Thank you very much for transcribing this Marielle. It's a shame I didn't have a chance to actually meet her. Best wishes, Tombi Peck ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marielle Ford" <marielle@intekom.co.za> To: <south-africa-immigrants-british@rootsweb.com>; "South-Africa-Eastern-Cape@Rootsweb.Com" <south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com> Cc: "J & J Lloyd" <jelloyd@yebo.co.za> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 1:23 PM Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] [ZA-IB] OFF TOPIC The passing of LLOYD historian -Margaret Lloyd > Obituary: Miss Margaret LLOYD, 1937-2012 > > One who had used his talents to the full was commended: "Well done, thou > good and faithful servant." > > At a memorial service in Trinity Presbyterian Church on Monday, a capacity > congregation echoed this sentiment in heartfelt tribute to someone who had > used all her many, many talents for the lasting benefit of generations of > Grahamstown residents, particularly those under 10 years old. > > Margaret LLOYD was born and schooled in the then Northern Rhodesia but > came > to the Grahamstown Training College at the age of 16 to equip herself for > a > lifetime of teaching at Oatlands. > > First as a student, then the teacher and finally for 20 years as > principal, > Miss LLOYD devoted - the correct word - her life, her imagination, her > energies, her love and her enthusiasm to preparing little people to cope > competently with the demands of their later education. For her, school was > never just a matter of the three Rs: she taught by example the enduring > lessons of kindness, consideration, good manners, curiosity, laughter and > selfless giving. While her standards were high, her teaching was both > innovative and imaginative and characterised by limitless caring for both > the children and her colleagues. The Story of Oatlands Preparatory > School*, > the beautiful book she completed in the last year of her life, bears > eloquent testimony. > > Any attempt to describe Margaret LLOYD founders in a tumble of adjectives: > caring, courageous, forthright, insightful, gentle, generous, > uncompromising, humorous, committed, involved, loyal, knowledgeable, > patient, meticulous, enthusiastic, kind - far too many to fit into a brief > obituary. But the words don't matter: what does is the enduring influence > this dearly loved, deeply respected lady has had on the life of our > community. For it was not only Oatlands that engaged Margaret LLOYD's > attention: her interests and involvement ranged from history to > horticulture, from cooking to calligraphy. Everything she did was > thoroughly > done, attractively presented and then generously shared. Her life-long > commitment to her church and its members occupied much of her time, but > she > died on 19 December with one dream still unrealised: her vision of an > all-inclusive Christian witness to act as a moral conscience in the Makana > municipality. > > What she has left uncompleted, may others be inspired to bring to > fruition. > Margaret LLOYD has accepted her invitation: "Enter thou into the joy of > thy > Lord." > > Malcolm HACKSLEY > > * Copies of The Story of Oatlands Preparatory School are available from > the > school: 046-622 2935. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Graham and Jennifer Lloyd" <lacey@yebo.co.za> > To: "South-Africa-Immigrants-British@Rootsweb.Com" > <south-africa-immigrants-british@rootsweb.com>; > "South-Africa-Eastern-Cape@Rootsweb.Com" > <south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com> > Cc: "J & J Lloyd" <jelloyd@yebo.co.za> > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 1:07 PM > Subject: [ZA-IB] OFF TOPIC The passing of LLOYD historian - Margaret Lloyd > > >> Hi All >> >> Our LLOYD historian, Margaret Lloyd passed away in December. >> In July 1984 she hand wrote the book 'The Family of Henry James & Rebecca >> Lloyd'. They were 1820 Settlers to the Cape. Only 100 copies were printed >> and sold to enthusiastic Lloyd descendants to whom she wrote an annual >> Christmas letter to containing updates to the family tree in her book, a >> book that is truly a reflection of her dedication and of her love for her >> roots. >> She will be sadly missed.R.I.P. >> >> Email from her brother. >> Sadly, Margaret passed away on the 19 December 2012. She suffered a heart >> attack and stroke in April. She was resuscitated and it seemed all was >> going well but she had another stroke two weeks later which left her >> paralysed down the left side. She was cared for at Somerset Place Frail >> Care in Grahamstown until a further stroke in December after which she >> went downhill rapidly. During the year Margaret was still able to >> communicate well with us and her memory was amazing but she was in pain >> and very confused at times. We miss her terribly but are happy that her >> suffering is over now. A beautiful memorial service was held in Trinity >> Presbyterian Church Grahamstown on 7 January. I am sending you a copy of >> the obituary which was published in Grocotts Mail. >> We have tried to inform people for whom we could find addresses but shall >> be grateful if you will pass the information on to distant relatives that >> you know she had contact with. >> >> Cheers >> Jennifer > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message