Gogo Alilali (106) buried at Lwamondo

One of the country’s oldest persons, Mrs Alilali Madilonga Masakona (106), was buried at the Lwamondo Tshifulanani cemetery last Saturday.

Her memorial service was held at her Tshifulanani home last Friday afternoon. Mourners at the memorial service described her as a humble and peace-loving person. According to them, the granny was a role model in the family and in the whole Tshifulanani village.

Born at Lwamondo village on 8 August 1908, as the eldest child of Mr Tshikalange and Mrs Matamela Mamona. She was the eldest of Mr Jim Masakona’s three wives and blessed with five children, two sons, Edward and Frans, and three daughters, Anna, Tshinakaho and Masindi. Her youngest son, Edward Masakona, was born in 1948.

She lost one of her daughters and a son in recent years.

Gogo Masakona is survived by two daughters, son Edward, 28 grandchildren, 71 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren. She succumbed to a short illness last Monday, November 3. She was staying with one of her daughters at Mulima village at the time of her death.         

Date:14 November 2014

By: Frank Mavhungu

Frank is a Human Resources Manager at the Department of Public Works in Limpopo. He is the longest serving correspondent of the Mirror, having joined us at the end of 1990.  He mainly writes sports reports and resides at Tsianda Village. In 2004, Frank won the National Castle League Award, an award for the best reporter in the SAB league in South Africa.

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