BIANDUDI Joncker R. Biandudi went Home on Saturday, February 6, 2010.
Born August 29, 1945, in Kinshasa, Congo. He came to the U.S. at 16 as an Intl. Christian Exchange student.
He graduated from Sioux Falls College where he met his wife Tamora K. Brockel.
He received a Master's degree from Howard University and earned his PhD degree from The Ohio State University.
As a professor at Eckerd College, The University of the Virgin Islands and a researcher at The Ohio State University, Dr. Biandudi inspired students through his teaching and his passion for a better world.
Despite a lifetime battle with sickle cell disease, Joncker never complained.
A tender-loving father, he devoted his time to his two children, Joncker Rene and Helene Nicole, whom he taught how to live with dignity.
He will be remembered for his intellect, mischievous humor, sense of style, strength, storytelling skills, love of classical music and for his wisdom. He was a prolific reader and a published writer. He was a gentleman and a scholar.
Joncker is survived by his wife; his two children; his brothers; sisters; aunts; uncles; nieces, nephews and cousins in the U.S, Africa and Europe.
He was preceded in death by his African parents Joncker and Helene Biandudi, his American parents Dr. Louis and Beulah Johnson, his in-laws Fred and Matilda Brockel, and brothers Ralph, Richard, Joseph and Kevin.
Family will receive friends on Saturday from 1-3 p.m. and a celebration of his life at 3 p.m. at Lane Avenue Baptist Church, 1610 W. Lane Ave. Columbus, Ohio
Contributions may be made to the Sickle Cell Disease Assoc. of America. Online condolences can be made at
www.shaw-davis.comPublished in The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio from February 10 to February 11, 2010