Former First Lady of Ghana, Theresa Kufuor has passed on at age 87.
Theresa Kufuor was the wife of former
President John Agyekum Kufuor, the second President of the Fourth Republic of
Ghana.
She
was a retired nurse and midwife.
Born: 25 October 1935.
A family source
confirmed on Sunday night that the former First Lady died on Sunday [October 1,
2023] at home in the Peduase area on the Aburi mountain.
Mrs Theresa Kufuor married John Kufuor in
1962 and have been together for 61 years.
Mrs.
Kufuor lived most of her working life in the United Kingdom after studying at
the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford and Paddington General Hospital, London, and
qualifying as a State Certified Midwife with a Certificate in Premature
Nursing.
Before
marrying John Kufuor, she was known as Theresa Mensah and was the last born to
her parents. Her elder brother was the late NPP stalwart, J.H. Mensah.
Mrs
Kufuor started her education at the Catholic Convent in Keta, in the Volta
Region. After that, she went to London and became a Registered Nurse after
getting her education from Southern Hospital Group of Nursing in Edinburgh,
Scotland.
After she graduated from the Radcliffe
Infirmary, Oxford, and Paddington General Hospital, London, she became a State
Certified Midwife with a Certificate in Premature Nursing.
Theresa
married John Kufuor when he was 23 years old after they met at a Republic Day
Anniversary Dance in London in 1961. They got married in 1962. Theresa has five
children with John Kufuor
She
was First Lady of Ghana for eight years from January 7, 2001 and January 6,
2009.
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