Dear friends, family and loved ones
It is with great sadness that we all bid our beloved Douglas fairwell after his courageous battle with cancer. Douglas passed away late on Wednesday evening, the 20th of February.
His passing came as a great relief to those around him at the time and he died nestled in the arms of his mother, his brothers, Riana and of course Wilmien.
On Wednesday morning, Douglas asked to be helped to make him as comfortable as possible in order to help him make his passing. Many of his friends were able to come and say their fairwells. He spoke to his children in the way that a father in his position only could. Right to the end Douglas remained an absolute gentleman and still had his sharp wit and humour till the very end.
Douglas has left a legacy behind that all who knew him strive towards, and he lived his life in a manner that is unreachable by any words that could be spoken or written.
Douglas will be missed as a father, as a husband, as a son, as a brother but mostly he will be missed as a friend, as this he was to all who knew him.
Hamba Kahle our brother, son, husband, father and friend. There will not be a day that passes that you will not be in all our thoughts. We will love you forever and ever.
We will be celebrating Douglas' life at the Moeder Kerk in Stellenbosch on Thursday the 28th of February at 2pm and another service in Bloemfontein at the St. Andrews School Chapel on Friday the 7th of March at 3pm. A park bench in Douglas' memory will be put up in the Jonkershoek Valley in Stellenbosch by his friends and another will be placed at the Stellenbosch Golf Club by his golfing friends.
Thank you all for the support that Douglas received from all of you. He loved you all dearly!
Monday, February 25, 2008
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