"As for us, we are like grass; we grow and flourish like a wild flower. Then the wind blows on it, and it is gone. No one sees it again."
Psalm 103:15&16.
Eighteen years ago, Mr Robert Tetteh joined our family. He handled the training of both boys' and girls' soccer teams with remarkable enthusiasm and expertise.
He was on a part-time basis in terms of his employment standing at Ghana International School, but so close was his relationship with the school that he often represented us during events outside the school.
Mr Tetteh was a self-effacing, reliable and goal-oriented person. We, as his colleagues, loved him and will continue to hold on to the memory of him with hoops of steel.
The students saw in him several attribute so worth of emulation. His gentle, sympathetic and inspiring nature made him a role model and fatherly figure to most of his students.
So high was his sense of duty that was at post even on the day tha this illness manifested himself. That day he was his usual quiet and pensive self, until the need to take him to a hospital became too obvious.
The nearest hospital, in relation to us, was 37 Military Hospital, and he was accordingly sent there for treatment. We prayed and hoped for recovery and went on with our lives, taking for granted that he would be with us soon.
But days later, we received with great shock the news that our friend and brother, Robert, had passed away.
Robert, you passed away,
"As virtuous men pass mildly away
And whisper to their souls to go
As some of their friends do say,
The breath goes now and some say no."
Taken from the Program for Robert Tetteh's Burial, Memorial and Thanksgiving Service on 3rd December 2005 at Robert Tetteh Park, Okponglo in Accra Ghana.
Psalm 103:15&16.
Eighteen years ago, Mr Robert Tetteh joined our family. He handled the training of both boys' and girls' soccer teams with remarkable enthusiasm and expertise.
He was on a part-time basis in terms of his employment standing at Ghana International School, but so close was his relationship with the school that he often represented us during events outside the school.
Mr Tetteh was a self-effacing, reliable and goal-oriented person. We, as his colleagues, loved him and will continue to hold on to the memory of him with hoops of steel.
The students saw in him several attribute so worth of emulation. His gentle, sympathetic and inspiring nature made him a role model and fatherly figure to most of his students.
So high was his sense of duty that was at post even on the day tha this illness manifested himself. That day he was his usual quiet and pensive self, until the need to take him to a hospital became too obvious.
The nearest hospital, in relation to us, was 37 Military Hospital, and he was accordingly sent there for treatment. We prayed and hoped for recovery and went on with our lives, taking for granted that he would be with us soon.
But days later, we received with great shock the news that our friend and brother, Robert, had passed away.
Robert, you passed away,
"As virtuous men pass mildly away
And whisper to their souls to go
As some of their friends do say,
The breath goes now and some say no."
Taken from the Program for Robert Tetteh's Burial, Memorial and Thanksgiving Service on 3rd December 2005 at Robert Tetteh Park, Okponglo in Accra Ghana.
