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- Sannie was a loving and faithful partner to Pieter for more than 58 years of their married life. Her priorities were her husband and the children, and she diligently looked after the family finances, carefully planning her savings to ensure that there were funds for an annual family holiday by the sea while ensuring that the household was always well attended to and in good shape.She loved her children too much to spoil them. While they received everything that they needed, she did not tolerate ill discipline and did not hesitate to spank a child in public if this was called for, but never unjustified. Her children knew where they stood, knew right from wrong and grew up to understand and appreciate the value of "tough love".Sannie loved to play tennis and won many local tournaments. She actively participated well into her sixties when she took up bowls because all her friends had either retired, died or given up tennis for bowls. She also excelled at bowls, winning many titles over the years. She became very well loved and respected at the club, as was the case at the tennis club previously.After having been involved in a car accident while driving at Ventersdorp in the fifties, she refused to drive further and never drove again in her life. She made extensive use of public transport to get to wherever she wished to be.After Piet (as she affectionately called him) passed away in 1983, she simply pined away to join him three years later.
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1906 - 1986 (80 years)
