{"id":57743,"date":"2022-05-05T12:48:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T10:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/birthday-one-for-the-books-20220504-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T19:58:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T17:58:23","slug":"birthday-one-for-the-books-20220504-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/birthday-one-for-the-books-20220504-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthday one for the books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_3016de54\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/3322\/d7dafa23fa0142e2a683559f99e6d302.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0f144bf257d84f4bb3c1cccff1bfc4c2.jpg\" title=\"The management of Huis Salome with Sylvia Renshaw. From the left are Naomi de Lange (general manager), Erencha van Rooyen (general manager), Rudi van der Walt (owner) and Anne-Lis\u00e9 van der Walt (owner). Photo: Amanda-Louise Nel\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">The management of Huis Salome with Sylvia Renshaw. From the left are Naomi de Lange (general manager), Erencha van Rooyen (general manager), Rudi van der Walt (owner) and Anne-Lis\u00e9 van der Walt (owner). Photo: Amanda-Louise Nel<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Celebrations, fun and laughter abounded when Sylvia May Renshaw, a resident of Huis Salome (previously Nyala House), turned 100 on Monday (02\/05).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sylvia arrived in Welkom from Brakpan in June 1953. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was one of the first people to settle in Welkom since its inception in 1948.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her first husband, Dennis Futter, passed away in 1978. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their two children, Lesley Futter and Marion O\u2019Connor, blessed them with seven grandchildren. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sylvia met and fell in love with Neville Renshaw in 2000, and they got married in March 2002. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The couple lived in the Welkom Retirement Village for 20 years until they moved to Nyala House. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She describes their time together as the best years of their lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They were still very much in love until Neville\u2019s death in 2020 at the age of 91.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During an interview in 2019, Sylvia told <em>Vista<\/em> about Neville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe spoils me very much. 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