By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, family members and friends on Saturday celebrated the 20th memorial service of the former First Lady, Stella Obasanjo.
The service which was held at Chapel of Christ the Glorious King, OOPL, Abeokuta was attended by former governors Gbenga Daniel, Ibikunle Amosun among other dignitaries. 
Obasanjo, in a short response during an interview after the service, said, “we are celebrating a life of service.”
In his testimony during the church service, , younger brother to the late former president’s wife, John Abebe, described her as someone that hardly got angry and always put up a smile.
” Sister Stella was somebody you just couldn’t get angry with because she would always smile through everything, every difficulty.
“I remember when my eldest brother passed on, as soon as my sister came from Abeokuta to see my parents or to stay with my parents, everything changed in the house. With her smile and huge encouragement to my parents, the grief was reduced.
” So , when I saw this announcement a few days ago, that was what occupied my heart throughout, and I knew that whatever I was going to say today was going to be based on her smile.
“Olumuyiwa, her son in his late 40s. Now, 20 years after his mom passed on, has a 17 year-old daughter and a 12 year-old son, and they are doing very well.
“We miss Stella a lot, because if she had been around, she would have been the mother who would have taken over from my parents,” he said.
Speaking with newsmen, former Gov. Gbenga Daniel appreciated God for the life of the late former first lady, saying “we thank God for her life. Twenty years down the lane, the legacy she left behind , the son and grandchildren , will continue to miss her motherly support.
” In particular, during my time as governor of the state, we named a motherless home after her.”
In his sermon, Rev. Yusufu Obaje, the pioneer Chaplain, State House, Abuja, said that Stella Obasanjo had a life time of submission to the will of God , saying that she lived an exemplary life .
