Statement on the death of Mrs. Theresa Kufuor by the President of the Republic Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
Theresa Kufuor was born on 25 October 1935 and died on 1 October 2023. She was the wife of John Kufuor, the second President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, and First Lady of Ghana. She was a nurse and midwife.
Theresa started her education at the Catholic Convent, OLA, at Keta in the Volta Region of Ghana. She later went to London, where she was educated as a Registered General Nurse, in the Southern Hospital Group of Nursing. Edinburgh, Scotland.
After further study at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford and Paddington General Hospital, London, she qualified as a State Certified Midwife with a Certificate in Premature Nursing.
Theresa married John Kufuor when he was at age 23 after they met at a Republic Day Anniversary Dance in London in 1961. They got married in 1962. She had five children with John Kufuor, former president of Ghana J. Addo Kufuor, Nana Ama Gyamfi, Saah Kufuor, Agyekum Kufuor and Owusu Afriyie Kufuor. She was a mother of five, and a grandmother of eight. She was a devout Roman Catholic.
Theresa died on 1 October 2023, at the age of 87. She died a natural death at her home in Peduase. Theresa died exactly 24 days to her birthday.
I am very saddened by the just announced news of the death of Mrs. Theresa Kufuor, our nation's former First Lady and wife of the 2nd President of the 4th Republic, His Excellency John Agyekum Kufuor. Her passing reminds me keenly of human mortality, that Almighty God will come for each and everyone of us at the appropriate time.
Mama Theresa as she was affectionately called was a devoted companion of President Kufuor throughout their sixty- one (61) years of marriage. She was an invaluable and constant source of advice, encouragement and prayers for him. Member of a well-known family from Odumase, in the Bono Region, sister of the renowned stateman, the late J.H. Mensah and aunt of President Kufuor's secretary, the brilliant diplomat. Ambassador D.K. Osei, she politically astute and was a major contributor to her husband's political success. She was a composed and articulate First Lady, polyglot, fluent in several languages including Ewe who brought great dignity to the position.
I knew several members of her family, especially her celebrated brother and I am grateful that I had the opportunity to know her too. Her warmth, kindness and grace were exceptional. She bore the vicissitudes of life with great stoicism and an unshakable belief in the sovereignty of Almighty God.
My wife, Rebecca the First Lady and I will miss her a lot. We extend our deepest condolences to President Kufuor, their children, grandchildren and members of their family on their irreplaceable loss. We wish her a peaceful place of abode in the Bosom of the Almighty, as she deserves, until the Last Day of the Resurrection when we shall all meet again. Amen!!
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