Biography of Udo Udo Okure Jr.

Posted on October 6, 2014

Born: September 26, 1958
Died: September 13, 2014

Udo Udo Okure Jr. was born in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria on September 26, 1958 and was the third son, and the last child of five children of late Hon. Chief Udo Udo Okure, B.A; O.B.E who was a Public Service Commissioner in the former Eastern Region of Nigeria (1960-67).

Udo Udo Okure Jr. (commonly known among his childhood friends as OCK or Original Captain Kid), was of Nigerian Annang tribal descent. He grew up with his brothers and sisters at 11 Park Lane in the government reserved area (GRA) suburbs of Enugu, the capital of the then Eastern Regional government of Nigeria. He attended All Saints’ nursery School in Park Lane, Enugu and continued his primary education in WTC Practicing School, Enugu. He then proceeded to the well renowned Government College, Umuahia where he finished with good grades.

After completing his high school education in Nigeria, he gained admission to study Architectural Engineering at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas in the United States of America. Upon the death of his mother Mrs. Umo Essien Okure in 1980, he relocated from Manhattan, Kansas to Albany, New York in order to be close to his brother Dr. Tom Okure and to continue his academic studies in Hudson Valley Community College and SUNY, Albany and obtained a bachelor’s degree.
After completion of his studies, he worked for a number of private engineering firms in New Jersey and the New York State Capital region including Foit-Albert Associates and engineering firm, Laberge engineering etc. He held many positions in the private engineering firms but was really excited about his work as a computer-aided drafting (CAD) specialist. The intensity and insecurity of working for private engineering firms combined with his health challenges led to his decision about seven (7) years ago to start a new career with the New York State government at the Department of Transportation (DOT) in Albany, New York. He was steadily employed and satisfied with his career at the DOT Design Quality Assurance Bureau, Engineering Technology Section in Albany, New York until his sudden life expiration (death) on Saturday September 13, 2014, just thirteen days shy of his birthday on September 26, 2014.
Udo Udo was married to his wife Suzanne Scott of Rochester New York on October 16, 1984. The couple lived together for some years in Lagos, Nigeria and later relocated back to the United States where they divorced. They had no children.
Udo Udo had many friends; he loved life, enjoyed cooking and playing competitive electronic chess games in the internet with friends around the world. He had many health challenges all through his live including polio at the age of two (2), diabetes, high blood pressure etc. Despite his health challenges, he was always happy, smiling and very optimistic about the prospect of a long life and future. Udo Udo a/k/a OCK will be dearly missed by close friends and family members. He is survived by his immediate siblings, Mrs. Helene Nne Bassey (or Nee Okure who resides in Abuja Nigeria), Engr. Christopher Umoton Okure (Manchester, UK), Dr. Tom Udo Okure (Albany, New York ), and many other cousins, nieces, nephews and relatives in The USA, UK and Nigeria.
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Autobiography and Narrative Attribution: Mrs Helene Nne Bassey (Sister, Abuja Nigeria) and Tom U.U. Okure, Ph.D (Brother, Albany, New York USA).