Lost to Covid-19: Remembering those who’ve passed
In the past few weeks, many have experienced the loss of friends, family and community members and we cannot forget those we loved. Let us not forget them.
In the past few weeks all of us have either lost someone or know someone who has lost the battle against Covid-19.
They were community members, family and friends who have been a big part of our lives; people who changed lives. We asked the community to send us a message and a photo so that we do not forget them.
• The 40-year old Erica Burger Roets lost her life on July 4. “Erica was an amazing woman with a heart of gold.” She leaves behind her two beautiful kids, Ruan, 11, and Kayla, 7, and her husband Tertius.
• Helmar Groenewald lost her father and grandfather in one month. The 53-year-old Helgaardt Muller was a brother, father and grandfather. He worked for the South African Police Service for 35 years and lost his fight with Covid-19 on June 9. Stephanus Muller was a brother, father, grandfather and great grandfather. He lost his fight with Covid-19 on June 27 at the age of 85.
• Hoërskool Monument het ook een van hul Monnas-familielede onlangs verloor. Op hul Facebook-blad het hulle hulde gebring aan Thomas van Zyl, of oom Kleintjie, soos baie hom geken het.
Hy het sy stryd teen Covid op 6 Julie verloor.
“Hy het in 2018 by Monnas aangesluit as tydelike busbestuurder en in 2019 is hy voltyds aangestel. Hy was ook primêr vir die vervoer van ons Monnas-atlete verantwoordelik en was ons grootste ondersteuner. Oom Kleintjie het altyd uitgehelp waar hy kon en die personeel het hom geken as die vriendelike oom wat die dames ‘nooientjie’ genoem het. Hy sou vanjaar 76 geword het. Monnas Athletics will remember oom Kleintjie as a helpful, friendly ‘oom’ willing to drive us whenever we asked him. We will remember Oom Kleintjie not only as our driver but as a friend, always in good spirit and smiling. Rus sag, oom Kleintjie. Monnas gaan Oom mis.”
• Kort voor sy 100e verjaarsdag is Manie Duvenage op 6 Julie oorlede. Sy vrou Martie is om en by twee weke voor hom oorlede. Manie was vir jare by verskeie skole in die area betrokke, en hy en sy vrou was bekende inwoners van beide Krugersdorp en Roodepoort. Hulle het saam twee dogters gehad en het verlede jaar met trots vir die News van hul pragtige agterkleindogter vertel.
In the past few weeks, many have experienced the loss of friends, family and community members and we cannot forget those we loved. Let us not forget them.
For this reason we invite the community to send us a head-and-shoulders photo of the loved one they have lost to Covid-19, with a small write-up about them. We will publish this on our memorial page.
You can send the information to krugersdorpnews@caxton.co.za.
