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Biography Of
                                                                                  MADAM JANET


                                                                                  VANDERPUIJE



                                                                                   AKA - MADAM COOLER or AUNTIE GRAND MAA


                                                                                           ADAM  JANET  Vanderpuije  affectionately  called
                                                                                           Auntie Grandma or Madam Cooler, was born on 6th
                                                                                 MApril 1929 in Koforidua to Mr Peter Vanderpuije (Uncle
                                                                                 Two) and Madam Virginia Muange, both of blessed memory.
                                                                                 She was the fourth child among six children and the last to pass
                                                                                 on. She had her basic education in Accra at the Accra Royal
                                                                                 School from 1936-1948.

                                                                                 Maa  Jane  was  a  very  good  athlete  and  her  performance
                                                                                 during  inter  school's  games  earned  her  the  nickname
                                                                                 “ZOOZOO”.  It  was  therefore  not  surprising  that  the  National
                                                                                 Athletic Association expressed its desire to sponsor her abroad.


                                                                                 Maa Jane was to proceed abroad to improve on her athletic
                                                                                 prowess.  This  could  not  happen  because  she  had  met  her
                                                                                 dream life partner Daniel Atuah Quao of blessed memory and
                                                                                 had just commenced raising their nucleus family. Their union
                                                                                 was eventually blessed with nine children; four males and ve
                                                                                 females.


                                                                                 Madam  Janet  Vanderpuije  travelled  the  length  of  Ghana's
                                                                                 coastal and near hinterland towns accompanying her husband
                                                                                 on his work postings.




       IN LOVING MEMORY  2
          MADAM JANET VANDRPUIJE
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