Ms. Meaza Mulugeta Mengistu of Oak Lawn

Meaza Mulugeta Mengistu of Oak Lawn, Illinois. Loving daughter of Zewditu Nega Biru and the late Mulugeta Mengistu; devoted sister of Addisu Mengistu. "Meaza was not only a sister to me; she was everything. She paid my tuition and lodgings when I was a student, covered my medical expenses, sponsored me when I moved to the US, and sent me to a school in India. She would say, 'Pay it forward' whenever I tried to reimburse her. Her generosity knew no bounds. I remember the day of one bitterly cold winter when she took me to a clinic for a checkup. She thought I was not warm enough and offered me her jacket to put on top of the hoodie I was wearing. Meaza was the kind of person who thought of others more than herself. Always helped relatives in need and contributed money to fundraising events and charity. Even when her health was deteriorating she was always concerned about the wellness of our mother and myself. In her last days, she was a survivor of a stroke and bound to a wheelchair. Even when her chance of walking again was slim, she never gave up hope of walking again." - Addisu Mengistu - "Dr. Meaza The jewel of our family was born on the 29th of June, 1969. Right from that day until her passing day on a dreaded Monday on the 14th of October, 2024. She never seized being strength, comfort and inspiration to anybody she touched or contacted. Growing up in Ethiopia, in the comfort of her parents and other family members, had been a focus of the community. She went to the only medical school of the time in Ethiopia and was, sailing up when her father, the late Dr. Mulugeta Mengistu was invited to Walter Reed Memorial Hospital in Washington D.C to do some research. Some weeks before her gradution, Dr. Mulugeta had finalized his research and was about to fly back to Ethiopia. Before his departure, he wanted to pay a short visit to other family members in Columbus, Ohio. Unfortunately, he was struck with a heart attack on one dreaded evening and passed away a couple of weeks later while in the hospital. His contacts in Washington, DC offered to help his kids and wife to come and see him. His answer was typical Dr. Mulugeta. He said "My Daughter is graduating soon and has to serve the people she saw while growing up and being trained". He hoped they helped her come to the USA after serving some years in Ethiopia. I asked him about the merit of his decisions. He told me that he wanted Meaza to treat and see the medical aspects of her people in person, not on paper. Anybody can see where that honest and loving heart of Meaza came from. Sacrifice, Sacrifice his and her immediate benefit to the benefits of others. Not taking of advantage at every opportunity. Pure MEAZA. Dr. Mulugeta died here and his body was sent to his beloved country. Dr. Meaza, served her people in Addis Ababa for some years and came to the USA. She took the foreign graduated Doctors testing that is required and passed it successfully. She started residency in Chicago and worked in and around there until her time. She lived with her mother and brother under one roof. When Meaza meets anybody, the first thing she sees is the person is another human being. Not his color, creed, or status. Just humanity. Anybody with a human brain can see it. She was the epitome of what a human being should look and act if we need a loving earth. I hope I'm not naive. Now Meaza is gone, l'm sure her wish is to keep being at the service of humanity, even after her death. Her mother, Sister Zewditu, a certified nurse and her brother Addisu and other extended family members are grateful for all the help and encouragment you showed us all. We will never thank you enough for all the time of her sickness for your well wishes, visits and encouragments. Thank You All Very much God bless you All." - Aklog Biru - የዶክተር መአዛ ሙሉጌታ አጭር የሕይወት ታሪክ:: መአዛ ሙሉጌታ ከአባቷ ከዶክተር ሙሉጌታ መንግሥቱና ከእናቷ ሲስተር ዘውዲቱ ብሩ ሰኔ 29, 1969 እንደ አውሮፖውያን አቆጣጠር በጎንደር ከተማ ተወለደች:: እድሜዋ ለትምህርት በደረሰ ጊዜ የመጀመሪያ ደረጃ ትምህርቷን በደብረ ሰላም ጎንደር ት/ቤትና ወደ አዲስ አበባ ከመጣች በኃላ በምስካሄ ሀዙናንና: ሁለተኛ ደረጃ ትምህርቷን በናዝሬት ስኩል የሴቶች ት/ቤት ከጨረሰች በኃላ ለከፍተኛ ትምህርት የጥቁር አንበሳ የህክምና ፋኩልቲ በመግባት እንደ አውሮፖውያን አቆጣጠር በ1993 ዓ.ም የህክምና ዶክትሬቷን አጠናቅቃለች:: ከዚያም ዶክተር መአዛ ወደ አሜሪካ እስከመጣችበት እለት በቅዱስ ዮሴፍ የሳንባ ነቀርሳ ሆስፒታል በሐኪምነት የአገሯን ሕዝብና መንግሥት በታማኝነት አገልግላለች:: በሆስፒታሉ በሚሰሩ የሥራ ባልደረቦቿም በጣም የተወደደችና የተከበረች ሴት ነበረች:: ዶክተር መአዛ በአሜሪካ በ1996 እንደ አውሮፓውያን አቆጣጠር ከመጣች በኃላ የሕክምና ትምህርቷን በመቀጠል በ Chicago advocate Christ medical center internal medicine specialize አድርጋ በተለያዩ ሆስፒታሎችና በመጨረሻም በ Veteran affairs በተለምዶ VA ተብሎ በሚጠራው የሚሊታሪ ሆስፒታል አግልግላለች:: በተለይም በተለያዩ ጦርነቶች ተሳትፈው በአእምሮ ህመም የሚቸገሩትን አዛውንትና ጡረተኛ አሜሪካውያንን በህክምና ሞያዋ በብዙ ረድታለች:: ዶክተር መአዛ በሰለጠነችበት ሙያ ከፍተኛ እውቀትና ችሎታ ያላት ሴት ነበረች:: በተለያየም ጊዜ ብዙ ሽልማቶች አግኝታለች:: ማንኛውም የግል ሁኔታ ሳይበግራት አብረዋት ከሚሰሩ ሐኪሞች ልቃ የምትገኝ ሥራዋን የምታከብር በሽተኞቿን ደከመኝ ሳትል ያገለገለች የምትደነቅ ሐኪም ነበረች:: ከዚህ ባሻገር መአዛ የቤተሰብ ሃላፊ ነበረች:: ከአባቷ እልፈተ ሞት በኃላ እናቷንና ታናሽ ወንድሟን ተንከባክባ ያስተዳደረች ጀግና እህትና ልጅ ነበረች:: መአዛ የልጅ አዋቂ ሁሉንም እንደጠባዩ የምትቀበል የስውን ጥሩ ጎን አይታ የምታበረታታ የሰውን ማንነት በውጫዊው ሁኔታ የማትመዝን ህፃን አዋቂ ሳትል ለሁሉም መልካም የሆነች ሴት ነበረች:: የራሷን ፍላጎት ወደኃላ አድርጋ የሌሎችን ችግር ለመፍታት ቅድሚያ የምትሰጥ ቸርና ርህሩህ ሴት ነበረች:: ሁልጊዜ ፈገግታ የማይለያት ጨዋታና ጥሩ ጥሩ ቀልዶች የሞላት አስደናቂ ሰው ነበረች:: ዶክተር መአዛ በቤተዘመዶቿ እጅግ የተወደደችና ለሁሉ ደራሽ ነበረች:: በቅርብ ጏደኞቿና በአብሮ አደጎቿ ዘንድም ለሁልግዜ በልባቸው የምትኖር በማንም የማይተኳት ጏደኛም እህትም ነበረች:: መአዛ ባለፉት ሦስትና አራት አመታት በጤንነቷ በኩል ብዙ ተግዳሮቶች አጋጥመዋታል:: ከሥራዋም retire እድርጋለች:: ይሁን እንጂ ምንም ሳታማርርና ሳታጉረመርም ይልቁንም የበለጠ ወደ እግዚአብሔር የተጠጋችበትና አምላኳን በይበልጥ ያወቀችበት አመታት ሆነውላታል:: በቅርብ ለሚያውቋትና አብረዋት የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ለሚያጠኑ ለብዙዎቻችን መፅናናትና ድንቅ ምስክር ሆናልናለች:: ዶክተር መአዛ ሙሉጌታ ሰኞ October 14, 2024 እንደ አውሮፓውያን አቆጣጠር በድንገት ከዚህ አለም በሞት ተለይታለች:: ይሁን እንጂ በዚህ ጊዜ ያለችው በገነት በአባቷ እቅፍ እንደሆነ እናምናለን:: ከእኛ በመለየቷ ብናዝንም ነገር ግን አንድ ቀን በሰማይ እንደምንገናኝ ስለምናምን በዚህ እንፅናናለን:: ከመላው ቤተስቦቿና ከጏደኞቿ Family and friends will gather at St. Mary Cemetery, 87th Street & S. Hamlin Ave., Evergreen Park, IL on Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at 10:30 am at the cemetery office and will proceed from there to the grave for an 11:00 am Graveside Service. The family has created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories, photos, and videos. For those of you that would have attended services and would like to express your condolences please click on the "Share A Memory" link above and you can leave a message. If you wish to send a Sympathy Card, please feel free to send it to Morizzo Funeral Home, 2550 Hassell Road, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, 60169 c/o the Family; we will gladly forward it on to the family. For further information please contact the Morizzo Funeral Directors at 847.752.6444.

Ms. Meaza Mulugeta Mengistu of Oak Lawn

June 29, 1969 - October 14, 2024