A requiem mass will be held at 1.00 pm, Thursday, August 30 at the Christ the King Cathedral, Bungoma Town, Republic of Kenya. Repose and visitation will be at her Kanduyi home on Friday, August 31. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Saturday September 1 at Kanduyi D.E.B Primary School, followed by burial at her home in Kanduyi, Bungoma County, Republic of Kenya.
Simphrose was born December 20, 1946 in Bungoma, Kenya, daughter of Augustine and Veronica (Nabwoba) Wanyama. She graduated from Kenya Medical Training College. In 1968, She married Christopher K. Munya. Simphrose was a loving and devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She loved gardening, travelling, singing in the church choir. She was a dedicated member of her cathedral parish. She especially loved spending time with her grandchildren, who were the joy of her life.
She is survived by her husband Christopher Munya; six children, Dorothy (Joseph) Waliaula, Dr. Stella Munya (Donald)-Potts of Virginia, Gerald (Lilian) Kizito, Dr. Paul (Michelle) Munya of Michigan, Frida (Bernard) Munya, and Dr. Andrew Munya of Auckland, New Zealand; Fifteen grandchildren, Moses, Deborah, Patricia, Naomi, Ruth, Christopher, Abdul, Becky, Michelle, Marilyn, Andrew, Paul, Jeremy, Pendo, and Amaris. She was preceded in death by her parents, sisters Frida and Rufina and a daughter, Carolyne Munya-Barasa.
Online condolences may be submitted at Joseph Gawler’s Sons LLC https://www.dignitymemorial.com/
The family would like to thank our USA family and friends for all their love, prayers and support. We would also like to thank Dr George Howard of Cancer and Leukemia Center in Troy, Michigan, Dr. Kunda Biswas, nurses, and staff at Washington Adventist Hospital especially nurses Aminata, Ching, Sara, Angelica, Ade, Jays, and Esther; PCTs Joy and Juliet for their compassion and care of our mother as she fought through her long illness, bravely borne.
God bless and rest in peace.
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