ITANAGAR, Jan 27: Echu Gapak, wife of Tapu Gapak (IFS) and mother of senior journalist with ‘Echo of Arunachal’ Appu Gapak, passed away on Wednesday following a prolonged illness.
She was suffering from liver disease and succumbed to complications related to it while undergoing treatment at TRIHMS Naharlagun.
She was 57 and has left behind her husband, three sons, a daughter and many grandchildren.
Born to late Tiid Ligu and Yalar Rikar Ligu of Ligu village under erstwhile Upper Subansiri district (now, Kamle) on 21st November, 1965, Echu, a soft spoken, kind-hearted and friends of all, was very active in social activities since her school days at GHSS Daporijo.
“She played a key role in the Nyishi unification movement in various parts of Nyishi-inhabited districts with other women group of Upper Subansiri in particular and Nyishi area as a whole,” said the Nyishi Elite Society (NES) while condoling her death.
Besides being an active member of Nyishi Nyem Achem, the women wing of NES, she was a former Zilla Parishad Member from Chikom Zilla segment (2008-13) and a former ASM from Daporijo Anchal segment during 1987-92.
“Her contribution towards the community in various aspects will always be remembered,” the NES said in a condolence message. Her death is a great loss to the Nyishi community in particular and the state as a whole and has created a huge vacuum in the society which is very hard to fill in, it said.
The NES prayed to almighty God for eternal peace of the departed soul in the heavenly abode and to give enough strength to the bereaved family members at this hour of grief.
Meanwhile, the Arunachal Pradesh Union of Working Journalists, the Arunachal Electronic and Digital Media Association and the Arunachal Press Club expressed their deepest condolences on the demise of APC treasurer Appu Gapak’s mother Echu Gapak.
“We are with you at this hour of grief and sorrow. We pray to the almighty God to comfort you and your whole family during this sad time,” the press bodies said in a condolence message. The press fraternity also prayed to almighty God for eternal peace of the departed soul and to bestow enough strength to the bereaved family to bear the irreparable loss.
Echo of Arunachal family and its management, led by Editor Nanni Dai, also mourned Appu’s mother’s passing away, conveyed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul.