BOLAJOKO KEHINDE OSHODI
was called to glory on 03/02/2021 at the Staten Island Hospital after a brief illness.
Kehinde was born on 03/18/1960 to Late Pa Bolaji Oshodi and Mrs. Taiba Oshodi in Lagos, Nigeria.
Kenny, as fondly called, attended Christ Church Cathedral primary school, completed his secondary education at Methodist Boys High School Lagos on scholarship, and proceeded to the University of Lagos, bagged a BSc Hons. degree in Chemical Engineering in 1987. As a youth, he was the president of Holy Flock of Christ church youth Association and was recognized for a selfless service.
Kenny worked with Nigerian Carton manufacturing company as the site engineer before relocating to the USA. He worked in the Nursing field until he was called to glory.
He was married, and the marriage was blessed with a son.
Kenny loved reading, traveling and soccer.
He is survived by Ronke, Tolulope, brothers, sisters, uncle, nephews, nieces and cousins.
Kenny was a quiet, warm individual and will be remembered for his fondness and generosity.
He will be greatly missed.
Oriki(Praise Chant)
Omo Adukeyisi,
Omo Ota Dudu Ra Dudu
Omo Ota pupa Ra Pupa,
Omo Ota Fulani Rewu Ododo,
Omo Arulogunbi Efi,
Omo Kuku Nduku To Sewe Geru Geru
Sun re o.
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Tuesday, March 9, 2021
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Tuesday, March 9, 202111:30am
Engr Bosun RUFAI says
KB …it was a rude shock realizing you’ve been taken away by the cold hands of death after a sudden and long silence from you…very much unlike you not to return my several missed calls to your phone number.
I know you loved to live and loved life too, however, the Almighty God loved you most ….rest in the bosom of the Lord Jesus and therein you shall find His mercies.
Rest In Peace dear colleague and friend.
Michael Lipede says
Kenny, it is unbelievable that you have left us for the great beyond. I could remember with clarity how we all met at the Methodist Boys High School, Lagos. It was in 1973. You were extremely brilliant, disciplined and focused. Later, we discovered another side of you. You were a loyal friend. There was no sacrifice too dear for you to make for all your friends and classmates. Through your unrelenting efforts you singlehandedly brought all old boys of your high school in North American together. Your memories will linger on until we meet at the feet of our Maker. I send my heartfelt condolences to your dear wife, Ronke who received us into your home with warmth and grace in August 2019. We did not know it was our last time together. Our hearts are bleeding and aching as we bid you goodbye. Adieu Kenny. We love you even in death but Jesus loves you more.
NON SIBI SED ALIIS.
Michael LIPEDE
Biodun Oyedepo says
We were together at the Faculty of Engineering University of Lagos. You were gentle, intelligent and soft spoken. We will miss you greatly in our midst. My consolation is that you accepted Jesus Christ as your savior and you served Him till the end.
I pray that God almighty will grant your wife, children, and other members of your immediate family the fortitude to bear the loss.
God night Kehinde until the resurrection day.
Femi Odufalu says
Kehinde, you have left us physically but your memory can never fade. You were dependable caring, selfless, thoughtful, brilliant, an organizer, facilitator, and best of all a beautiful human being. You had an impeccable memory.
We met in high school in 1973 and became closer friends over the weekends we spent together during the summers of 2017, 2018 and 2019. You were such a fun person to be around. You had us all laughing till it hurt during those summer weekend gatherings. The in-depth thoughts and perspectives that you shared will be greatly missed. You were a gem and will be truly missed. May God Almighty comfort your loved ones and give them the fortitude to bare the loss. May your lovely and gentle soul Rest In Peace.
Non Sibi Sed Aliis
Toyin Anibire ( Odeyale) says
Good night KB, May your gentle soul rest in perfect peace. May almighty God grant the family the fortitude to bear this loss. Sleep well.
Onesan Okunpolor says
We met at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University Lagos. We were classmates and I remember you as a kind, intelligent and friendly gentleman. You remained unchanged even as we reconnected recently. May the good Lord comfort and strengthen your dear wife, son and family. May you rest in perfect peace in the everlasting arms of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ. You will be missed. Rest well.
Toyin Amusan says
The home call of Engr. Kehinde Bolajoko Oshodi is a great loss to humanity! This is the summary of the countless reactions I have heard and read since he went to his maker.
Kehinde was kind hearted, selfless, very accommodating, generous and even more. He touched, and made positive impact on, everyone that crossed his path. He was a man with a golden heart. No wonder the Holy Bible put it succinctly – “The memory of the righteous is blessed”……. (Proverbs 10:7a).
A brilliant and gifted student at MBHS Lagos, Nigeria and beyond. The 73/77 Set of MBHS Lagos and other students who were in school at his time, will always remember his uncommon brilliance especially in the sciences. Testimonies from others – promary school mates, neighbours, course mates in the higher institution he attended, places of work, family members about Kehinde, follow the same pattern of a tare gem.
I hereby extend my condolences to his wife, Ronke, his son, his family, members of the Centenary Group of MBHS Lagos and
other loved ones that he left behind.
May the good Lord comfort and strengthen his wife and others that he left behind and grant his gentle soul a peaceful rest in the bosom of his maker.
Adieu Kehinde!
We love you!!
The good Lord loves you best!!!
Non Sibi Sed Aliis (Not For Us, But For Others)
Imeh AKPAN says
I am struggling to wrap my head around the news of KO’s death. We had planned to see each other on my next trip to Canada since Newark was my regular hub. That would have been the first time meeting up after Unilag even though we spoke regularly having reconnected two years ago – unfortunately, this cant happen anymore.
He was a very gentle and mature friend and was particularly helpful to me when I was struggling to find my footing in our last two years in Unilag-Chem. Eng.
My heart goes to the family he left behind and I pray the Lord will comfort/uphold them and fill the vacuum his exit has left.
Dr. Adetokunbo Ilesanmi says
Kenny’s passing hurts me so so so deeply!
Apart from our two years together at MBHS, our parents were members of Holy Flock of Christ, Oke-Popo, Lagos Island. Even when I moved to ICY, Kenny kept in touch, right up to University days. We spent childhood and teenage together as close friends.
Kenny has always been a great guy, a gentleman to the core – amiable, brilliant, caring, disciplined, gentle, generous, kind, supportive, unassuming, and a warm personality! Never bitter! Always smiling! Always encouraging!
Since we reconnected as MBHS 73-77 Old Boys, Kenny never ceased to call me at least once in a quarter and on special occasions. He didn’t send texts; he always called! Most times I’ll apologize that he’s always the one calling! He’ll simply wave my apology aside! What a great guy! What a loss to the earth! What a gain to heaven!
“To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die” (Thomas Campbell). Kenny may be gone temporarily from our sight, but never from our hearts!
May God grant his family and friends the comfort, strength, and fortitude to bear his shocking, sudden, and irreparable passing, in Jesus names! Amen!
Adieu Kehinde Oshodi…
Toks Ilesanmi
Bola Olagesin says
KB, as all fondly call you. KB is modest and gentle. He has a way of cracking his little jokes with a good laugh.
Our connection started at Unilag, it was for a short period of 4yrs, but those days’ memoirs will linger forever.
Even though we lost touch after graduation, our first call after reconnection was full of laughter and recollection of old memoirs. The memories were like yesterday
My prayer is that God will grant your gentle soul and accept you into His blossom.
May the good Lord comfort your dear wife, children and the entire family. Also, all the people you have made an impact on their life.
I will miss you, definitely our entire classmates at Unilag will miss and the chemical engineering “inner caucus.”
We love you, but the Lord loves you most. It is well!
Bola Olagesin
Titilope Omidiran says
Uncle Kenny,
That is what my dad and mum called you. It was the name we were used to…
Now no more…
It is so sad to hear of your passing.
This is a huge loss especially to my dear aunt and cousin who love you dearly.
You were kind, Jovial and funny…. my dad often spoke about your calm nature. Please extend my regards to him in heaven.
I pray that God will grant my aunt and cousin the grace to go on without you.
We hold dear your good memories.
Niyi Aloba says
KB, my classmate at Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Lagos, a passionately warm and lovingly gentle friend. Though lost touch for over thirty three (33) years but your four (4) long endearing calls in this last one (1) year of our reconnection obliviously blotted the touch gap, so much so that I felt no loss of touch until the news of your passage was broken to us a few days ago. I’m yet to come to terms with the reality of your departure. Your interest to get all of us together quickly again didn’t give me a hint that you were rounding up. Not even our prolonged tele conversation on my last birthday prompted me that I wouldn’t have the privilege to laugh with a love epitome that you were. Though you were older but that never hampered our relationship and communication as our culture demands because of the kind of heart you housed.
KB, surely your deeds are already following you. Ronke and Tolu shall definitely enjoy the fruits of the good name you’ve bequeathed to them. You’ll be greatly missed.
Oladapo Ayorinde says
KB was my name for him,he was my friend,a colleague and elder brother to me.i reconnected with him on WhatsApp in 2020 since 1987.When we reconnected it was like old friends again sharing secrets and always calling each other at odd times. He texted me last on feb 18 when he was going for operation. I replied but did not hear from him,called him so many times no response.i did not know he was I’ll I wish I could rewind time and called him much earlier .we had made plans to see each other after covid restrictions. KB I miss you and will always miss you but my only consolation is God loves you more.My prayer is we continue our friendship in eternity.
Babatunde Wey says
Kehinde Omo Oshodi, as I fondly called you. I was speechless when I had you passed away. It took me a while to accept. The bible teaches us that there is a time for everything, a time to be born, a time to die. I should have know something was wrong when you did not call as usual to check on me and my family during the Texas weather storm that practically paralyzed Texas. Kenny words cannot express how I felt and still feeling as I wright this. You were a bridge builder, you efforts to bring those of us in North America together for reunion was unprecedented, it showed the kind of person you were. You are thoroughly a wonderful person inside and outside. You truly lived the words of our school motto “non sibi sed allis”. You cared more about others. I will miss you no doubt, I will miss our usual banter. Kehinde sun re o.
Sola Sonuga says
Engineer Oshodi was a mature gentleman, respected by his classmates and a great Akokite!. Its really sad to learn that he is no longer with us so I will like to use this forum to wish Ronke and Tolu peace, comfort and all the best for the future. I know its a very difficult time but trust you can trust God that he is in a better place and our memories of him will not fade ❤
Aluba Georgewill-Oragwu says
KB, so sad that you have gone to sleep in the Bosom of our Lord Jesus Christ.
You were an amiable and humble gentleman during our stay at the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Lagos. When we reconnected recently, you were very active. May God Almighty comfort and strengthen your wife, son and your loved ones, in Jesus Name, Amen. You will be missed. Sleep well
Lawrence Fawole says
As people file pass this open casket, see a familiar face, say hello Kenny, and no response, what comes to mind is the temporary-ness of life and the need for effective use of time. In life, was he committed to family, friends and ideas? As a practical man, I turned to entries in my Diaries for evidences of struggle for self, others and ideas. Found many, for example:
1. Thursday, May 21, 1998. At the New Brighton Manor on Lafayette, I was the Security Officer at the door when Kehinde strolled in, a Care Giver on 1 to 1 assignment. At the end of shift, he followed me home to 320 Vanderbilt. We rode the bus #44 together for several months. Our priority was survival and sustenance of the families we left in Nigeria. Both registered engineers, wiz kids, confident that we would succeed anywhere.
2. Saturday, August 8,1998. Making phone calls to Nigeria for some of us was sitting in a cold phone booth on Targee. That day, I plugged in a cordless and Kenny was my second call.
3. Tuesday, August 25, 1998, the entry was “On my way home, saw Kenny Oshodi at Victory and Bay. Followed him home to a dinner of gira and chicken soup”
4. Saturday, October 24, 1998. “Met Mr Oshodi at the Check Cashing. He also sent some money to Lagos”
5. Tuesday, February 20,2001. Finding jobs and accommodation were major problems for us; we had to share information. An opening at 220 Osgood for Kenny, to no avail, because he had to work off-the-book. Three or four years after his arrival, the struggle was still on. But on Sunday December 16, 2001, I was with him at a courtesy accommodation at 20 Laurel.
6. Tuesday, December 25, 2007. “ Bolajoko. K. Oshodi visited in the evening to cheer me up. I am grateful “ That was my first entry of him as Bolajoko. Farewell my friend.
7. Saturday, November 20, 2010. “Kehinde & Wura Oshodi visited. Lesson learnt in mutual appreciation. Very important “. May the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ comfort his family and rest his soul. Amen
Olusola Odusanya says
KB,
It was just last year or so that we all reunited again as Alumni of University of Lagos, Chemical Engineering, class of 1986. We were a small , close and united class and that was evident in how we all picked up from where we left off, eventhough some of us had not been in touch with each other for over three decades .
I remember you reaching out to me personally afterwards, and it was you that mentioned that we were reconnecting after 33years. I remember thinking that
it was very kind of you to have called. You will be fondly remembered as that warm and kind gentleman.
Sun re KB, sun re o. May the good Lord comfort your wife and son.
SOLA ODUSANYA(Nee LIJADU)
Adefemi Mojisola Mrs says
What a great loss!!! but we thank God for a life well spent. Rest on in the bosom of the almighty God IJMN. The almighty God will grant your wife and son the fortitude to bear this irreplaceable loss IJMN.
Tolulope Oshodi says
Good day everyone. This is Tolulope Oshodi the son of Late Engr. Kehinde Oshodi.
Thank you for coming out today in honour of my father. The news of his death was very hard to take.
I miss and love him, But I know God loves him more.
Even though my Dad was abroad for the majority of my childhood, I knew he wanted the best for me. He was a loving, diligent, and disciplined man and I wish we had more time to bond.
Anytime I think of my Dad, the first thing to come to mind is BOOKS. My Dad loved reading and writing. Before the advent of Social media, my dad would write letters to me when I was young.
He would send a lot of books, novels and encyclopaedia, he was a firm believer of quality education and he would go the extra mile in imparting knowledge in me, despite the distance. My Dad would sit me down and explain Mathematics to me for hours via the Landline till I get a full grasp.
His common phrase to me was ‘Ope mu ra sise’ life is not a bed of roses.
My favourite memory of him was when he paid a surprise visit to Nigeria after about 2 decades. He took me on a tour of Eko Idumota. The way and manner he was able to navigate the streets was a shock to me, it was like he never left. He showed me his school, bookshop, streets and church while he was a child. It was a wonderful experience.
I really wished we had more time to bond, but the few memories we shared were special to me.
Rest in peace this Daddy oooooooo
I love, appreciate and I miss you.
Thank you all for your love and support and for coming to celebrate my loving Father.
Ayeku Markson says
So sad! I just got the sad news today 03/19/21 because we work together once a while as a nurse. I’m shocked!
May almighty God grant him a peaceful rest.
Ade Afonja says
Rest in peace Kenny