Obituary for Mavis Ntombizodwa Matewa
2 Timothy 4:7
“Ndarwa kurwa kwakakwana, ndapedza rwendo rwangu, ndakachengeta kutenda.”
Our breaths on this earth are counted. Mavis Ntombizodwa "MaSibanda" of Thornwood, New York, counted her last breath on December 25, 2016.
Despite her condition, she always showed the will power to live; she kept up her spirits, smiled, laughed and never complained.
Each time when asked how she was feeling, she would always respond: "I'm ok; I'm fine." And then she would quickly change the subject.
She always said and believed that she would be a testimony that cancer could be beaten.
She was born on July 17, 1952 in Zimbabwe to Austin Tichaona and Erinah Haruperi Matewa. She came to study in the USA in 1968 and later graduated from the University of Wisconsin in Whitewater with a degree in Education.
Every now and then she would return to the place of her birth to reconnect with her folk, but it is here that she had established another “stronger family” with many of you joining us in celebrating her life. That strong bond led her to make the choice that in the event she died, it was her wish she be buried here, closer to the family that she had been part of.
Left to survive and cherish her memory are three sisters Alice Waungana, Martha Mtungwazi, Margaret Matewa; and many, many of her "children", nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and a host of friends who she fondly spoke of and held in high regard.
Ms. "MnM" as the children fondly called her, loved children with all her heart and soul. She was known to always carry a little “something” in her bag just in case, one of her many beloved “children” came up and enquired what was in her bag.
Zorora murugare "MaSibanda"
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