Mother of three remembered for kind spirit
People from all over could virtually attend the funeral as it was broadcast live on the church’s YouTube channel due to Covid-19.
The 30-year-old Junelize Wittstock (also known as June Elizabeth) was laid to rest on Saturday, 13 March 2021 by friends and family at the Lewende Woord Brummeria (Living Word Church).
June passed away in a head-on collision with a truck two weeks ago near the Brits tollgate on the N4 after attending a social event.
People from all over could virtually attend the ceremony as it was broadcast live on the church’s YouTube channel due to Covid-19 regulations.
“June was an exceptional woman, always there to help. One of her hugs would just take all your sorrow away, she was definitely one of those ‘one-of-a-kind’ friends,” her friend Samantha De La Harpe told Rekord.
“We have known each other for a very long time, since primary school,” said De La Harpe.
“She was always a lot of fun, she always supported other people and always helped out wherever she could.
“I really feel sorry for her three young children, growing up without a mother is really difficult,” De La Harpe concluded.
June was reported missing on Friday, 5 March 2021, at the Garsfontein police station by family members after they grew concerned when Wittstock did not answer her phone, and did not arrive for work on that day.
Her family later learned that the mother of three had passed away in the accident near the tollgate.
Specialised Security Services investigator Mike Bolhuis and his team were approached to help search for Wittstock.
“Her car’s Tracker signal showed how her car stopped twice in Dr Swanepoel Drive in Magalieskruin. The last Tracker signal received was just before the Brits tollgate.
“She was without her phone as she left it at the social gathering she attended earlier in the evening,” Bolhuis said.
Through the help of Bolhuis’ team, Wittstock’s family found her body at the Brits forensic mortuary the Saturday after her accident.
June worked at Pretoria East hospital and leaves behind three young children aged 10, 7 and 5.
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