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Hy is toe dieselfde dag in die hospitaal opgeneem en het later die dag n\u00f3g \u2019n beroerte gehad. Toe word hy breindood verklaar. Hy is die volgende dag oorlede,\u201d vertel Maria.<\/p>\n<p>Sy vertel haar man was nie iemand vir veel woorde nie, \u201cmaar hy het altyd in rympies gepraat en dit is hoe sy vriende hom ook geken het\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Sy dogter, Colinecia Frieslaar, voeg by Van West was vreeslik lief vir sy drie kleinkinders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDie Donderdag voor hy afgesterf het, het hy hulle nog in sy waentjie skool toe gestoot,\u201d vertel Frieslaar.<\/p>\n<p>Maria beaam hierdie stelling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSoveel keer het hy ges\u00ea hy gaan gou \u2019n draai loop om bietjie by sy kleinkinders te gaan kuier.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Beide van hulle maak melding van hoe verskriklik baie Van West van sy werk as straatverkoper vir <em>Standard<\/em> gehou het.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHy het gewoonlik hier by \u2019n Woensdag begin opgewonde raak vir Donderdag. Dit het gelyk of hy te bang is om aan die slaap te raak, want hy was bang hy verslaap die werk. Ek het hom altyd verseker dat die alarm op sy foon gestel was. En hy het altyd gevra of ek seker is. En elke week het ek ges\u00ea ja, die alarm is gestel vir 04:30. Eers dan was hy tevrede,\u201d onthou Maria. <\/p>\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_76197392\">\n<div class=\"text\">Vir die laaste paar jaar was hy ook ons topverkoper. Hy was baie lief vir sy werk. 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