LOCAL FOLKLORE HAS IT THAT WHEN AN EARTH TREMOR OCCURS IT IS A MORBID AND BAD SIGN. AND SO IT WAS FOR OUR LITTLE BULAWAYO COMMUNITY AS WE LOST MANY VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE RIGHT AFTER THE QUAKE. NOT AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE EARTH TREMOR, BUT CERTAINLY PEOPLE WHO OUR DIMINISHING COMMUNITY CANNOT POSSIBLY AFFORD TO LOSE.

WYN JUSTIN SMITH

ACADEMIC, EDUCATOR, TEACHER, FRIEND TO COUNTLESS BOYS AND PARENTS AT CHRISTIAN BROTHERS COLLEGE. A BRAVE MAN WHO REVERED JUSTICE AND FAIRPLAY, AND WHO SUFFERED SILENTLY AND WITH DIGNITY FOR A LONG TIME.

DAVID GILLIES, DEARLY LOVED SON OF MERLE AND COLIN, BROTHER OF BRIDGETT. SUCH A SPECIAL YOUNG MAN WITH HIS WHOLE LIFE STRETCHING OUT IN FRONT OF HIM, SO MUCH TO BE DONE, SO MANY TALENTS AND SO MANY OBJECTIVES. WE GRIEVE WITH YOU ALL.

NEXT WAS PADDY GENNER, PADDY, WHOSE HUSBAND PETER DIED NOT SO LONG AGO, FEATURED IN THE LIVES OF SO MANY FOLK HERE IN BULAWAYO. PADDY WAS DEEPLY SPIRITUAL, DEEPLY LOVED AND WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED. PADDY TAIGHT YOGA, PEACE, TRANQUILITY AND STRENGTH FOR SO MANY REWARDING YEARS, SHE WILL BE A GREAT LOSS TO OUR LITTLE COMMUNITY.

YET ANOTHER SAD LOSS WAS LYN ABBOT, WIFE OF PETE FOR MANY HAPPY YEARS. LYN GAVE HER ALL TO HER FAMILY, TO ANIMALS AND TO HER DWINDLING COMMUNITY. ANIMALS WERE HER PASSION, ANIMALS AND PEOPLE.

LYN WAS THE FOUNDER OF S.O.A.P. (SUPPORT OLD AGE PENSIONERS) AND SHE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO MAKE THE LIVES OF SO MANY OF OUR PRECIOUS NEEDY OLD PEOPLE SO MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE AND WORTH LIVING.

LYN AND PETE TURNED THEIR WHOLE HOUSE INTO ONE BIG WAREHOUSE FOR GOODS FOR THE NEEDY, FOOD STUFFS, GROCERIES AND VEGGIES DONATED BY OUR AMAZING BULAWAYO COMMUNITY, WERE TUCKED AWAY IN EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY.

THE LIVES OF SO MANY WERE ENRICHED WHILE YOU WERE WITH US LYN, AND YOU ASKED THAT WE CONTINUE WITH YOUR WORK TO EASE THE SUFFERING OF THE OLD PEOPLE WHO HELPED TO BUILD THIS GREAT COUNTRY.

YOU WILL ALL BE SORELY MISSED AND BULAWAYO WILL BE MUCH THE POORER FOR YOUR LEAVING US.

Condolences

DIMITRA ANDOULIAKIS

CHRIS CARLSSON

DONALD (DUCK) FREDERICKS

LYN ABBOT

PADDY GENNER

DAVID GILLIES

WYN JUSTIN SMITH

GLYN PINCHEN

CHARLES BOLTON

HAROLD RABINSON

CONDOLENCE MESSAGES

Dimitra Androuliakos.
Mother of Elias, Mary and Dino.
Passed away on the 26th. June 2004.

PADDY GENNER

YOU WILL BE MISSED SORELY PADDY, YOUR SERENITY. LOVELINESS AND CALM WERE AN INSPIRATION TO US ALL

GLYN PINCHEN
He was the best maths teacher ever - and a great man. Zoe Brest (nee Carew)
The funeral service for the late Glyn Dillwyn Pinchen will take place at the Hillside Presbyterian Church, Stafford Avenue on Friday 09 July 2004 at 12.00 noon.

LYN ABBOT, A LADY WHO ONLY EVER THOUGHT OF OTHERS AND HOW SHE COULD HELP THEM, NEVER OF HERSELF. HER ILLNESS WAS SO BRAVELY BORNE. CALLED BY GOD TO HELP IN HEAVEN. CONDOLENCES TO PETE AND ALL WHO KNEW THIS WONDERFUL LADY. SHE IS SO SADLY MISSED.

LYN ABBOT
It is with deep shock that I learnt this morning of Lyn's sudden and untimely death over the weekend.

A cheerful, caring and loving soul - you gave your time so freely to help the pensioners and aged folk in this city of ours, Lyn you were truly an example to us all.

Rest in peace.

Bulawayo mourns with you Pete.

Mike Bromwich

DAVID GILLIES
Please accept my deepest deepest sympathies on your tragic loss, David was a great friend to me, we shared some special times I will not forget him and I will never loose those memories, he will also have a special place in my heart. My prayers and thought are with you all in this time of deep pain and sorrow.

Deepest Condolences,

Nic Fenner

Montreal, Canada
NFenner@falconbridge.com
Nic.Fenner@NorFalc.com

TIDBITS

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for what you have done or tried to do.

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