Peres Atieno Malowa Ayot

1917 – 29 September 2018

Mother. Grandmother. Great Grandmother. Inspiration and Trader. Died peacefully on 29th September 2018, at the age of 101

Eulogy

BIRTH

The late Peres Atieno Malowa was born in 1917 to Mr Sewe and Mrs Ojode Sewe of Upanda village, Mur Malanga South Alego, Siaya County.

FAMILY

She got married to the late Essau Malowa Ayot of Got Osimbo in 1936. They were blessed with four children who are all deceased.

She was step mother of Joyce, Boaz, Zadok and Henry. She was grandmother of :- Beatrice, Francis, Juliet, Paul, Nickson, Fredrick, Lilian, Maureen, Jackline, Godfrey, Damaris, Irene, Linet, Mildred, Christine, Maryanne, Joyce, Late Bill, Marion, Emma, Eunice, Lydia, Barrack, Late Kevin, Eunivea and Brian.

Great grandchildren:- Michael, Tonny, Joycie, Essau, Movine, Phacine, Sasha, Lena, Brandon , Jemmy , Vaida, Celle, Obama, Bijo, Pricy, Levis, Heron, Fazal, Val, Chary, Alphonce, Elsie, Purity, Kevo, Lesly, Ruth, Juan Fred, Barry, Onyango, Grace amongst others.

WORK

Peres Atieno Malowa was an energetic woman who only after after her marriage would accompany her husband to Tororo, Uganda, where her late husband had landed a job at a cotton ginnery in 1937.

Their sojourn in Tororo would be disrupted in 1939 with onset of the second world war . Malowa had to dash back to Kenya to join the war and would eventually leave home for Burma as part of the large contingent of the Kings African Rifles. wIth her husband in Burma, Peres, an enterprising young woman, opened a small business at Kayot market which she run between 1946-1971. She would later venture into food business when she established a food kiosk in Ugunja Market between 1978-1987. She closed the eatery at the end of 1987 and sort the peace of her quiet home.

SICKNESS & DEATH

Nya Ngiya, as she was fondly referred to by family and friends, was born a strong, energetic and good-looking girl who rarely fell sick.

But in August 2018, she started showing the first signs of sickness, but as someone who always loathed hospitals, a doctor was called at him to examine her. The doctor prescribed some medicine and soon she was on her feet again. But her recovery was short-lived. After about two weeks she started complaining again that she was feeling pain all over her body. Again arrangements were made to have a doctor make a visit. But a week into the second prescriptions and medicine, she passed away peacefully.

An always jovial and kind grandmother, she will be remembered, by those whose lives she touched, as a generous, cheerful and enterprising woman.

MAY God rest her soul in eternal Peace