. The well-being of others was always a priority to him, not only his immediate family but everyone around him. He checked on people and offered help whenever he could, not through grand gestures but through practical action. For these qualities he was loved and admired by many.

IV

Chapter IV

As a husband and father

Samuel was deeply invested in the well-being of his family. His children will remember him not only for what he provided, but for the lessons embedded in his daily life:

  1. i.the importance of helping others
  2. ii.the dignity of honest work
  3. iii.the responsibility of caring for family
  4. iv.the importance of faith

In his own words, he was a man of principles. He fulfilled what the Lord Almighty assigned him to do on earth.

A father to his children, and to everything left in his care.

He is survived by his loving wife, Madam Janet Aku Kudadjie, and three children: Aaron, Benedicta and Lilian.

Samuel and Janet, around the time Aaron was born
Samuel and Janet, when Aaron was born
Samuel and Janet with their newborn baby
A new arrival
Samuel and Janet in traditional cloth with a toddler and a ball
Early days

Remembered as

In the words of those who loved him

PrincipledCaringKind-heartedFunnyDisciplinedPresentStrongPeacefulFaithfulProtectorEnduringSuperhero

The little things

“He polished our shoes and ironed our clothes.”

His children

“He fed us breakfast and walked us to school.”

His children

“He took the boys for haircuts all the time.”

His nephews & nieces

“He shared money with us whenever he came to visit.”

His nephews & nieces

“We sang worship songs together with Mum after church rehearsals.”

His children

“He always made sure to thank you and remember your kindness.”

His siblings

“He loved and cherished our children as his own.”

His siblings

“Whenever I had a concern, he dutifully looked after me.”

His mother

Tributes

Letters to Kabu

From his wife, his children, his mother, his brothers and sisters, and his nephews and nieces.

Tribute by Wife

“I saw the man behind the discipline and the strong exterior.”

My beloved Samuel,

How does a wife say goodbye to the man she shared her life with?

There are moments when words simply fail. I have tried to find the right words to describe what you meant to me, but how can I put years of love, memories, companionship and a lifetime together into a few paragraphs?

You were my husband, my companion and the father of our children. You were the man with whom I shared the joys of life, the challenges, the responsibilities, and the everyday moments that made our home what it was. You cared deeply about your family. You wanted to know that everyone was alright, and you were always ready to help whenever you could.

Your concern for others was not something you simply spoke about; it was part of who you were.

Gallery

A life in pictures

At work, at church, at home and at celebrations with the people he loved.

You won’t find many portraits of him. He preferred living in the moment to posing for pictures, and he usually shied away from the camera. That makes every photograph here all the more precious.

Hymns

The songs he loved to sing

He found his voice in the church choir and the Singing Band. These are the hymns chosen for his service.

Verse 1

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!O, what a foretaste of glory divine!Heir of salvation, purchase of God,born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.

Refrain

This is my story, this is my song,praising my Saviour all the day long;this is my story, this is my song,praising my Saviour all the day long.

Verse 2

Perfect submission, perfect delight,visions of rapture now burst on my sight;angels descending, bring from aboveechoes of mercy, whispers of love.

Verse 3

Perfect submission, all is at rest,I in my Saviour am happy and blest;watching and waiting, looking above,filled with His goodness, lost in His love.

▶ Listen to this hymn

Verse 1

When peace like a river attendeth my way,when sorrows like sea billows roll;whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say,“It is well, it is well with my soul.”

Refrain

It is well with my soul;it is well, it is well with my soul.

Verse 2

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,let this blest assurance control:that Christ has regarded my helpless estate,and has shed his own blood for my soul.

Verse 3

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!My sin, not in part, but the whole,is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more;praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

Verse 4

O Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,the clouds be rolled back as a scroll;the trump shall resound and the Lord shall descend;even so, it is well with my soul.

▶ Listen to this hymn

Verse 1

Captain of Israel’s host, and Guideof all who seek the land above,beneath Thy shadow we abide,the cloud of Thy protecting love;our strength, Thy grace; our rule, Thy Word;our end, the glory of the Lord.

Verse 2

By Thine unerring Spirit led,we shall not in the desert stray;we shall not full direction need,nor miss our providential way;as far from danger as from fear,while Love, almighty Love, is near.

Verse 3

We’ve no abiding city here,but seek a city out of sight;thither our steady course we steer,aspiring to the plains of light;Jerusalem, the saints’ abode,whose founder is the living God.

▶ Listen to this hymn

Verse 1

Abide with me: fast falls the eventide;the darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide.When other helpers fail and comforts flee,Help of the helpless, O abide with me.

Verse 2

Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day;earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away.Change and decay in all around I see.O Thou who changest not, abide with me.

Verse 3

I need Thy presence every passing hour.What but Thy grace can foil the tempter’s power?Who like Thyself my guide and strength can be?Through cloud and sunshine, O abide with me.

Verse 4

I fear no foe with Thee at hand to bless,ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.Where is death’s sting? Where, grave, thy victory?I triumph still, if Thou abide with me.

Verse 5

Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes.Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies.Heaven’s morning breaks and earth’s vain shadows flee;in life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.

▶ Listen to this hymn

Funeral arrangements

Burial, Memorial & Thanksgiving

Samuel Kabu Kudadjie will be laid to rest at Ada Foah, home of the Kudadjie family.

There will be no wake-keeping on Friday, 6th November 2026.

Dress code

Red or black, on both Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday, 7th November 2026

Burial, Memorial & Thanksgiving Service

8:00 am

Faith Evangelical Mission Worldwide, Faith Cathedral, Mataheko, Accra

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Saturday, 7th November 2026

Interment

After the service

Ada Foah Public Cemetery

Private burial

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Saturday, 7th November 2026

Funeral Rites

Faith Evangelical Mission Worldwide, Faith Cathedral, Mataheko, Accra

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Sunday, 8th November 2026

Thanksgiving Service

9:00 am

Faith Evangelical Mission Worldwide, Faith Cathedral, Mataheko, Accra

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All are cordially invited.

Order of service · Part I

At Faith Cathedral, Mataheko

Processional hymns: Blessed Assurance and It is well with my soul

  1. 1Musical InterludeOrganist
  2. 2Opening PrayerHymn: Captain of Israel’s Host
  3. 3Call to Worship
  4. 4Scripture Reading
  5. 5Hymn
  6. 6Biography / Tributes
  7. 7Hymn / Song Ministration
  8. 8Offertory
  9. 9Sermon
  10. 10Prayers for the Family
  11. 11Support / Appeals for Family
  12. 12Announcements
  13. 13Closing Prayer / Benediction
  14. 14Dead March
  15. 15Recessional Hymn

Order of service · Part II

At the graveside

  1. 16HymnAbide with me
  2. 17Opening Prayer
  3. 18Exhortation
  4. 19Committal
  5. 20Laying of wreath
  6. 21Vote of thanks
  7. 22Benediction

Officiating ministers

  • Chief Bishop Bobby Harley Neequaye
  • Deputy Chief Bishop Stanley Clottey
  • General Secretary Enock Clottey
  • Apostle Ebenezer Aryee
  • Apostle Alex Okla
  • Rev. Gerald Kumi
  • Rev. Augustine Thomas
  • Pastor Edwin Aryee
  • Pastor Kesse
  • Pastor Mrs. Angelina Laryea
  • Pastor Mrs. Grace Aryee
  • Pastor Martina Otoo
  • Pastor Seth Amui
  • Pastor Ebo Annobil
  • Very Rev. Joel A.P. Yawson (Methodist Church, Ada Foah)

Family

Those he leaves behind

Samuel with his mother and siblings at a celebration in her honour
With his mother and siblings
Madam Janet Aku Kudadjie
Janet
Madam Florence Adei Kotey, his mother
His mother, Madam Florence Adei Kotey
Aaron Katey Kudadjie
Aaron
Benedicta Kaki Kudadjie
Benedicta
Lilian Korkor Kudadjie
Lilian
Widow

Madam Janet Aku Allotey

Children

Aaron Katey Kudadjie

Benedicta Kaki Kudadjie

Lilian Korkor Kudadjie

Mother

Madam Florence Adei Kotey

Father

Cephas Kudadjie (of blessed memory)

Siblings

Ex. WO1 Quartey Ebenezer

Madam Elizabeth Kabuki Kudadjie

Mrs. Regina Kabukuor Amoah (USA)

Madam Angela Lebene Amevor

Chief Bishop Bobby Harley Neequaye and the Faith Evangelical Mission Worldwide, Mataheko, Asafoatse Oworhu III (Ocansey Korpe), the Kudadjie families of Ocansey Korpe, Ada Foah, Kadjanya, Akplabanya and Anyakpor, together with the allied families of Ametameh, Akpakli, Ametepey, Dornor, Oklah, Ackwerh, Adotevi, Kabu, Siameh, Lamptey, Quartey, Okai We, Tagoe and Wilson, announce with Resurrection Hope the peaceful passing on into glory of their beloved Samuel Kabu Kudadjie.

The wider familyUncles and aunties, cousins, nephews and nieces, and chief mourners, as listed in the obituary

Uncles & aunties

  • Janet Amaku Kudadjie
  • Thomas Lankai Lamptey (& Sis.)
  • Madam Comfort Deide Okai
  • Emmanuel Osmond-Lamptey (Bros. & Sis.)
  • Madam Barbara Adei Kotey
  • Mrs. Esther Adei Mensah
  • Mrs. Cynthia Odonkor
  • Mr. Kpakpo Allotey (& Sis.), Mataheko

Cousins

  • Jeremiah Ayiku Kudadjie (& Bros.)
  • Asem Osabutey
  • Samuel Kpakpo Adotevi (Bros. & Sis.)
  • Florence Serwa Darko
  • Samuel Akplehe Kudadjie (Bros. & Sis.)
  • John Katey Kudadjie (Accra; & Sis.)
  • Peace Bamssey (Bros. & Sis.)
  • Adede Kudadjie (Abossey Okai; Bros. & Sis.)
  • Lani Zanyoh (Bros. & Sis.)
  • John Kabutey Kudadjie (Madina/Kadja; Bros. & Sis.)
  • Ohui Siameh (Bros. & Sis.)
  • Ebenezer Adotey Adotevi (Bros. & Sis.)
  • Patience Adede Ocansey (Bros. & Sis.)
  • Dorothy Ackwerh (Bros. & Sis.)
  • Kabu Kudadjie (Bosuso; Bros. & Sis.)
  • Dornu Sarpong (Bros. & Sis.)
  • Korleki Agbloe
  • Divine Lumor (South Africa)
  • Alice Dugbatey (Bros. & Sis.)
  • Janet Aku Allotey (Bros. & Sis.)
  • Tetteh Kabu (Bros. & Sis.)
  • Emmanuel Ayiku Kudadjie (Bros. & Sis.)
  • Julie Dzandu (Bros. & Sis.)
  • Rev. Jacinta Ashley (Bros. & Sis.)
  • Madam Margaret Naa Dodua Darko
  • Naa Akle Odonkor (Bros. & Sis.)
  • Madam Victoria Omertiorkor Okai-Kwaku (Bros. & Sis.)
  • Rapheal Sevor Mensah (Bros. & Sis.)
  • Mrs. Rebecca Naa Koshie Lamptey (Bros. & Sis.)

Nephews & nieces

  • Lady Pastor Ruth Leena Abazeri (Bros. & Sis.)
  • Cephas Amoah (USA) (& Sis.)
  • Kelvin Amoah (USA) (& Sis.)
  • Mariam Ankrah (Bros. & Sis.)
  • Lawrence N. Lante Lamptey (Canada) (Bros. & Sis.)
  • Emmanuel Kofi Kudadjie, Nigeria (Bro. & Sis.)

Chief mourners

  • Chief Bishop Bobby Harley Neequaye, Faith Evangelical Mission Worldwide Cathedral, Headquarters
  • Asafoatse Oworhu III (Ocansey Korpe)
  • John Katey Kudadjie (Kudadjie Family Head)
  • Humphrey Tetteh Nii Kudadjie (Kadja; Bros. & Sis.)
  • Maadey Agudey
  • Adatsi Kudadjie (Ashaiman)
  • David Kabu Kudadjie (Somanya; Bros. & Sis.)
  • Ameh Kudadjie (Kadja; Bros. & Sis.)
  • John Kabutey Kudadjie (Bros. & Sis.)
  • Gladys Yorme Kudadjie (& Sis.)
  • Moses Kudadjie
  • Augustin Kabutey Kudadjie (Ocansey Korpe)
  • Emmanuel Ayiku Kudadjie
  • Emmanuel Osmond-Lamptey (Head of Lamptey Family)
  • Emmanuel K. Quartey (Head of Quartey Family)
  • Numo Kotey Afutu (Okai We)
  • The Tagoe Family
  • The Wilson Family (of Kaneshie and Mataheko)

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