Tunde Richard Edorhe

Tunde Richard Edorhe, age 50,passed away in Kennesaw, GA on October 22, 2019. Funeral Service will be held at 12:00pm on Saturday, November 16, 2019 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Marietta, GA. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park in Marietta, Georgia. Tunde was preceded in death by his mother Morenike Edorhe.

Captain Tunde Richard Edorhe, the first of five children, was born on the 24th of January 1969 in Kaduna state, Nigeria. He attended Command Children School, Command Secondary School, and Federal Government College, Kaduna, Nigeria, and proceeded to Kwara Tech, Ilorin, Nigeria, in 1986 and started the Law profession. However, at some point, in 1987, He decided to follow his childhood dream of flying planes. At the age of 18, He started School at the Airline Training Institute, San Fransico, California, where He graduated earning his Private Pilot License, Instrument Rating, and Commercial Pilot License. In July 1990, he came back to Nigeria.

He started work at Kabo Airlines at the age of 21, and rose to the rank of the senior first officer on the Boeing 727. On the return of democracy in Nigeria in 1999, He was called upon to serve on the Presidential air fleet (PAF). He started work with PAF in 2000, where he became a Captain, and in 2007, he was chosen to serve as the senior special assistant to the president (SSAP). He flew four presidents and vice presidents of Nigeria from the year 2000 until his final goodbye from us.

Survivors include: Wife, Elsie Edorhe; 2 Children, Daughter, Makayla Edorhe and Son, Zadok Edorhe; Father, Philip Folorunso Edorhe; Sisters, Izevbua Edorhe, Ebise Edorhe, Lolo Emoghene; Brother Philip unugboje Edorhe Jr, aunty Bamiwo Iruemi. David Inyang, Daniel Inyang, Zachary Inyang, Ethan Inyang, Nathan Inyang, Stephene Emoghene, Jaden Emoghene, Osa Edorhe, Aide Edorhe (Nephews); Beyounce Umah, Alicia Umah, Nicole Emoghene (Nieces).

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