In Memory of Mrs. Klara Asemota.

Klara on the front cover of the book Chinese of Africa

Moments in Time

3 years ago we buried Mutti

10 years old Klara

Our dearest sister, wife, mother, grandmother and aunty, Klara Asemota' s gravestone was installed this morning on her gravesite in Bern, Switzerland.
GRAVESTONE INSCRIPTION
- Colour is inspired by the red sand we find in Benin City
- Iroko tree signifies many things in Nigerian culture, for example the throne of God
- Biblical text is 1 Corinthians 13:13 Meaning of 1 Corinthians 13:13)
The Gravestone was designed by Esther Schmeicher-Gerber, an artist from Switzerland.

As we come to your resting place, it saddens us to think that you are no longer with us. We know that our lives will never be the same again without you. Yet, we know that you are happy wherever you are, and we will be together one day.
Happy birthday in heaven, mom

Mutti we miss you.

We'd like to extend our deepest gratitude for all of your support, love, and kindness during the difficult time. We're blessed to be able to see all of these memories and stories that everyone is sharing and it just goes to show how much of a force of nature Mutti truly was.

Mama, ich vermisse dich sehr. Du hast ein offenes und grosszügiges Herz, hast jeden Menschen immer willkommen geheissen, und hast jedem geholfen der zu Dir kam. Mama ,Ich danke Dir das Du mich mit Liebe grossgezogen hast. Du hast mir deine Stärke gegeben dieses Leben zu meistern.
Du wirst für immer in meinem Herzen sein 💓

Mama, you have been a role model for me and have had significant influence on my life. I am still trying to comprehend how great you are and what you meant to all the people who knew you personally. Your loving care was phenomenal and without pair. Your moral support and encouragement made me to whom I am today. I miss you deeply, but all is well.
I love you 💓

Mummy wasn't a "church person". But she attended church occasionally. I could talk to her about Jesus in those days and she would say "Evelyn, how could you ever think that only Christians would go to heaven?" I was glad to hear her talk about Jesus when I visited her in 2018. I am so sure God had mercy on her soul. When Barbara called me that fateful morning of March 1, 2021 to inform me of mom's death, she had told me that mummy died with a peaceful smile on her face. I was glad. I thank God for mummy's life and His mercy on her. Someday, we shall meet at the bosom of our Lord, Jesus, to part no more.
Fare thee well, Mummy Asemota.
Thank you for being such a blessing to all of us who came your way.
I love you

A light from my life has gone
A voice I loved is still
A place is vacant within my heart
Which never can be filled.
A bouquet of beautiful memories
Sprayed with a million tears
I wish that God could have spared you
If just for a few more years.
I hold you close within my heart,
And there you will remain
To walk with me throughout my life Until we meet Again.
So rest in peace dear loved one
And thanks for all you have done
I pray that God has given you
The crown you have truly won.
Your vacant place
No one can fill
I miss you now
And always will.
Like an eternal flame
Your Memory will live in my heart forever.

I feel honored writing a tribute to this wonderful white woman I have known in the Asemota's family. You have always kept the family tied with love, care and affection. I pray God Almighty to grant you eternal peace in return.
Your life was a blessing, your memory a treasure and you are love beyond words and missed beyond measure.

May our beloved mummy’s soul find eternal rest in the bosom of the lord.

Rest in peace mummy, still can't forget how you took care of my grandmother, your sis in-law. You two were very close. I don't even know how she will feel when she hears of your demise. Thanks so much for all you did for all of us.
It's so sad to even think that you are forever gone.

She was a unique mother - loving, caring and supportive. A woman of immense compassion and understanding. welcoming to all, be you foe or friend. She evidently left her foot on the sands of time and we will miss her dearly.
May she rest in peace.
Amen.

Eternal life granted unto her o Lord, may perpetual light shine upon her.
May the Lord give the entire family strength to bear the loss.

IIt was very reassuring meeting my country woman when we first moved to Benin, Nigeria in 1976. Both our husbands were from Benin, friends from childhood, we both had two kids of similar age. I learned so much from you who had been there for some time before us, how to cope with the new environment, incl. water shortages, electricity outage, cultural differences – it was great, having somebody from my own background to compare notes with. You were always ready to help, my only friend then!
I am grateful to have had you in my life dear Klara!

Rest well in perfect peace my friend, until we meet again

Thank you very much for entrusting me with this wonderful curriculum vitae, including the letter from your brother to your mother. Soooo beautiful! I have to read it over and over and I cry every time. Your mother is a great role model for all of humanity! .... how she was and what she did for all of her neighbors! And so humble. You couldn't have described it better. Soo beautiful! The gap it leaves is so big ....
I understand that the pain of parting is so great for all of you.
The grave is also so beautiful with all the flowers.
May she be well now where she is!

I wish to Express my sincere condolences to you and your entire family. May God grant you the fortitude to bear the loss. Your mother, our mother was very loving, caring, accommodating, peaceful, patience.
I pray to God to comfort all of you, especially my Father Pa Tommy Asemota.

This certainly is not one for us. So painful! My family & I express our condolence to you & the entire family. May her gentle soul rest in peace.
She'll be missed dearly.
May God give us the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss.

We thank God who blessed Asemota family with Godly wife as klara who Loved everyone unconditionally with open hand to her home We send our condolences to the children her husband and entire family.
May her soul Rest In Peace, God will console the family.

Mummy was a faithful, dotting wife and mother. How she loved her husband and was dedicated to him! She would cook, wash, get people to iron all the clothes! Daddy lived like a king! For a white woman, mummy was homely. She was everywhere. She loved Nigeria. Perhaps because of her husband. Even when other white women married to Nigerians were leaving for one reason or the other, mummy stayed on. She would gladly have died and be buried here. But the ailment that led to her death ensured that that decision was not hers to make. On Monday, 8 March, 2021, mummy will be buried in Switzerland, her birthplace and I won't be there! This eulogy is spontaneous. I can't help doing this. It is the least I can do for a woman who poured herself out for those who crossed her way.
Fare thee well, Mummy Asemota. Thank you for being such a blessing to all of us who came your way.
I love you.

Klara you were a dear and loving sister to me,more than a brother's wife. You were a true and sincere friend. A friend that sticks closer than a brother.
You were greatly loved, you would be greatly missed. May your soul rest in peace.

An authentic and deeply touching eulogy for an extraordinary unique woman who transversed continents to help her fellow beings.
Klara, your Kind Soul will surely rest in peace.
We wish you, sleep well.

Mutti is the Mother Teresa of Nigeria, an angel of God, who brought joy, peace, love and happiness to those who encountered her, even at her expense. To live in the hearts of those you love and who love you in return is not to die. So Mutti lives in my 💓 heart and that of Iyen.
May her kind and gentle soul rest in the bosom of God.

Committed, loving and real. She loved selflessly in ways we should all learn from. We love you Aunty Klara.
Rest In Peace.

I did not know you until I became very close to your husband Mr Tommy Asemota who I always regard as my senior brother. On meeting and associating with you I began to wonder about the kind of woman you were. A switz lady from a good background who decided to stay in our kind of country ( Nigeria) very happily, comfortably and indeed motherly and friendly with everyone who came around or across you. You became a mother to every child who entered your house or office. My children were not left out of your motherly care. You were the love of your husband's heart and you stood strong behind him taking care of your home, the children and the factory. To the Asemota nuclear family you made all comfortable and relaxed in all situations. You were the strength of your husband, my valuable friend and adviser. I can not say all in this small space but I know that we all will miss you and you will remain evergreen in our hearts. Adieu Mutti.
May God receive your loving soul in his bosom.
REST IN PERFECT PEACE.

Mummy, when the news of your death broke out I was devastated, I cried and cried and cried but when I remember the life you lived, I wiped away my tears! Mummy you are a woman of inestimable value, you loved and cared for everyone you came across unconditionally, you put a smile on faces of many especially the less privileged ones and the needies including my humble self and siblings, you allowed God to use you in building the Destiny of many! You were selfless, you were a typical example of a virtuous woman in the book of Proverbs 31 vs 10--31. On behalf of my family.
I say mummy, we love you but Jesus loves you more, goodnight mummy rest in peace in the Bosom of our Lord until the resurrection morning.