It was a sad moment for family and friends as they paid their last respect to 2021 KETASCO National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) James Lutterodt.
A pre-burial service was held on Friday at the Tema Community Centre in Accra.
The burial service is expected to take place on Saturday, September 9, 2023, at Keta in the Volta region.
Visuals from the ceremony shared on Twitter by Ghana News Agency (GNA) captured mourners struggling with tears as they mourned the youngster.
The pre-burial service of James Edem Kwable Lutterodt, the former #NSMQ contestant from #KETASCO, is underway at the forecourt of the Tema Metropoltan Assembly.
— Ghana News Agency (@GHANANEWSAGENCY) September 8, 2023
The late Lutterodt, 19, with three other students, brought laurels to KETASCO as finalist of the NSMQ in 2021. #GNA pic.twitter.com/r79OeA4v38
His remains will be interred at the Vui government cemetery in the Volta region. James Lutterodt, until his demise, was a second-year student at the University of Ghana.
Ghana mourns James Edem Kwable Lutterodt, former #NSMQ contestant from #KETASCO.
— Ghana News Agency (@GHANANEWSAGENCY) September 8, 2023
The late Lutterodt, 19, with three other students, brought laurels to KETASCO as finalist of the NSMQ in 2021. #GNA #GhanaNewsAgency #GNA pic.twitter.com/KQPblvZESq
He succumbed to a brief illness on July 3, 2023, at a specialised hospital in Tema.
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