In Memoriam: The Late Memher Tekeste Habte
Mr. Tekeste Habte Ghebrekidan was born to Bicher Hagos and Habte Ghebrekidan on June 26, 1931 in Adi Yakene, Eritrea. Mr. Tekeste married to Haregue Ghebremedhin on January1953 and has nine wonderful children and fourteen grandchildren. He lived with his wife for 64 years with love and harmony.When he was 10 years old he went to Monastery Abune Bruk and received the rank of Deacon from Abune Marikos who was an Eritrean Bishop. He studied in Dirko, Medefera and later in Camoboni-Asmara. In 1951 he joined the Teachers Training Institute in Asmara. In 1952, he started to work in Dirko as a teacher. Then from 1953 till 1969 he was a teacher in Adi Quala, Debarwa, St Mary School Asmara, Hibret School in Asmara and St. George School in Medefera for a total of 17 years. He was appreciated and loved by his students and colleagues. Most of his students were successful in their professional life. Due to his passion to serve his people, he participated in a parliamentary election under the theme “A teacher is candle for his country”. He studied finance and accounting through correspondence from England and graduated with a Diploma. After that he served in the Ministry of Finances as an accountant at several levels of management for 18 years until his retirement.
He was imprisoned by the Derge regime for one year in 1983 in Maryam Gibi, Asmara due to his contribution and role for the national struggle for liberation of Eritrea.
He was loving, kind, caring, faithful, trustworthy and honest father. He was an example of love for his family, relatives and his community. His house was open for all relatives and others to continue their education and a base to improve their life. Moreover he was participating in many social and community church activities, and was one of the main founders of Fnote Berhan Association of Eritrea (Orphan School). He played a major role in water supply and road renovation for his village Adi Yakne. He had an exceptional passion for reading, in which he read many academic and spiritual books, and encouraged others to read books. In short, he was well-read and well-traveled holistic person.
In the hands of God, he passed away at the age of 85 on March 10, 2017 in New Jersey, USA. Though we feel his sudden death, he was a good example through his life and we will remember him in our hearts and mind.
May God rest our father’s soul in peace and comfort all family members.
ኣቦና መምህር ተኸስተ ሃብተ ገብረኪዳን ብሰነ 26, 1931 ካብ ኣዲኡ ወይዘሮ ብጭር ሓጎስን ካብ ኣብኡ ባሻይ ሃብተ ገብረኪዳን ኣብ ዓዲ ያቐነ መራጉዝ ተወሊዱ። ኣብ ጥሪ 1953 መምህር ተኸስተ ሃብተ ምስ ወ/ሮ ሓረጉ ገብረመድህን ቃል ኪዳን ኣሲሩ። ከም ፍረ ናይ ቃል ኪዳኖም ትሽዓተ ቆልዑ ወሊዶም፡ ዓሰርተ ኣርባዕተ ደቂ ደቆም ድማ ክርእዩ በቒዖም። ን64 ዓመት ድማ ምስ በዓልቲ ኪዳኖም ጽቡቕ ህይወቶም ኣሕሊፎም።
መምህር ተኸስተ ወዲ 10 ዓመት ምስ ኮነ ኣብ ገዳም ኣቡነ ብሩኽ ከይዱ ዲቁና ብኢድ ኣቦና ኣቡነ ማርቆስ ጳጳስ ናይ ኤርትራ ዝነበሩ ተቐቢሉ። ናይ መባእታ ትምህርቱ ኣብ ድርኮ ድሕሪ ምክትታል፥ ድሕሪኡ ኣብ መንደፈራን ኣብ ኣስመራ ካንቦኒ ትምህርቱ ቀጺሉ። ብ1951 ናይ ምምህርና ስልጠና ኣብ ኣስመራ ወሲዱ። ኣብ 1952 ኣብ ድርኮ መምህር ተቖጺሩ ክምህር ጀሚሩ። ብድሕሪኡ ካብ 1953 – 1969 ኣብ ዓዲ ዃላ፡ ዱባርዋ፡ ኣብ እንዳ ማርያም ኣስመራ፡ ኣብ ቤት ትምህርቲ ሕብረት ኣስመራን ሳንጆርጆ መንደፈራን ን17 ከም መምህር ኮይኑ ኣገልጊሉ። ብተማሃሮኡ ፍቱው መምህር ከም ዝነበረን፡ ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ግዜ ዝመሃሮም ተመሃሮ ድማ ኣብ ዝልዓለ ጽፍሒ ዝበጽሑ ብዙሓት እዮም። ህዝቢ ንምግልጋል ብዝነበሮ ሕሉፍ ባህጊ፥ መምህር ንሃገሩ ከም ሽምዓ እዩ ብዝብል ቴማ ኣብቲ ሽዑ ዝነበረ ናይ ፓርላማ ምርጫ ተወዳዲሩ። ድሕሪ ናይ ምምህርና ስርሑ፡ ናይ ሕሳብ ትምህርቲ ብምልእኣኽ ትምህርቲ ካብ ዓዲ እንግሊዝ ብዲፕሎማ ተመሪቑ። ብምቕጻል ኣብ ሚኒስትሪ ፋይናንስ ከም ናይ ሕሳብ ክኢላ ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ሓላፍነት ን18 ዓመት ሰሪሑ። ድሕሪኡ ድማ ጥሮታ ወጺኡ።
መምህር ተኸስተ ብሃገሩ ኣዝዩ ግዱስ ስለ ዝነበረ፡ በቲ ኣብ ሃገራዊ ቃልሲ ንናጽነት ኤርትራ ዝነበሮ ኣበርክቶ ምክንያት፡ ብስርዓት ደርግ ብ1983 ንሓደ ዓመት ኣብ ማርያም ግቢ ተኣሲሩ።
መምህር ተኸስተ ናይ ብሓቂ ፈቃርን ርሕሩሕን እሙንን ሓላዪን ናይ ኹሉ ስድራ ቤት ኣቦ እዩ ኔሩ። ንኹሉ ቤተ ሰብ ይኹን ሕብረተስብ ናይ ፍቕሪ ኣብነት ኮይኑ፥ ምስ ኩሉ ሰብ ብፍቕርን ሕውነትን ምንባር ብግብርን ብቓልን ይምህር ኔሩ። ቤቱ ውን ናይ ኩሎም ኣዝማዱን ፈተውቱን ትምህርቶምን ህይወቶምን ንምምዕባል ክፉት ነበረ። ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ማሕበራዊን ሃይሞኖታውን ንጥፈታት ዝተሳተፈን፥ ሓደ ካብቶም ቀንዲ መስረትቲ ማሕበር ፍኖተ ብርሃን ኤርትራ (መዕበዪ ዘኽታማትን) እዩ። ብተወሳኺውን ንመበቆል ዓዱ መስመር ማይ ምቕራብን ጽርግያ ምትዕርራይን ዓቢ ኣበርክቶ ጌሩ። መምህር ተኸስተ ፍሉይ ናይ ምንባብ ልምዲ ዝነብሮ፥ ኣብ ዘመን ህይወቱ ድማ ብዙሓት ኣካድምያውን መንፈሳውን መጽሓፍቲ ኣንቢቡን ንኻልኦት ድማ ከንብቡ ኣተባቢዑን።
ፍቓድ ኣምላኽ ኮይኑ ኣብ 85 ዓመት ዕድሚኡ፡ በቲ ዘጋጠሞ ናይ ሓጺር ግዜ ሕማም ብዕለት 10 መጋቢት 2017 ኣብ ኒው ጀርሲ ኣብ ሕቡራት መንግስታት ኣመሪካ ዓሪፉ። ካባና ብምፍላዩ ኩላትና ስድራ ቤቱን ፈተውቱን መሪር ሓዘን እኳ እንተተሰመዓና፥ ናይ ህይወቱ ጉዕዞ ንኹላትና ጽቡቕ ኣብነት ኮይኑ፥ ካብ ኣእምሮናን ልብናን ዘይሃስስ ትምህርትን ዝኽርን ገዲፉልና ሓሊፉ።