Chief (Mrs) Lolo Celina Orieji Nweke

Chief (Mrs) Lolo Celina Orieji Nweke passed away at her daughter's home on Tuesday, January, 13, 2026 in Springfield, Delaware County, PA.

She was the wife of the late Chief Thomas Nweke Arum, the Traditional Prime Minister, and the daughter of the late Chief Osiele and Theresa (Osi) Anyim. She was the first Woman to drive a car in her Community - a woman with the heart of gold - so magnanimous to a fault. She was known with the title "Ogbu ebo".

She is survived by her children, Ugo (Sylvanus), Nnanna (Onyinyechi), Cynthia (Matthew), Uloma (Henry), Ihuoma, Ngozi (Kachi), and Doris (Onyekachi), and grandchildren, Chioma, Victor, Susan, Oluchukwu, Mmesoma. Jane-Frances, Joseph, Louis, Chukwuemeka, Cynthia-Gift, Kenneth, Dominica, Oluebube, Tariela, the late Chigaemezu, Bekere, Naetochukwu, Michaela, Celina, and Goldcoast, and Joseph Osi (aka Papi) and Siblings.

Viewing: Friday, March 20, 2026, from 9:00-10:00 am, at Saint Cyprian Roman Catholic Church, 525 South Cobbs Creek Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19143.

Funeral Mass: Friday, March 20, 2026, at 10:00 am, at Saint Cyprian Roman Catholic Church.

Burial: Eden Cemetery, Collingdale, PA.

Family and friends are invited to a repast following the burial at Saint Cyprian Roman Catholic Church, 525 South Cobbs Creek Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19143.