Ikechukwu  Okoronkwo

September 15, 1953 - November 11, 2016

On August 15, 1953, Ikechukwu (Ike) Okoronkwo was born to John Otah Emole Okoronkwo and Ugo Odere Oji Okoronkwo in Umu Okpo Irem, Okoko Item, Abia State Nigeria. He graduated from Government Primary School in Aba and Coronata Secondary School in Ohafia, Abia State. He obtained his Bachelors of Science in Environmental Design in 1982 and Masters of Science in Construction Science in 1985 from the University of Oklahoma. In February 1985, Ike married Sandra La Fayette of Tulsa, Oklahoma and in 1989 they moved to New Jersey where he was a Safety Engineer for Zurich Insurance and later retired as Principal Industrial Hygienist for the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. "Ike" love music , to dance and loved to read. Ike will continue to live in the hearts of his wife, Sandra; Children: Cherron Okoronkwo, Cohen Gamboa, Chinwendu Okoronkwo Burns, Chinomnso Okoronkwo and Chikaodiri Okoronkwo; Step Mother Mrs. Egbichi Okoronkwo; Brothers: Mr. Benjamin Onyekwere Okoronkwo, Chief Sir Benjamin Okoji Okpo, Mr. William Ogba Okpo, Mr. Onyekwere Okpo; Sisters: Mrs. Oyidia Ogbonnaya Ekeoma, Mrs. Uzoaru Ndukwe; Ms. Evelyn Ukoji Okpo; Enoch Anugwa, Helen Chinyere Bedu, Chief Elendu Oji, Mr. James O. Olendu, Chief Chukwu Kalu, Mr. Jones O. Oji, Mr. Maxwell Kalu, Mr. Obgonnaya Oji, and a host of uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, cousins, god children, other relatives and friends. To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Ikechukwu Okoronkwo, please visit our Heartfelt Sympathies Store.