ADAMSON NANDI MASINGILA

Sunrise:April 27, 1956 – Sunset January 28, 2021

Adamson Nandi Masingila, 64, died January 28, 2021 in Syracuse, NY (USA) from end stage renal disease.

Born in Kakamega on April 27, 1956 to Gideon and Elizabeth Masingila, he went to the United States in 1977 to attend Hesston College (KS) where he earned an associate’s degree. He completed a bachelor’s degree in psychology at Goshen College (IN) in 1981. He met Joanna (Osborne) in 1978 and they married in 1981. They were blessed with Moses (1987) and Rebekah (1990) while living in Indiana. The family moved to Syracuse (NY) in 1992. Adamson worked on an adolescent psychiatric unit at Community North Hospital in Indianapolis (IN) and as a teaching assistant for OCM BOCES in Syracuse. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Syracuse.

Adamson is survived by his wife, Joanna, children, Moses (Jennifer Clark), and Rebekah (Emmanuel Hubbard), and two delightful twin granddaughters, Makayla and Mackenzie Hubbard, along with his father, Gideon (Kenya), stepmother, Truphosa (Kenya), brothers, Stephen (Oregon) and Gregory (Kenya), and sisters, Florence Weche, Grace Magunga, Edith Masingila, Sheila Masingila, and Molly Masingila (all in Kenya), and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his mother, Elizabeth, and brother Jack.

Adamson was a kind, gentle, and generous man with a wonderful sense of humor who was friendly and helpful to all he met. He had deep and meaningful relationships , with family and friends throughout his life in Kenya and across the United States who loved him greatly. Adamson will be missed and remembered fondly by all who knew him.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, February 6th at 11am EST (7 pm Kenyan time) on the First Baptist Church of Syracuse YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.comichannel/UCEllc3QygHQGirLbLxofQRg

There will be a memorial service held in Bushiangala, Kenya in July 2021.