Update:
Alieu has confirmed the burial ceremony has taken place in Caldwell. According to him, the community turned out amass to attend the ceremony. He expressed thanks and appreciation for the outpouring of supports he and his family continue receive since the passing of his mother. He asks the community to keep his mother and all faithful departed in their prayers for Allah's mercy to be bestowed upon them.
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Jabateh Gets Unwelcome News Upon Arrival In Monrovia
Posted on March 23, 2009
Alieu Jabateh arrived safely in Monrovia Sunday evening at the Roberts International Airport. Upon his arrival, he insisted on visiting his mother in Caldwell, having no idea what had happened. Family relatives who received him were forced to deliver the unwelcome news: the passing away of his mother.
"Right now, I don't know what to think," Alieu lamented. He praised his mother and prayed the Almighty Allah grant her Paradise.
Burial is expected to take place Monday (March 23, 2009). Read the Death announcement below
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Jabateh 's Quest To See His Mother Alive Faded
Posted on March 22, 2009
Every child must love his or her mother. Alieu Jabeteh, FELMAUSA Website technician, was one of them. Sadly, his mother Hadja Mafatumata Jabateh passed away Sunday while he was in flight to Liberia see his her.
He had not seen his mother for years. He communicated with her via phone, but a final call from her crying to see him struck Alieu. Immediately he planned his visit to Liberia to his mother, who was reported ill.
"She misses me a lot," Alieu told me just before he departed his resident in Sharon Hill, Darby, Pennsylvania on Saturday, March 21, 2009. He was departing for the Newark Airport where he would fly to Liberia.
Driven to the airport by close friend, Dr. Abu Mansallay, Alieu, joined by his wife Geraline departed for the airport as I bid him safe journey and wished his mother speedy recovery.
He was going to Liberia to spend sometime with his mom. But while in flight, news from Liberia Sunday morning was not encouraging. She had passed away, not having the chance to see her son and have that final chat.
When the news of Alieu's mother death broke out, many in the community were overwhelmed by emotions, considering the mother and child relationship and the manner in which Alieu left the shores of the United States just to at least be by his mother's side.
"When I get to Liberia, she would be fine. I know she missed me," Alieu told me. He was not certain his mother's illness was serious, though he had been told she was not responding to treatment. He purchased gifts for her as well.
DEATH ANNOUNCEMENT
The Jabatehs, along with the Freemans, the Konnehs, the Donzos, the Kromahs, and Muslim community regret to announce the death of their Grandmother, Mother, Aunt, and Sister Hadja Famata (Mafatumata) Freeman-Jabateh, a longtime resident of Sanniquellie City, Nimba County, Liberia on Sunday, 22nd of March, 2009 at 10:48 A.M. after a brief stay at the Catholic Hospital in Monrovia.
Islamic funeral ritual is set for today, Monday, March 23, 2009. 2:00 p.m. at the family cemetery in Caldwell, Monrovia, Liberia.
The deceased was married to Late Mr. Alieu Jabateh (a once celebrated public servant in the Nimba Local Government) who preceded her. The Late Hadja Famata leaves to mourn her death her children Korkor Jabateh, Masibah Konneh-Donzo, Matijay, Natomah, Tukoro, Sekou Jabeteh (Finance Ministry), Mohamed Jabateh, Jabafin Jabateh, Alieu Jabateh, Georgialee Porte-Jabateh, several grand children and a host of other relatives
Please extend your condolences to the bereaved family not only to family members listed but also the family member you can reach:
· Alieu A. Jabateh
231-656-3863 or 231- 678-1615
· Masiba Konneh-Donzo
.215-768-3831
· Georgialee Porte-Jabateh
484-350-8496
· Maima (Adja) Kromah
..484-557-7568
· Abu Mansalay
484-557-8423
· Sidiki Trawally
267-241-7232
· Lasana Jabateh (Philly local elder)...............267 918 4373
· Mohammed (Jungle) Jabateh.......................267 278 5413
· Vakisey Jabateh...........................................215 501 4347
