Celebrating the life of

Dr. Okezie Kemjika-Okechukwu Aguwa, MD

04 Mar 1985 - 19 May 2020

Family and friends

Dr. Okezie Kemjika-Okechukwu Aguwa was born to Dr. Okechukwu Cornelius Aguwa and Dr. Margaret Ijeoma Aguwa on March 4th 1985 in Lansing Michigan. He is the last born of three boys. His older brothers are Mr. Ikenna Chukwudi-Okechukwu Aguwa, and Mr. Okenwa Chikezie-Okechukwu Aguwa. Married to LeeAnn Marie Aguwa on November 21, 2015. Son: Dominick Kemjika Aguwa- born May 21, 2018. Okezie grew up o... more

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1985

Aguwa Family Okezie and his Mother Dr Margaret Aguwa

1987

Aguwa Family Okezie as a child in Nigerian attire

1987

Aguwa Family Okezie with his brothers "Dede" Ikenna, and Okenwa

1997

Aguwa Family Okezie cooking

2002

Aguwa Family Okezie with his friends in High School

Apr 2002

Aguwa Family Track and Field in High School

Aug 2002

Aguwa Family High School Football

2003

Aguwa Family Princeton Football

2003

Aguwa Family Touring Princeton's Campus

2004

Aguwa Family Friends from Princeton University

May 2007

Aguwa Family Graduating from Princeton

Sep 2007

Aguwa Family Entering Medical School - White Coat Ceremony

May 2011

Aguwa Family CaseMed Graduation with Mom

May 2011

Aguwa Family Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Graduation with Dad

21 May 2014

Aguwa Family Okezie helps deliver a baby

4 Apr 2015

Aguwa Family Okezie with then fiance, LeeAnn and Mom

Nov 2015

Aguwa Family Okezie, LeeAnn, Mom and Igbo women in African attire at wedding

21 Nov 2015

Aguwa Family Okezie weds LeeAnn

21 Nov 2015

Aguwa Family Okezie and LeeAnn's wedding

2017

Aguwa Family Doctor Okezie Aguwa in his office

May 2018

Aguwa Family Okezie with his new born baby Dominick Kemjika Aguwa

29 Sep 2018

Aguwa Family Baby Dominick's baptism with Okezie's family

29 Sep 2018

Aguwa Family Dominick's baptism with LeeAnn's family

2019

Aguwa Family Okezie and Dominick in Hawaii

Oct 2019

Aguwa Family Trick or Treating

Oct 2019

Aguwa Family Okezie and LeeAnn with his cousin Onyekachi, Chelsea and family

Dec 2019

Aguwa Family Testing the slopes

30 May 2020

Aguwa Family Our Little Chief Okezie

30 May 2020

Aguwa Family Okezie with brothers, 2015 vs 1986

30 May 2020

Aguwa Family Okezie and LeeAnn with his Princeton Clan

30 May 2020

Aguwa Family Doting father and son Dominick Kemji

30 May 2020

Aguwa Family Okezie and LeeAnn with newborn Dominick Kemjika

30 May 2020

Aguwa Family Okezie with paternal cousins

Okezie lit up the room with his ear to ear grin. My heart breaks for his family and his young son. I am so saddened to hear of this heartbreaking news. Sending so much love and support to his beautiful family. With love, Jane

Jane Fernandez5 Jun 2020

Dear Aguwa Family, Okezie radiated joy throughout his sphere and beyond. We are so blessed to have known him at University. His spirit and his smile are contagious in my memories from Cottage and around campus. Thank you for sharing him with our Class. We love him and we miss him dearly. Ozekie - we know you are in "the best old place of all", sh...

Alicia Wieser5 Jun 2020

I am so sorry for your loss. Okezie was one of the first people to befriend me and my freshman year roommate (Lauren Pflepsen) in the fall of 2003 when we arrived on the Princeton campus. We were in the same residential college and bonded over football (and specifically, University of Miami, where I was from). His warmth, friendship, enthusiasm a...

Danielle Villoch5 Jun 2020