Deceased Old Rhodian Archives
Old Rhodians who passed away in 2011
STAFF
Liesje Maria Antonissen - 18 March 2011- In Memoriam
Patrick Fein - 9 October 2011 - Professor emeritus Fein was Professor of French from 1988 and became the first Head of the School of Languages in 1998 until his retirement at the end of 2003.
John Forbes Lunn - Registrars Division - 15 May 2011
Emeritus Professor John Moore - 21 Aug 2011
Dr George Edward Little - Senior Lecturer (1949 - 1961) in Organic Chemistry - August 2011
HONORARY GRADUATES
Asmal Kadar - LLD (1997) - 22 June 2011 - Notice
Johann Lutjeharms - DSc (2006) - 8 June 2011 - In Memoriam
Denis Ian Gough - Old Rhodian (1940) and Hon Grad DSc (1990) - 21 March 2011 - Notice
Donald Bell Sole (1934) - (Honorary Graduate LLD, 1979) May 2011 - Notice
Old Rhodians
Hazel Eunice (Downes) Kittermaster - 19 May 1926
Stephen Nigel Mandy (1944) - 1 July 2011
Shirley Joy Margaret (Povall) White (1946) - 7 February 2011
Margaret Alice Nash (1948) - 2 August 2011 - Notice
Celia Margaret Meiring (1949) - 29 January 2011
Courtenay Neville Smithers (1950) - 29 June 2011 - Obituary
Richard Hugh James Buckland (1952) - 17 March 2011 - Obituary
Allan Frazer Learmonth (1954) - 24 January 2011
Laurence Scott Brickhill (1957) - 8 December 2011 (after a short battle with cancer)
Robert Edward Apps (1959) - 2 February 2011
Patricia Ann O' Brien (1960) - 30 September 2011 (Was retired and living in Amber Glen in Howick)
Randall William Falkenberg (1963) - 18 April 2011
Peggy Anne (Mather) Quayle (1966) - 29 May 2011
Heather (Murie) Anne Ellis (1968) - 20 August 2011 - Obituary
Rene de Beer (1970) - 20 February 2011
Roberto Lino Ambrosio (1976) - 6 May 2011
Reagan Jacobus (1981) - 7 February 2011 - Obituary
John Beresford Porter (1988) - 7 February 2011
Warwick Sean Smart (1998) - 4 December 2011
Candace Claire Tintinger (1999) - 25 February 2011
Ester Taimi Nalimanguluke Ndalulilwa (2002) - 15 July 2011
Florence Nondumiso Gayiya (2003) - May 2011
Christin Susan Page (2004) - 11 November 2011
Langalethu Hadebe (2008) - 10 June 2011
Anja Jooste (2010) - 5 June 2011
Velile Kabanyane (2010) - 8 May 2011
Old Rhodians who passed away in 2010
Honorary Graduates
Dr Fatima Meer - D.Litt 2007 - 12 March 2010 - Tribute
Staff
Mrs Joy Lowe - Hall Warden of St Mary's Hall in the 1980's - 22 July 2010
Mrs Jean Macpherson - (Public Relations & Development Division) - 12 May 2010
Frederick Van Zyl Slabbert - (Senior Lecuturer - Sociology) - 14 May 2010 - Memoire
Old Rhodians
Francis Stewart Adlington Pugh (1926) - Known as Jock Pugh - 20 December 2010 -Obituary
Pauline (Bond) Fairall (1935) - 28 October 2010 - Obituary
Rowena Roslin Collet (1936) - 24 October 2010
Alastair James Kerr (1939) - Old Rhodian and beloved Staff Member - 29 September 2010 - Notice
Douglas Eric Arthur Rivett (1939) - 25 January 2010 - Obituary
Esme Veronica (Marais) Barker (1940) - 8 July 2010
Ann Berning (1940) - Widow of Michael - 24 July 2010
Flana Michael Creagh Scully (1940) - 19 January 2010
Walter David Geerdts (1943) - 1 August 2010 - informed by his wife
Majorie Diane (Murray) (1945) - 1 October 2010
Jack Stapleton (1946) - 2010 - informed by his wife Patricia
David Ernest Arthur Williams-Wynn (1947) - 9 May 2010 - informed by his wife Brenda - obituary
Rev Sydney Hudson-Reed (1948) - 4 May 2010 - obituary
William Peter Carstens (1950) - 2010 - informed by his wife Chantal - Obituary
Michael Dennis Barker (1952) - 12 September 2010
Robert Atherstone Stumbles (1952) - 17 March 2010 - missed by his family, friends and business partners - Obituary
Cecil Lorimer Tarr (1952) - 6 June 2010 - Missed by his family, friends and former colleagues.
Victor Reginald Rawlings (1954) - 14th October 2010
Jean Dianne (Hobson) Thompson (1955) - 2010
Alan Markham Gersh (1957) - September 2010
Felicia-Ann (Hellawell) Bussio (1959) - 25 June 2010
Kenneth Geoffrey Law (1959) - Notified in September 2010
Lowell Corney (Durham) Bradley (1961) - 12 January 2010 - informed by her husband, Denzil - notice
Braham Clive Smiedt (1961) - January 2010 - informed by his wife Barbara
Ian Hoyle Fife (1963) - 27 October 2010
Derek Arnold Jacobs (1963) - 13 November 2010 - Obituary
David Mathison Champion (1966) - Informed May 2010 - notice
Jennifer Berry (Smith) Kenyon (1967) - Informed by her husband Keith
Deloise (Vosloo) Raubenheimer (1967) - 31 August 2010 - notice
Arnold John Barry Brinton (1969) - 9 November 2010 - notice
Desiree de Wet (1976) - 30 December 2010
Andrew Richard Warlick (2001) - April 2010 - Obituary part one
Christine Louise Marshall (2004) - 7 June 2010
Dean du Chenne (2006) - 26 July 2010 - Notice
Judith Kathleen Lisle Orpen (2006) - 8 December 2010
Old Rhodians who passed away before 2010
Honorary Graduates
Es'kia Mphahlele, DLitt 1986 - 27 October 2008
Prof Van Wijk, LLD 1989 - 15 March 2009 - Obituary
Helen Suzman, LLD 1990 - 1 January 2009
Dr Kathryn Jagoe-Davies, PHD 1991 - 8 July 2009 - Obituary
Dr Cecil Edwin Frans Skotnes, DFA 1996 - 4 April 2009
Dr Thelma Muriel (Mullins) Henderson - LLD 2001 - 25 March 2009 - Obituary
Miriam Makeba, DMus 2004 - 9 November 2008 - Obituary
Dr Dikela Billy Ndwebisa - LLD 2004 - 26 May 2009 - Obituary
Dennis Brutus - DLitt 2009 - 26 December 2009 - Obituary
Staff
Dr Derek Scott Henderson - former Vice-Chancellor (1975-1996) - 7 August 2009 - Herald Obituary and Funeral Tributes
Prof Johannes Wladimir Brommert - former Vice Principal (1979 - 1986) - 23 January 2009
Prof Ernest George Prout - (1956 - 1966) - 19 May 2009 - Notice
Prof Dreyer Kruger - (1974 - 1989) - 3 May 2009
Prof Andrew Gilbert (Psychology Department) - 1 June 2009
Frederick Van Zyl Slabbert - (Senior Lecuturer - Sociology) - 14 May 2010 - Memoire
Old Rhodians
Prof Errol Eustace Harris (1925) - 21 June 2009 - informed by daughter Marney- Obituary
Jean Loban King (Young) (1935) - 10 November 2008 - Notice
Joan (Clarke) Broster-Cremer (1937) - 8 September 2009 - informed by Carol Clarke (1973)
Ralph Ellis Gillmer (1939) - 11 July 2009 - informed by wife, Joan Gillmer
Cathleen (Eckard) Bell (1940) - 21 November 2009 - Obituary
Betty Thomas (Jenkinson) 1940 - 31 August 2008 - informed by son Barry, February 2009
Jean (Macgillivray) Andrew (1942) - 13 March 2009 - informed by daughter, Angela
Dr Gerald Norman Festenstein (1942) - February 2009
Jane (Rogers) Macdonald (1942) - 2008 - informed in May 2009
Denys Mathias Davis (1943) - 10 November 2008
Marion (McGillivray) Ballantyne (1945) - 18 April 2009 - informed by daughter Rosanne, May 2009
Richard Clinton Best (1945) - 06 June 2008 - Obituary
Desmond Frank Nevins White (1945) - 24 March 2009
Edward Cyril Humphrey Silk (1947) - 30 July 2009- informed by his wife Mary Jean Silk - obituary
Mary Margaret Clarke (1948) - 2008 - informed by husband in May 2009
Ermyn Lois Palentine (1948) - September 2009
Dr Brian Stuckenberg (1948) - 14 February 2009 - Obituary
Robert Viedge (1948) - informed May 2009
Trish (Waller) Brooker (1949) - 7 July 2009 - informed by her son Geoff- Obituary
Sheila (Connolly) Hamilton (1949) - 3 July 2009 - Obituary
Francis Ferguson Slaven (1950) - September 2007 - Notice
John Desmond FFolliott (1951) - November 2007, informed by daughter in February 2009
Patricia (Workman) Gilbert (1951) - 27 March 2009, informed by her husband Desmond - Notice
Ita Jane Margesson (Kernick 1951) - January 2008, informed by husband in March 2009
David Allan Clayson (1952) - 13 January 2008
Neville Thomas Kearney (1952) - December 2008 - informed by his wife in May 2009
Shirley Anne (Orr) Barker (1953) - 18 July 2009
Robert Ballantine (1955) - 2008, informed by wife in February 2009
Michael Clive Jardine (1956) - 2002, informed by wife in March 2009
Rev Morell Pretorius (1956) - November 2008, informed by wife Jean in May 2009
Michael John Delport (1958) - 28 September 2008, informed by wife in April 2009
Paul Pesach Kursan (1958) - 2006, informed by Benito Kursan May 2009
Trevor Kenneth Downing (1959) - 21 March 2009 - Notice
Otto Christian Eduard Hempel (1959) - 27 May 2009, informed by his wife Cynthia in July 2009
Gordon Lindsay Maclean (1959) - 30 March 2008 - informed by his wife in May 2009
David Godfrey Crews (1961) - 18 February 2009 - informed by his wife.
David Wightman (1961) - 27 June 2006 - informed by wife April 2009
Geoffrey John Allen (1966) - April 2009 - Obituary
Donald Alistair Maclennan (1967) - 9 February 2009 - Obituary
Stephen Wilson Simpkins (1967) - 20 October 2009 - informed by his wife, Joy, in January 2010
Jennifer Thomson (Hustler) Marsh (1970) - 2009
Barend (Bennie) van Rensburg (1970) - November 2008 - Notice
Frank Walter Arnott (1970) - informed 18 June 2009
Dr Fred Alvin Sonemann (1972) - 29th May 2009
Stuart John Dunbar (1975) - 22 April 2009 - Notice
Miles Clarke (1977) - 1 September 2008 - Notice
Kathryn Jagoe-Davies (1977) - 8 July 2009 - Obituary
Beverley (Dickson) Bowen (1977) - 13 March 2009
Stanley Walter Thomas Leslie (1977) - 22 December 2009 - Notice
Edward (Eddie) Oscar Collett (1978) - 23 August 2009 - died after a short illness
Michael O' Halloran Crommelin (1978) - 15 August 2009 - informed by his wife Noelene
Oscar Anthony Dean (1983) - 20 April 2009
Stuart Neil Herd (1984) - 07 July 2007 - informed by his Father in May 2009
Andrew Stuart McEwan (1984) - 27 January 2009 - Obituary
Kirsten Jane Cordell (1989) - 2 May 2009
Rev Vusumuzi John Mchunu (1990) - 2009
Rene Taljaard (2001) - 15 June 2009
Philip Adriaan Botha (2003) - 22 May 2009
Adam Shiraz Desai (2006) - January 2009
