Dr. Mary Olufunmilayo Ogunsile

Tough to speak about my dear sister, the one who exemplified empathetic medical practice for me.


A healer’s heart, a gentle hand,
A life well-lived across the land.
A mother’s love, a grandma’s care,
A spirit bright, beyond compare.

She soothed the sick, eased weary minds,
A beacon bright, of humankind.
Her steady hand, a guiding light,
Dispelling darkness, day and night.

Though now she’s gone, her legacy lives on,
In countless lives, where hope was born.
A stroke may claim a mortal frame,
But her spirit soars, eternally.

Sleep well Sis, on the bosom of the Lord.

Auntie, the news of your death came to us as a rude shock, because it was so unexpected. We feel the pain of your loss as you meant so much to us.
We recall with nostalgia the years we lived together, the love we shared, the joys, happiness and the beautiful memories at our Old Ife Road Residence.
Auntie, you had so many attributes- you were hardworking, caring, strong, a disciplinarian with a soft touch.
You loved to read, cook, dance and share good times with those you love. You never balked at helping people especially those with medical issues. You were so sweet and easy to love.
We thank God that our paths crossed, that you became a member of our family by the depth of love we shared. We remain grateful for the care of our late father Papa Osho (who loved you so much) and our mothers.
Auntie, you will be greatly missed and we pray that God grants you eternal and peaceful repose in His bossom.
Sleep on, our beloved Auntie.
From: John and Lara Osho
(For The OSHO Family)

My beloved Golden Heart 💛 ❤️ 💙 Mother of everyone 💛 💖 💓. You were a great Mother who loved people more than your self. You were a God sent to many. May God touch your life as you touched the lives of many people. We are grateful for your love and respect for the Family of Chief
Peter Dan. Okhuemho the Father of your only God's gift through Peter my loving Brother ❤️ 😍. God will receive your soul to rest in perfect peace. How many good things will i remember that you did to any one that was close to Peter and Family. All the Ogbona Community in Avianwu in Etsako Central Local Government Council in Fugar, are saying thank you for your care of our beloved daughter Anosi Peter Okhuemho from Ogbona. I am so sorry that i that i am not in Nigeria now to attend your Funeral. I was in your Father and Mother's Funeral in Ijebu .But I am going to miss your own. Good bye Bye Dr. Mary of
all the people from Peter's Family. We all love you. May God bless and protect Anosi and Family for us to be remembering you. My condolences to your Family. Yabo and others take Heart ❤️.
Dr. Mary's late brother and Sister's Child take Heart ❤️. Love you all.

Words are just inadequate to express the shock of the news of your passing on to glory. I thanked God that our paths crossed and I will continue to live on with the fond memories. A detribalised Nigerian who loved others more than her immediate family members, a selfless person, a bastion of hope for the hopeless, a jewel of impeccable character, a consummate and quintessential scholar.who really
impacted lives.
Aunty Mary, our dear wife mother and grandmother, sun re o. Ma jokun, ma jekolo, oun tiwon n baje lorun ni ko bawon je.
Adieu

I received the sad News of the demise of Dr Mary ogunsile with shock.
You were a wonderful being and a lovely soul
You did not want anybody around you to suffer, you were so gentle
Easy going, accommodating, Caring,
Responsible with a large heart
Mummy Anosi your life
Was A BLESSING, your life was A TREASURE.
Sun re O Abiyamo Tooto

The memory of life by nature is very short. However the memory of life well lived is eternal. Dr Ogunsile life was full of charity to humanity. The clinic she ran through her life time was more or less ran as a past time not for profit motive . She fought a good fight. She has finished her race and kept her faith. Adieu. Rest in perfect peace

Mary, o ma ṣe o. I am truly saddened by your exit One of my wishes was to pay you an unexpected visit next time I return home. My last full conversation with you was in November 1967. You were surprised to learn that, like you, I was from Ijẹbu Igbo. You were very surprised about my background even though we had been classmates for 5 years.
I thought about you frequently since we left Mayflower in December of that year.
I would have loved to tell you that I became the Ọtunba Labayọn of Oke Agbo, Ijẹbu Igbo.35 years after I last spoke to you.
Mary, o d’igba kan nan.
O di gbere.
O d’arin nako.
O d’oju ala.
Thank you for your natural tendency to look out for others
May your extraordinarily beautiful soul rest in perfect peace. Aṣẹ.
Dr. Biyi Oyefule

You have fought a good fight of faith and now to meet your maker. Rest on ma.

I received with deep sorrow the news of your demise Dr.Mary Ogunsile when I didn't expect as it has been difficult to get across to you in the last one year. We can't question ❓ GOD.
You were so dear to me, my immediate and extended family. Many that heard of your demise were dumb sounded as if it's not possible for you to die.Your care was impeccable.
You were a Loving Friend in need and of course in deed.
You were so Nice to a fault.
THANK GOD for a fulfilled life.
You came, saw and conquered. WISHING YOU ETERNAL REST.

A rare privilege I dare say, to have three remarkable pieces of coincidence I share with you.

First being our birth days, but of course, without the year.

Next is the one who loves you the most....with or without her dreads.

And lastly, being a worthy "role model," though yours is now cast in concrete....while the rest of us are a living work-in-progress.

We admired your strength, sheer determination, and sense of selflessness....so we've imbibed these to heart...through the lives that now live ahead of you.

To end this by saying 'rest in peace' would be more like stating the obvious, so we say Rest on, Rest....and beseech you to smile down on rest of the world, as we look to the heavens in His glory.

Rest on, Rest!!

I am just receiving this information about Mary, our own Mary Ogunsile's passing into glory. May your passage be swift. We shall not forget you, Mary. You were gentle and kind to us,
O digba na, Ipade wa bi o yin. Ni oruko nla ti Jehovah.
Sun re o.

Ademola Asaya
///

My Darling Mama..
How do I sum up my 41 years of being your baby into a few paragraphs?
I simply have to find the words…
We have been through so many of life’s experiences together and by the sheer grace of God, came out unscathed.
If I could be half the mother, friend and model that you were, then I have done really well.
I wish you were still around to spend some time with your newest grand-daughter, Atinuke but God said it was finally time to rest.
You were strong, determined, calm yet assertive and you instilled these values in all the amazing humans that you raised.
You sacrificed your comfort for your family on many occasions and I couldn’t understand why until your later years.
I’m grateful for all the lessons and the numerous sacrifices that you made to raise me in the ways that you did.
You raised me in the community that has now become an extension of my family.
I’m especially thankful to you for guiding me in choosing my husband.
I miss you terribly but I know where you are; resting with your Maker who obviously loves you so much more than I ever could.
Please tell Daddy that I’m glad he has you on that side of eternity now.
I will do my utmost best to uphold your legacy of selfless service, dedication and commitment.
You lived a life of giving and impacted so many lives.
These will never capture just how much I miss you.
Till we meet at the feet of Jesus, I love you with all of me.

Your baby,
Ano

We both entered Mayflower School, Ikenne in January 1963. A quiet and brilliant scholar who topped our set for the 5 years we spent together. Her character was exemplary. May her gentle soul rest in perfect peace.

Good day grandma, this is ifeoluwapo and I miss you. I was shocked when I heard about your passing, I thought we will still see on December as per usual. I remember when I and my siblings were small we used to call her doctor grandma and always got excited whenever we were going to her place for holidays even though the holiday can be like 3 days. We didn't like those three days holiday at her place and always pleaded with our mom to make it longer😀😀. She was the one that made me eat yellow eba for the first time. When I had chicken pox and had to be admitted at her hospital she was the one that took care of me and brought food for me every day, my chicken pox experience wasn't a bad one because of her. Whenever I and my siblings go to her hospital we always ask for those her diary notebook or any of those notebook done by pharmaceutical companies cause she used to have a lot. I am going to miss you alot and those novels you used to give my mom cause I used to read them too. I wish we still had a lot of time but God knows best. Rest in God's arm grandma and always know that you were the grandma that God sent to I and my siblings. I love you 💯 and will always miss you. ❤️❤️❤️❤️