Israella
Parera Darmawan, 67, a retired elementary school teacher, who once taught US
President Barack Obama passed away on Friday morning at the Siloam Hospital in
Karawaci, Tangerang, Banten.
Israella,
better known as Ibu Is, was a former teacher at the Fransiskus Asisi elementary
school in Menteng Dalam, Tebet, South Jakarta. She died after having been
treated for a week due to complications with her liver and diabetes.
Israella is
survived by her husband Dharmawan Wahyudi, 74, and three children; Franciscus
Wahyu Iswanto, 40, Martha Dian Sri Iswanto, 38, and Wandy Wibowo Iswandi, 35,
and four grandchildren.
Her
youngest son, Wandy, said the family had decided to bury her at the San Diego
Hills Memorial Park cemetery in Karawang, West Java on Sunday morning.
Wandy was
quoted as saying by tribunnews.com on Saturday that the family would hold a
mass to pay their last respects to the deceased at Saint Carolus hospital on
Saturday evening.
Israella
was teaching at the then Fransiskus Strada Asisi when little Obama, better
known as Barry, studied at the school for three years from 1968 to 1970. Barry
later moved to another school SDN 1 Menteng in Central Jakarta for one and half
years before moving to the US.
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