Sy gesin en familie, sy gemeenskap en syfers was die dryfvere in wyle Donovan Smith (61) se lewe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die oud-adjunkhoof van Laaiplek is Vrydag (15 Desember) oorlede n\u00e1 \u2019n fratsongeluk by sy woning waar hy houtwerk gedoen het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Smith, bekend vir sy statige en presiese manier van doen, was 33 jaar in die onderwys. \u201cHy was maar bekend as \u2019n streng onderwyser, maar tot vandag toe het sy voormalige leerders baie lof en respek vir hom. In Desember 2017 tree hy finaal uit die onderwys,\u201d vertel sy seun, Douglas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Smith se liefde vir syfers het aanvanklik beteken dat hy by Boland-bank in Paarl gewerk het, maar twee jaar later, in 1986, het hy sy onderwysloopbaan by die Ho\u00ebrskool Diazville begin. Hier het hy sy liefde vir syfers voortgesit en het ekonomiese en bestuurswetenskap en rekeningkunde aangebied. By di\u00e9 Saldanha-skool is hy tot departementshoof bevorder en later, by Noordhoek Prim\u00ear, was hy adjunkhoof en het ook \u2019n jaar lank as hoof ingestaan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ten spyte van die Velddriwwer se statige manier van doen, was hy \u2019n stoere gesins- en gemeenskapsmens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBy die huis was hy \u2019n streng pa en ouboeta, maar terselfdertyd ook \u2019n mense-mens. Dit is hoe ons hom sal onthou. Indien daar iets op sy hart was, het hy dit op sy manier ges\u00ea en jy het presies geweet waar jy met hom staan. Hy het baie tyd vir sy familie en vriende gehad en was ook lief om hulle naweke te ontvang en te onthaal,\u201d vertel Douglas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHy was ook baie lief vir sy musiek en het gereeld naweke vir ons vermaak met al die hits<\/i> uit sy tyd,\u201d s\u00ea sy dogter, Fasti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die Smith-gesin het ook gereeld saam gereis en tot in Namibi\u00eb gaan draai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In sy gemeenskap was hy ook \u2019n voorvatter en het jaarliks \u2019n pa-en-seun-kamp vir sy broers, vriende en hul seuns tydens die Desember-vakansie gere\u00ebl. Dit was ook \u2019n hoogtepunt vir Smith toe hy in 2019 en weer vanjaar oupa geword het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHy was \u2019n baie trotse oupa en was ontsettend lief vir hulle en het hulle baie bederf,\u201d s\u00ea sy gesin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
N\u00e1 aftrede het Smith nie agteroor gaan sit en rus nie. Hy het \u2019n jaar lank as kerkvoog gedien by sy grootword-kerk, die St. Christopher Anglikaanse kerk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In die kombuis het Smith se talente ook na vore gekom en sy rollmops<\/span> was so gewild dat mense van oor die Weskus heen bestellings by hom geplaas het. Douglas s\u00ea die gesin sal nou hul bes probeer om hul pa se geheime resep na te maak sodat die rollmops<\/span> kan voortleef.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Met heelwat vrye tyd het Smith ook begin om sy hande besig te hou deur houtwerk te doen. Hy was daagliks besig met sy handewerk en het sy vrou, Suzette, en Fasti met \u2019n vertoonkas verras. \u201cOns sal al die mooi herinneringe koester en hom altyd onthou as die sterk leiersfiguur in sy gesin, familie en gemeenskap. Ons het altyd aan sy lippe gehang as hy oor sy kinderjare in Laaiplek en studentedae in die Boland en Kaapstad vertel het en sal dit verskriklik mis,\u201d vertel Douglas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fasti s\u00ea van haar pa: \u201cAs ouboeta was hy \u2019n anker en steunpilaar vir sy moeder, broers en susters. Hy het daarna gestreef om \u2019n goeie voorbeeld te stel. Hulle het almal opgekyk na hom en was trots op dit wat hy in sy lewe en loopbaan bereik het.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Smith laat sy vrou, seun, dogters, twee kleinkinders, ma, twee broers en twee susters agter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n .<\/span> Begrafnisre\u00eblings is op bl. 17<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sy gesin en familie, sy gemeenskap en syfers was die dryfvere in wyle Donovan Smith (61) se 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