Heartfelt tributes as loved Pretoria teacher succumbs to Covid-19
“Today a piece of my heart has gone to heaven. My biggest inspiration, the reason why I became an engineer and the reason why I work in higher education."
Hoërskool Waterkloof announced on Friday that the school had lost a loving teacher to Covid-19.
“It is with great sadness that we announce that teacher Carin de Beer passed away tonight. It is a great loss for Klofies and our hearts go out to Carin’s three sons and family during this difficult time.”
We have no words to describe our grief. “May God hold you tight and carry you in this sad time.”
“Romans 8:38 & 39 – ‘I am convinced of this: no death or life or angels or powers or present or future things or powers or height or depth or anything else in creation can separate us from the love of God, love what is in Christ Jesus our Lord’,” the school said.
This comes after colleague and friend of De Beers, Leenta Grobler paid tribute to her “biggest inspiration” on Facebook.
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“Today a piece of my heart has gone to heaven. My biggest inspiration, the reason why I became an engineer and the reason why I work in higher education.”
“I was privileged to be able to dedicate my PhD to her, to have her at my graduation, to venture the streets of San Francisco together and to stand together in the beauty of Yosemite. We had big dreams and had plans to start an innovation center at Waterkloof this year,” she wrote.
“I don’t think it’s possible to have a better Natural Science teacher on earth, and my life is eternally emptier after today. She may have brought three boys into the world, but she raised many more of us. “Stupid virus.”
One of her sons Nicholas de Beer also paid tribute in a post on Facebook.
“Rest in peace my beloved mommy. Jesus came to fetch one of His greatest angels. You set the standard for ‘good wife’ very high. See you again my dearest mother,” he said.
The community, along with teachers and students took to the school gate on Saturday 6 February, to place flowers in memory of De Beer.
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