Gerald V. Foday

Gerald Vincent Kayonga Foday, age 52, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, died on Tuesday, February 20, 2018, at his home. Gerald was born on April 8, 1965, in Bo, Sierra Leone, West Africa, the son of Anthony and Margaret (Koneh) Foday. He graduated from Christ the King College in Sierra Leone and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Huntington University in 1992, where he was a member of the men’s soccer team, track team, and volleyball club. Gerald enjoyed sports, great conversations, literature, and music, especially singing and playing the guitar and piano. He received his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law in 1999 and worked as an attorney in Fort Wayne. Gerald was a member of both the Indiana State and Allen County Bar Associations and served as President of the International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies and the Indiana Consortium of State and Local Human Rights Agencies. He served as legal counsel and Executive Director of the Metropolitan Human Relations Commission in Fort Wayne and was an adjunct professor at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. He was a member of St. Francis Immaculate Mary Cathedral in Bo, Sierra Leone. Survivors include Jamie Hoffman Foday of Huntington; a daughter, Aisha (Zack) Kaylor, of Minneapolis; a son, Kai Foday, of Grand Rapids, Michigan; sons Gerald Foday, Jr. and Anthony Foday of Bo, Sierra Leone; brothers Gabriel Foday, Tom Foday, and Abraham Gamanga Foday of Bo, Sierra Leone; sisters Dorothy Nana Foday and Augusta Foday, both of Freetown, Sierra Leone; and his mother, Margaret Foday, of Bo, Sierra Leone. His father precedes him in death. Interment will take place at a later date in a private family ceremony. A memorial service will be held this summer for family and friends in the United States. Plans for a memorial fund project in Gerald’s home country of Sierra Leone are still being solidified. Those interested in contributing to this project once it is confirmed or wanting information for the memorial service should visit the Gerald V. Foday Memorial Page on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1743506199021627/ for more information, or contact Jamie Foday in care of Bailey-Love Mortuary.

Gerald V. Foday

April 8, 1965 - February 20, 2018