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Okereke Gilbert Uwakwem

1954 - 2025

Okereke Gilbert Uwakwem obituary, 1954-2025

BORN

1954

DIED

2025

Okereke Uwakwem Obituary

Okereke Gilbert Uwakwem
12/04/1954 - 03/05/2025
Mr. Okereke Uwakwem entered into eternal rest on March 5, 2025.
His life will be celebrated on Saturday, May 17, 2025, 10 AM at Memorial Memorial Mortuary. Visitation will begin at 9 AM.
Interment will take place at Paradise Cemetery-South.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Houston Chronicle on May 16, 2025.

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May

17

Visitation

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Mabrie Memorial Mortuary

5000 Almeda Road, Houston, TX 77004

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17

Celebration of Life

10:00 a.m.

Mabrie Memorial Mortuary

5000 Almeda Road, Houston, TX 77004

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