Die geliefde en gerespekteerde oudonderwyser Vernie de Bruyn is Saterdag 9 Maart in die ouderdom van 81 oorlede.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vincent Rudolph de Bruyn is op 20 Desember 1942 in Caledon gebore. Nadat hy gematrikuleer het, het hy aan die Hewat-onderwyskollege studeer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy eerste pos was by die Laerskool Oude Brug in Grabouw, waar hy vir sewe jaar onderrig het. Daarna is hy na Swartberg Prim\u00ear in Caledon, waar hy tot met sy aftrede in 1996 wiskunde en Engels onderrig het. De Bruyn het n\u00e1 sy aftrede by Old Mutual gewerk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dat uncle<\/em> Vernie, soos hy alombekend was, \u2019n baie groot invloed op al sy leerders gehad het, is duidelik uit die talle huldeblyke waar voormalige leerders hom as Meester Vernie aangespreek het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Melanie de Bruyn Hartzenberg, uncle<\/em> Vernie se dogter, vertel aan Hermanus Times<\/em>: \u201cMy pa was baie geliefd onder leerders en het \u2019n groot invloed op hulle gehad. Dis di\u00e9 dat sy oudleerders nou nog van hom as Meester Vernie of Mister Vernie praat. Hy was baie lief vir kinders en het altyd probeer om elke kind te bemoedig om sy of haar beste te lewer, en het altyd ges\u00ea ons moet nie ophou bid vir die kinders nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Uncle<\/em> Vernie was baie lief vir sport \u2013 hy was \u2019n tennis- en atletiekafrigter by die skool \u2013 en was \u2019n kranige gholfspeler wat nou betrokke was by die Caledon-gholfklub. Hy was ook lief vir visvang en het dikwels gaan stap, veral in die Caledon-veldblommetuin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy pa was old school<\/em>,\u201d s\u00ea Melanie. \u201cHy was altyd netjies aangetrek, selfs wanneer hy net gou dorp toe gegaan het vir inkopies, waar hy ook altyd vriendelike geselsies met mense aangeknoop het. Hy was \u2019n gentleman<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Een van uncle<\/em> Vernie se grootste plesiere was om met sy kleinkinders te sit en gesels en om op sy rustige manier lewenswyshede aan hulle oor te dra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy pa kon goed toesprake hou. Hy het letterlik dae en nagte aan di\u00e9 toesprake geskryf. Hy het altyd \u2019n staaltjie of twee ingewerk en het altyd die menswees oor die persoon oor wie hy gepraat het, uitgelig,\u201d se Melanie. \u201cMy pa was die prater in die huis en die stilte is nou oorweldigend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Melanie noem dat haar pa \u2019n nederige en dankbare mens was. \u201cHy was uit en uit \u2019n gemeenskapsmens en het altyd gaan troos as daar siekte of dood in die gemeenskap was,\u201d s\u00ea Melanie. \u201cHy het my ook geleer om nooit moed op te gee nie en dat dit oukei<\/em> is om te misluk en om weer te probeer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Uncle<\/em> Vernie word oorleef deur sy dogter, seun Andr\u00e9 en vier kleinkinders. 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