A Kirinyaga woman has shocked residents after she decided to fulfill her dead husband wish of marrying him at his funeral.
According to reports, before his death, Martin Gitare, the dead husband and his woman Beatrice Muthomi were planning a wedding but Martin passed on three weeks to the wedding.
Happening a week after his passing, the wedding happened concurrently with the burial ceremony at the Our Lady Consolata Church in Lukenya, Kirinyaga County on Saturday 6th April.
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Presiding over the ceremony, Father Sammy Njoroge from Kutus Catholic Parish said that they were fulfilling the departed’s wishes and it was his first such occasion since he became a priest.
Beatrice Muthomi, the wife started off by tenderly placing a wedding ring on Martin’s finger at the mortuary while rocking her wedding gown ready for the day.
She proceeded to stand at the altar alongside Martin’s coffin, expressing both joy and sorrow as she fulfilled their long-awaited promise of marriage as the father read out the vows loud to her and the congregation.
Witnessing the occasion was the family of both sides with Daniel Githaka, Martin’s brother saying that it was both a sad and happy moment for both families.
“Today we are celebrating two occasions for my late brother because he had already planned his wedding, but unfortunately, he died before the wedding day.”
However, Beatrice’s grandson was the one who stepped in on behalf of Martin Gitare, the dead husband to symbolically place a wedding ring on her finger.
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“My grandson Felix Gitari was the one who put the wedding ring on me to represent his grandfather as my husband. I’m happy and, at the same time, sad.”
After exchanging vows, Beatrice proceeded to change her wedding attires before proceeding for the burial ceremony in Gichungu where Martin was laid to rest.