Dit is seker maar goeie gene wat maak dat sy ma haar 104de verjaarsdag kan vier, s\u00ea Grace Fourie se seun, Danie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grace hou immers nie die rekord vir die oudste in haar familie nie \u2013 haar sussie het \u2019n allemintige 105 jaar oud geword.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die Fouries het verlede Donderdag \u2019n rustige verjaarsdag by hul huis in Stellenridge gevier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grace het heelwat besoekers ontvang \u2013 gemeenskapslede, buurtwaglede, die plaaslike raadslid, die dominee en hul kerk se versorger, en hoewel sy met haar gehoor sukkel, skort min met haar verstand en het dit gelyk asof sy die besoeke geniet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Selfs Geordin Hill-Lewis, die stad se burgemeester, het sy gelukwensinge in \u2019n kaartjie oorgedra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Haar enigste seun, Danie, wat saam met haar woon, dien deesdae as \u2019n soort tolk \u2013 wat hard vir haar vrae in haar ore vra voordat sy dan antwoord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grace, of \u201cZachry Elizabeth van Deventer\u201d, soos sy gedoop is, is op 17 Maart 1918 op die plaas Grouheuwel naby Klipdale in die Overberg gebore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy was die laasgeborene van agt kinders, waarvan ses dogters was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dis onseker hoe sy die bynaam \u201cGrace\u201d gekry het, maar haar familie het \u2019n voorliefde vir byname gehad en haar sibbe se name was Katootjie, Baby, Nellie, Chrisjan, Koos, Nonna en Grieta. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy het op die plaas Klein Oaks, naby Greyton, grootgeword waar haar pa, Piet, \u2019n saai- en graanboer was. Haar ma, Truitjie, was \u2019n tuisteskepper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grace, soos al haar susters, het tot in standerd 6 (deesdae gr. 8) skoolgegaan en daarna \u201couers opgepas\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hulle was ywerige naaldwerkers en sy het tot redelik onlangs toe nog hierdie passie uitgeleef.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy het haar man, Jan, later ontmoet en is in die jare veertig getroud, waarna hulle in Napier gewoon het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hier het Jan vir die hotel gewerk terwyl Grace \u2019n tuisteskepper was. Danie is gebore toe Grace in haar dertigs was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Danie s\u00ea daar is nie juis \u2019n geskiedenis van lewensbedreigende siektes in sy ma se familie nie. Niemand is vroeg aan hartkwale of iets soortgelyks dood nie en die suster wat die jongste was toe sy dood is, was in die sestig. Nog \u2019n suster het tot iewers in die negentigs gelewe en dan het haar suster Baby 10 jaar gelede die rekord oortref met haar 105 jaar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Danie s\u00ea hy\u2019t self nooit verwag sy ma sal so oud word nie, veral omdat sy 20 jaar terug baie siek geword het. Sy het egter deurgedruk en is nou Stellenridge se eie ouderdom-baanbreker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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