Obituary of Zufan Ghershen Fessha

Zufan Ghershen of Houston, Texas, Adi Bana, Eritrea, and Asmara, Eritrea, passed
away after a short illness in the early hours of August 25, 2024, surrounded by her
family members. Zufan was born in Geza Banda, Asmara, Eritrea, on November 10,
1962, to her late parents, Grazmach Ghershen Fessha and Ms. Turu Ambaye Woldu.
She was raised in Geza Banda, Asmara, and attended Emperor Haile Selassie High
School. She later graduated from the Nursing School of Asmara in 1980.She earned a
degree in Nursing and began her career at the Ministry of Health in Asmara, where
she worked from 1980 to 2007.

On September 6, 1991, Sister Zufan married Mr. Beyan Tesfagiorgis in a church
ceremony at Geza Kenisha. They were blessed with four children: Yonathan, Mesfun,
Betiel, and Ghideon..Zufan migrated to the United States in March of 2007. Upon
arrival in the U.S., she pursued further education in nursing, obtaining her Registered
Nurse (RN) license. During her life in Houston, Zufan saw her children through school
and was a pillar of support to her family.

For many,Zufan was a loving mother, a supportive sister, a dependable adviser,
and a devoted friend. She was known for her deep faith and trust in God. Sister Zufan
seldom took breaks or vacations, always working multiple jobs to support her family
and extended relatives. Those who knew her admired her unwavering resolve and
commitment to her loved ones. Zufan is survived by her husband, Beyan Tesfagiorgis;
her sister, Lemlem Ghershen & Besrat Ghershen; her brothers, Hagos, Tsegay, and
Yiftah Ghershen; her nieces Hirity, Hermela, Miriam, Rahel, Tsion, Awet, Martha,
Leah, and Rahel; and her nephews Meharena, Nathaniel, Amanuel, Mike, Yosef, and
Abel. She was predeceased by her brother, Major Mulugeta Ghershen.

Zufan will always be remembered by her family and many friends as a humble,
humorous, and dependable person.

ሎሚ ብጻዕራን ብፍቅራን ትልለ ንፈትዋ ሓፍትና ዙፋን ገርሸን ፍስሃ ብኽብሪ
ነፋንዋ ኣለና። ንፈትዋ ሓፍትናን አዴናን ዙፋን ካብ ኣቡኣ ግራዝማች ገርሸን ፍስሃ
ካብ ኣዲኣ ወ/ሮ ጥሩ እንባየ ብ ሕዳር 10/1962 ኣብ ኣስመራ ዞባ ማእከል ተወሊዳ
ዓብያ። ዕድሚኣ ን ትምህርቲ ምስ ኣኸለ ካብ ቀዳማይ ክሳብ ሻድሻይ ክፍሊ ኣብ ቤት
ትምህርቲ ወንጌላዊት ቤተ- ክርስትያን ፡ ከምኡ ድማ ካልኣይ ደረጃ ቤት ትምህርቲ
ኣብ ቀዳማዊ ሃይለ ስላሴ (ቀሃስ) ብናይ ሎሚ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ ዝፍለጥ ድሕሪ ምዝዛም
ናብ ላዐለዋይ ደረጃ ብምምራሕ ፡ ብ 1980 ኣብ ቤት- ትምህርቲ ኣስመራ ምእላይ
ሕሙማት ( Asmara School Of Nursing ) ትምህርታ ዛዚማ። ድሕሪ
ትምህርቲ ምዝዛማ ንሓጺር እዋን ኣብ ማእከል ጥዕና ጊንዳዕ ዞባ ሰሜናዊ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ
ድሕሪ ምስራሓ ፡ ንዝልዓለ ደረጃ ብ 1986 ናብ ኣስመራ ተመዲባ ኣገልግሎታ
ኣበርኪታ። ካብኡ ብምቅጻል ድማ ካብ 1987 ክሳብ 2007 ብዝተፈላለየ ዓውደ
ትምህርትታት ብምቅሳም ኣብ ሚኒስትሪ ጥዕና ኣስመራ ከም ሓላፊት ነርስ (
Charge Nurse) ብሙዃን ንነዊሕ ዓመታት ኣብ ሆስፒታል ሓሊበት ፡ ኦሮታ ፡
ዕዳጋ ሓሙስ ፡ ኣኽርያ ፡ ገጀረት(ማይ - ወላኹ) ቀሓውታ ከምኡ ድማ ኣብ ቤት
ጽሕፈት ሚኒስትሪ ጥዕና ኤርትራ ንሓጺር ግዜ ብልዑል ተገዳስነትን ተወፋይነትን
ዘገልገልት እያ።

ብመስከረም 06/1991 ሓፍትና ዙፋን ገርሸን ምስ ኣቶ በያን ተስፋገርግሽ
ቃል ኪዳን ብምእሳር ኣደ 4 ውሉዳት ዮናታን ፡ መስፍን ፡ ቤትኤል ፡ ጊደዎን እያ ኔራ።
ሓፍትና ዙፋን ብወርሒ መጋቢት 2007 ካብ ኤርትራ ናብ ሃገረ ኣሜሪካ ብምምራሕ
ብዝጸንሓ ሞያን ከም ኣላይት ሕሙማን ብምዃን ን 17 ዓመታት ዘገልገለት እያ። ኣብ
ስርሓ ብልጽትን ሓላፍነታዊትን ነርስ ብምዃን ንተኸታታሊ 7 ዓመታት ( Best
Nurse oF The Year ) ን ሽልማት ዝበቅዐት’ውን እያ። ዙፋን ገርሸን ብብጾታን
ሰሓቂትን ፡ ፍትውትን ፡ ብትሕትንኣን ኣኽብሮታን ትልለ ምቅሉል ጠባይ ዝነበራ ኾይና
፡ ብልዕሊ ኩሉ ከኣ ኣብ ሓላፍነት ስድርኣን ውሉዳን ነብሳን ብምምዕባል ዝጸዓረትን
ዘበርከተትን ኣይክእሎን ኣይፈልጦን ዝብሉ ፡ ንተበግሶ ዘዐንቅፉን ድኹማት ባህርያት
ዝሰዓረት ንዝተማህረቶ ብግቡእ እትመልኮ ናብ ብጾታ እተሰጋግርን ዘይትሕለል ብዓል
ምሉእ ዓቅሚ ኣብነታዊት ኣደ እያ ነይራ።

ብኸምዚ ኣብ ላዕሊ ዝተገልጸ ሓጺር ጉዕዞ ህይወት ኣብ ንጡፍ ዕለታዊ
ስርሓን ኣገልግሎታን እንከላ ሃንደበት ብዝወረዳ ናይ ሓጺር መዓልታት ሕማም ን
ውሑድ መዓልታት ኣብ ሕክምና ክትእለ ድሕሪ ምጽናሕ ብ ሰንበት ነሓሰ 25/2024
ብሞት ካብዛ ዓለም ተፈልያ።