Charles Sumbu was born on July 11, 1935 in Boma, in the Bas-Congo region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is the youngest of Casimir Zinga and Albertine Winis three children. His other siblings were the late Paul Goyo and the late Marie Mvumu. He attended high school at the prestigious Colony of Boma, where he graduated in 1955. He then worked in several posts of the colonial administration. June 30, 1960 Congo independence. The country needed educated minds to fill the void left by the colonial administration. In 1961, the young Charles, along with a minority of young of his age, had the privilege to receive a scholarship to pursue a higher education in France, and he earned a diploma at the School of Higher Studies for Overseas Administration in Aix-en-Provence, the Bank of France, and the International Monetary Fund. After his study abroad, Mr. Sumbu began a diplomatic career which successively took him to Canada and the United States. In Canada, he became interim Ambassador. Soon, this Charg d'Affaires not only represented the Democratic Republic of Congo as the Chief of the Diplomatic Mission, but also became the Commissaire Gnral at the 1957 International Exposition in Montreal before taking another post as First Diplomatic Advisor at the Congolese Embassy. Back in the Congo, Mr. Sumbu held different upper management posts, especially at Good Year Zaire, where he worked as commercial director, before returning to the United States in 1985, this time as an immigrant. The late Ambassador Charles Sumbu passed away on February 20, 2017 in Irving, Texas. He leaves behind a widow, Mama Vronique Lukama, 11 children (10 sons and 1 daughter), 32 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren; 11 nephews. Funeral services were held Saturday, March 18, 2017 at Donnelly's Colonial Funeral Home Chapel, 606 West Airport Freeway, Irving, Texas 75062. Burial followed at Oak Grove Memorial Gardens, 1413 East Irving Boulevard, Irving, Texas 75060. Charles Sumbu est n le 11 Juillet 1935 Boma dans la rgion du Bas-Congo. Il est le cadet de trois enfants, ns de Casimir Zinga et Albertine Wini. Il fait ses tudes secondaires la prestigieuse Colonie Scolaire de Boma, et en sort munit d'un diplme en sciences administratives et commerciales en 1955. Il sert ensuite dans plusieurs postes de l'administration coloniale. En 1960, l'heure de l'indpendance a sonn. Le pays a besoin de cadre; en 1961, le jeune Charles, avec une minorit d'autres jeunes de son ge, a le privilge d'obtenir une bourse d'tudes qui lui permet de se rendre en France pour poursuivre des tudes suprieures pour servir son pays. Il en sort diplm de l'Institut des Hautes tudes d'Outre-Mer et du Centre d'tudes Financires, conomiques, l'Institut de l'Administration des Entreprises d'Aix-en-Provence, de la Banque de France et de l'Institut du Fonds Montaire International. De retour au Congo au terme de ses tudes universitaires, il entame une carrire diplomatique qui le conduit successivement au Canada et aux tats-Unis d'Amrique. Au Canada, il est nomm ambassadeur intrimaire. Ce charg d'affaires reprsentera la Rpublique Dmocratique du Congo en qualit de Chef de Mission diplomatique Ottawa et de Commissaire Gnral prs de l'Exposition Internationale de Montral en 1967 avant de se voir confier in an plus tard les fonctions de Conseiller en matire diplomatique auprs de l'ambassade congolaise Washington. Rentr au pays, il occupe ensuite plusieurs postes de management suprieur, notamment la Good Year Zare ou il rempli aussi le poste de directeur commercial, avant de retourner aux Etats-Unis en 1985, cette fois comme migr. Feux Ambassadeur Charles Sumbu s'est teint le 20 Fvrier 2017. Il laisse une veuve, maman Vronique Lukama, 12 enfants dont une seule fille, 32 petits-fils, and 7 arrire-petit-fils. SERVICES Funeral Service

Saturday, March 18, 2017 11:00 AM

Donnelly's Colonial Funeral Home 606 West Airport Freeway Irving, Texas 75062