08/04/2026
For the past two years, Wangeci has brought compassion and dignity to one of the hardest jobs in our facility. 🤍
Epiphania Wangeci is a Mortician. Every day, she walks alongside families during the most painful chapter of their lives. As a young woman in this profession, her journey isn’t always easy, Yet she continues with grace, understanding that her role is not just technical, but deeply human.
She works alongside Misheck, Together, they respond day and night, they carefully preserve and refrigerate the bodies while awaiting final dispatch and assist during postmortems. On burial days, they dress the bodies with dignity, prepare them for viewing, and stand quietly by as our chaplain offers prayers and comfort to grieving families. Their shifts know no weekends or holidays because death does not keep office hours.
Outside these walls, life can be lonely. Wangeci admits that many friendships fade once people learn what she does. “People don’t like associating with my work,” she shares softly. Yet she wouldn’t trade it for anything. “I love this job because I get to honour the departed and walk the journey with families in their most difficult moments. We help create space for healing, even in the midst of pain.”
In a society where death is rarely spoken about something we fear, avoid, and push to the edges of conversation Wangeci offers a gentle reminder: “Death is a path we will all walk. None of us has control over when or how, but we can choose to prepare our hearts and treat this final journey with respect and dignity.”
Her parting words stay with you long after the conversation ends: “We are like any of you. We are humans. We have emotions, we feel deeply, and we laugh and cry just like everyone else. All we ask is that society accepts us. Our job is difficult, but it is also sacred it is an important part of every human life.”🤍
Today, we celebrate Wangeci and all the quiet heroes like her and Misheck who serve with such compassion. They remind us that even in our final moments, dignity matters. Empathy matters. And the hands that care for our loved ones deserve our utmost respect and gratitude.