Commemorative farewell for Late Mrs Theodosia Okoh

Accra, May 28, GNA - Government on Thursday organised a commemorative state funeral and burial service for the late Mrs Theodosia Okoh, designer of the Ghana National Flag.

The colorfully red, gold and green flag with a black star embed in the middle served as national identification symbol for Ghana within the community of states.

The event at the forecourt of the State House on a rainy day also offered distinguished statements and women, and the public to pay their last respect to her memory.

Chiefs and Queen mothers in their traditional mourning regalia also participated in the commemorative funeral and burial rites.

Mrs Theodosia Okoh was born on Tuesday, June 13, 1922 to Reverend Emmanuel Victor Asihene and Mrs Dora Pobea Akyea Asihene.

After going through all the process of education, she got married to Mr Enoch Kwabena Okoh, foundation member of the Prince of the Wales College.

The family was blessed with three children, two boys and a girl who are now contributing their quota to the development of the country.

She volunteered in the Ghana Red Cross Society, contributed to the activities of the Young Women Christian Association and joined the Ghana Horticultural society, through which she learnt a lot about many plants

In sports, she was one of the early enthusiasts of hockey, the game she rose up to become the Deputy National Chairman of during the Nkrumah regime.

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