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often sang from both ancient and modern hymn book. Maa Jane
                                                                                          was so time conscious. She was always on time-very punctual-
                                                                                          arrived rst and waited for any event to start. She was quick to
                                                                                          remind you that she was “German Trained”.
                                                                                          As  a  Christian,  Maa  Jane  was  relentless  in  her  spiritual
                                                                                          development. She was an ardent member of the Guild of the
                                                                                          Good Shepherd of St. Albans Anglican Church in Tema until her
                                                                                          retirement in 2021. She however continued to keep faith with the
                                                                                          Lord.

                                                                                          She had a health constraint which advisedly required intermittent
                                                                                          health check-ups. It was on one of such scheduled check-ups, at
                                                                                          the new University of Ghana Hospital, she passed on Tuesday the
                                                                                          31st May 2022. She is survived by six children; three males and
        Maa Jane spent her maternity leaves with her mum and had the                      three females.
        opportunity  to  acquire  some  baking  skills,  particularly
        breadmaking.  With  these  skills,  she  later  started  and  grew  a
                                                                                            May the soul of Maa Jane rest in perfect peace in the bosom of the Lord.
        home-based  breadmaking  business  on  her  sojourn  with  her
        husband to Tema in 1961.                                                                                 Maa Jane ''ya wo ojogbaan''.


        She  also  worked  as  a  matron  at  State  Publishing  Corporation.
        Maa Jane's breadmaking business was successful and the history
        and success of a good number of bakeries in Tema today are
        rooted in the training received from Maa Jane. She expanded
        her bakery business to include the supply of baking ingredients
        until her retirement in 1980.


        Maa Jane loved music and was an avid dancer. She could spend
        hours on the danceoor doing the Waltz, Foxtrot and others forms
        of  ballroom  dancing.  She  was  a  spectacle  to  behold  on  the
        dance oor.

        She was among the rst few members of the St Albans Anglican
        Church of Tema. As a member of the Good Shepherd's Guild, she

                                                                                                                                                 IN LOVING MEMORY  3
                                                                                                                                                   MADAM JANET VANDRPUIJE
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