Dag Vriende QUICKQUIP:-" I feel that sin and evil are the negative part of you, and I think it's like a battery: you're got to have the negative and positive to be a complete person. " - Dolly PARTON entertainer ON THIS DAY:-602:- Western Roman Emperor Maurice is forced to watch his six sons being executed before he is himself beheaded. This sparked a 26-year war with Sassanid Persia which would leave both empires devastated prior to the Muslim conquest. 1701:- Anders CELSIUS (d1744) is born in Sweden. He invented the centigrade temperature scale commonly used. 1798:- An eloquent speaker and writer later in his life, Andries PRETORIUS, the Voortrekker leader after whom Pretoria is named, is born near Graaff-Reniet (as in press). Highly regarded by both the British and local Black leaders, when PRETORIUS died in the Magaliesberg in July 1853, many visited him to pay their last respects. 1820:-Renowned SA Painter Thomas BAINES is born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. 1895:- In Paris, Alfred NOBLE signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize. He did so after reading a premature obituary which condemned him for profiting from the sale of arms. CONSERCRATIONS:-BRAUDE Cedric , Teddy HACKER, and Mervyn HUMMEL. The headstones erected in their memory will be unveiled and solomnly consecrated on 1 Dec 2019 at Redhill Cemetery at 09:30am. DEATHS:-BRIDGER Patrick Duncan 28 Oct 1941 - 31 Oct 2019. He was 78. Son of + Henry Thomas and Fanny BRIDGER. Brother to + Lesley, Chem, Havelock and sister Mona. He is survived by his elder brother Victor and elder sister Letti, younger brother George and younger sister Jean. Father of Jeffrey, Melanie, Michelle. And grandfather. Funeral Service on 28 Nov 2019 at 13:00pm at Ebenezer Worship Centre Bluff. Will be conducted by his younger brother Pastor George BRIDGER. Proceeding to Stellawood Cemetery for final internment. - SHANLEY'S 031 2057644. DYKINS Pauline Anne 19 June 1930 - 25 Nov 2019 . Mother of Tim, Claire and Sarah. Grandmother of Ryan and Nic. JOSEPH Louis Sylvester + 25 Nov 2019. Husband, father, grand and great-grandfather. Funeral Service on 30 Nov 2019 at "Immaculate Conception Parish" Hatton Estate ,Pinetown. Viewing at 11:00am .Mass at 11:30am. KLEU Jean Louise 12 April 1935 - 24 Nov 2019. LENFERNA de la MOTTE nee SINGERY Pierrette + 21 Nov 2019. Mother , grand and great-grandmother. Requiem Mass at Our Lady of Fatima Durban North on 29 Nov 2019 at 3:00pm . WEBB Gary. Memorial Service on 30 Nov 2019 at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Hillcrest at 11:00am Donations to SPCA. MEMORIAM:-None. Gegroet uit warm Durban Rita Quebbemann.