Edith Afua Adzroey's Biography
*BIRTH AND PARENTAGE*
Edith Afua Adzroey, was born on the 6th of April, 1973 at Mafi Adidome Hospital. Her father was Christopher Guggisberg Y. K Adzroey (of blessed memory) and her mother, is Miss Christiana Wedzi.
*EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION*
Edith had her basic school education at Mawuli Primary School, Ho. She relocated to Hodzo Aviepe and continued her middle school education at Hodzoga and completed in the year, 1988.
Edith was a very brilliant student and her mates can attest to that. She performed excellently in her Middle School Leaving Certificate Examination, passed common entrance examination and gained admission to Mawuli secondary school but couldn't make it due to circumstances beyond her control. She then returned to her father at Ho with her siblings and started learning dressmaking.
Edith with her other two siblings, Bene and Salo, later moved to stay with their uncle, Mr. Mawutor Divine Wedzi to continue her apprenticeship at the time their father went on retirement.
Edith loved education so much that, when she successfully completed and graduated from dressmaking apprenticeship, her dream of furthering her education, didn't end there, it was still burning in her. She then moved to stay on her own at her grandfather's, Mr. Adzroey's house, near Central Police Station, Ho.
Edith fought tooth and nail and got herself enrolled at Ho Poly-Technic (currently, Ho Technical University) where she studied Fashion Designing - Intermediate and completed in 1995. Edith then moved to Accra for greener pastures and stayed with another uncle called, Emmanuel Tuttor, of blessed memory.
Edith has such unwavering determination and resilience that, she never gave up on herself and her education. She then continued to further her education and enrolled for Early Childhood Model and completed in 2004. She did not end it there, she went further and had Diploma In Basic Education from Accra College of Education in the year 2013 and 1st Degree in Social Studies, from the University of Education, Winneba in July 2016.
*MARRIAGE LIFE*
She got married traditionally to Mr. K. K. Geffia but unfortunately, both separated after some years of living together.
*EMPLOYMENT - PLACES OF WORK*
Edith did her National Service at Hodzo Alavanyo. Edith was first posted to St. Francis Basic School, Ashaley Botsoe - Accra and served there, upto the year 2009 and then to Ogbojo Presby, Ogbojo - Accra upto 2014. From Ogbojo Presby, she was transferred to Codesh Islamic Basic School, Bostoe - Accra where she served up to 2019.
Edith assured her siblings that she would surely and definitely pursue a Master’s Degree, and so, she applied and gained admission at University of Education, Winneba, to prove her determination and resilience to us to emulate but unfortunately, she began to have some challenge with her health.
We all hoped and trusted that she would be healed completely, but sadly, her condition kept deteriorating from year to year, making her movement very uncomfortable and restricted, despite all the medical, herbal and spiritual efforts over the years.
As a result of that, she was moved to the Teachers Resource Centre, and later, to her current station, Sowa-Din Memorial Kg from 2023 till her demise.
Edith Afua Adzroey Served Ghana Education Service for 21 years before passing away on the rank of Assistant Director ll.
*CHRISTIAN LIFE*
Edith was born and baptised into the Catholic Church where she had her 1st Communion and other Sacraments. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Commandery Ladies Auxiliary Of St. John International, Number 357 Ho at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Ho. When she moved to Accra, she fellowshipped with Pentecost and Winners Chapel and became a member of Believers Worship Centre (Second Chance /Philadelphia), Accra.
Edith was a very strong believer and kept her faith in Christ till her demise, without succumbing to any other faith. Nothing could dilute her faith and relying on God, even if it meant dying for the faith in God.
*SOCIAL LIFE*
Edith was such a lovely, friendly and very approachable person. She was a straight-forward person and never hesitated to vent out her pain or displeasure about anything that did not settle well with her, and if in the process she thought she had offended you, she would come back to conclude with her usual statement that said, ' _ne megbloe wovewo ha la, medekuku nawo, natsoe kem'_, meaning,’ if l have said something that offended you, please forgive me’.
Even when her health started deteriorating, she still kept in touch with friends, families and loved ones both far outside the country and near. She loved to keep conversation with one, especially over the phone, to keep her manage her sad moods. She jokingly and lovely said; "if I am not feeling well, it's not my mouth, my mouth is strong.
Edith was very optimistic of getting fully recovered, to visit home once again to see her loved ones after being away for some time. True to her faith, she started testifying of feeling better and having a high hope of getting on to her normal life again. However, she had a little boil at her back and could not feel comfortable in clothes to school so she couldn't make it to work for a few days.
On the 26th of January, her foster daughter returned from school and found her not responsive. She was then rushed to the hospital immediately by her sister where she gave up the ghost at the hospital, when she was being attended to.