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'Grams' Agatha Waramin

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  EARLY LIFE Late Agatha Waramin was born Agatha Yowori Wakahanduo on 25th May, 1944 in Mawindoku village, Wewak District. She was the first child of Peter Wakahanduo and Cecilia Jaramanay. She lived with her wawo’s wife at Mawindoku while her family lived at Koiken village or small village called Havihasa and later moved to Koiken to attend school. She attended Wirui Primary School, completing standard 1-6 and later went to Rabaul completing Standard Form 1 to Form 4 at Our Lady of Sacred Heart (OLSH) Vunapope.  She started her teacher training the following year at OLSH, Kabalio Teachers college and graduated as a Primary School teacher. She then returned to Wewak and taught at Dagua Catholic Mission Primary School 1962-1966.  MARRAGE AND FAMILY At the age of 22 in 1966, Agatha meet Clement Waramin. Two years later and 1968, they exchanged rings in Christ the King Cathedral, Wirui and got married. Eventually they had seven children: Edward, Late Louis, Daniel, Louis, late Robert, She