Een van die bekendste en mees geliefde mense op Uitenhage is onlangs oorlede. Hy was nie bekend vir sy status, geld, voorkoms of invloed nie. Hy was vir meer as 18 jaar bekend as die vriendelike en uiters behulpsame karwag by die Levyvale winkelsentrum.<\/p>\n
Victor McHugh se lewe is skielik kortgeknip deur \u2019n stryd teen kanker. Dis amper ondenkbaar, want hy het \u2019n plan gehad vir alles en almal. Niks was vir hom moeite nie.<\/p>\n
Hy het die meeste van die gereelde kli\u00ebnte se name en motors geken, en het met groot vaardigheid een inkopiewaentjie vir die ander geruil om inkopies in die kattebak te laai.<\/p>\n
Almal het \u2019n storie om oor Victor te vertel \u2013 hy was nie net \u2019n karwag nie. Hy was veel meer as dit. Hy was \u2019n helper, vriend en sommer vir my ook \u2019n held.<\/p>\n
Op \u2019n dag het ek met my twee kleinkinders gaan inkopies doen. Toe ons uit die winkel kom, het die wind skielik sterk gewaai en re\u00ebn-vlae het teen ons gewaai. Ek het net nie genoeg hande gehad om die twee kleuters, my handsak en die mandjie te hanteer nie. Van doer af het Victor gesien ek sukkel en op ons afgepyl. Hy het die een kind in die waentjie gelaai en die ander een onder sy arm getel, my sleutels geneem en gewikkel na my motor toe.<\/p>\n
Teen die tyd dat ek tot verhaal gekom het, was die kinders op die agterste sitplek vasgemaak en die pakkies in die kattebak. Di\u00e9 dag was hy my held!<\/p>\n
Op \u2019n ander geleentheid het \u2019n groot verleentheid my oorgekom. Net toe ek by die kasregister wou betaal, besef ek my beursie was in die paneelkissie van my kar. Ek het my held Victor se oog gevang en nader gewink. Soos \u2019n wafferse Superman was hy terug met my beursie!<\/p>\n
Ek het \u2019n dierbare Maltese gehad \u2013 Toffie Fourie. Hy en Victor was sommer van meet af aan groot vriende. As ek gou by die supermark wou inspring vir \u2019n item of twee, het hy die bolletjie wol voor by sy bors in sy geel baadjie gesit. Toe Toffie groter word, het hy hom aan die leiband vasgehou en soms gaan sit en gesels met hom. Victor was so trots toe hy op \u2019n dag sien dat Toffie dieselfde glimmer geel baadjie aan het as hy, wat ek by \u2019n fees gekoop het.<\/p>\n
Sy verdriet oor sy vrou, Salomi, se dood twee jaar gelede, sal my altyd bybly.<\/p>\n
Hy was altyd so trots om sy handewerk te wys van houtartikels wat hy gemaak het, of riempiestoele wat hy weer nuwe lewe gegee het.<\/p>\n
Victor was so dankbaar vir elke geldjie wat hy gekry het, maar dit het hom min geskeel as hy nie iets gekry het nie. Vir hom was sy dienslewering sy trots. Hy was \u2019n raakvatter soos min.<\/p>\n
In \u2019n radio-praatjie het ek al gehoor \u2019n vrou se grootste behoefte is: \u201cHelp my!\u201d Ek sou soms draaie ry om eerder te parkeer by die winkelsentrum waar Victor is. Dan het ek geweet: hy sal my help.<\/p>\n
Vaarwel liewe Victor. Jy het spore in so baie mense se harte gelaat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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