Monica Adzo Victoria Sogah

MONICA ADZO VICTORIA SOGAH
ITHACA - Monica Adzo Victoria Sogah of Horizon Estates in Ithaca, died of respiratory failure on Monday, October 29, at Strong Health Highland Hospital in Rochester, after a brief illness. Monica, a native of Ghana, was born on March 17, 1949. She attended OLA Secondary School from 1963 to 1970, the University of Ghana at Legon from 1971 to 1974, and graduated with B.Sc. Honors Degree in Economics. She obtained her Master of Science in Economics - Finance and International Trade - from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1977.
In 1973 she married Professor Dotsevi Sogah, of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University, whom she met in 1967. She and the family lived in California from 1974 to 1980 and moved to Wilmington, Delaware in 1980, where her husband worked for DuPont Company. When he accepted a position as Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University, the family moved to Ithaca and has lived in their Horizon Estates home since 1991.
Besides Professor Sogah, she is survived by her children, Senanu of Simi Valley, California, Dodzie of Boston, Massachusetts, and Esinam of New York City; her dauther-in-law, Katherine; and two loving grandchildren, Isaiah and Alana. She is also survived by her parents, Marc Kodzo Selormey and Patience Dopui Gogah of Ghana; brother, Anthony Kokutse of Dallas; sisters, Agnes Selormey and Celestine Korbieh of Accra, Ghana, Catherine Selormey of Virginia, and Gertrude Selormey of Illinois; as well as other sisters and brothers in Ghana.
Monica worked at Reliance Insurance Company in Los Angeles from 1977-1980. In Wilmington, she devoted her time to raising her three loving children, and spent a considerable amount of time doing volunteer work both in her church and in schools. In Ithaca she joined Best Buy Electronics in September 2001 as one of the first set of employees to open the Ithaca Store, where she worked until her untimely death.
Monica was loved by everyone that interacted with her. She enjoyed reading, baking and cooking. She loved her children and grandchildren dearly. She had patience, a great sense of humor and compassion. She will be missed by all.
The family would like to thank the nursing staff at Cayuga Medical Center ICU in Ithaca and Strong Health Highland Hospital ICU in Rochester for the compassionate care Monica received in the past six weeks.
The family will be present to receive friends Friday, November 9, from 5-7 p.m. at the E.C. Wagner Funeral Home of Ithaca. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, November 10, at St. Catherine of Siena Church. She will be buried later in her hometown in Ghana.