The data below is published here with much thanks to the author of : http://www.allatsea.co.za/cems4/westdenememorial.htm.¹

These names are gleaned from the Memorial, graves and the register for West Park Cemetery. The plot theoretically has 42 spaces, with the front row being numbered 2-11, 12-20, and the back row 23-33, 34-42. Grave number 7 is a single grave shared by the Du Plooy sisters.

3 – Conrad Marx (26/04/68)

4 – Maria Catharina Kruger (Marietjie) (27/02/71)

5 – Anna Jacoba Morris (09/09/70)

6 – Elsa Van Heerden (31/12/67)

7 – Reinett Du Plooy (27/10/68)

7 – Linda Du Plooy (03/03/70)

8 – Clasina Kruger (Inalize) (01/10/68)

9 – Vinette Swanepol (26/02/72)

10 – Mary-Ann Miles (16/01/69)

11 – Francois Du Toit (22/11/70)

12 – Francina Fritz (03/05/70)

13 – Andries Johannes Swart (Johan) (16/06/71)

14 – Anne-Lize Botha (11/01/70)

15 – Petrus Lucas Koen (Pieter) (19/08/67)

16 – Jacobus Els (23/06/70)

17 – Catarina Maria Meyer (Rina) (22/02/71)

18 – Denise Coetzee (02/03/69)

19 – Madelein Ludick (30/03/72)

20 – No grave

24 – Deon Venter (15/04/68)

25 – Petrus VD Westhuizen (Connie) (03/07/71)

26 – Annatjie Van Tonder (04/06/70)

27 – Charl Strydom (23/11/71)

28 – Hester Reynders (22/02/70)

29 – Elizabeth Marlene Pretorius (04/12/69)

30 – Connie Pretorius (17/02/68)

31 – Tanya Pieters (27/12/69)

32 – Belinda McLaughlin (25/12/69)

33 – Elmarie Marshall (29/12/68)

34 – Cornelius Mans (Neels) (23/11/70)

35 – Adré Kleinhans (10/03/68)

36 – Lélanie Jooste (04/02/71)

37 – Anel Jacobs (14/11/68)

38 – Jacqueline Hurwitz (28/01/72)

39 – Karin Erasmus (02/02/69)

40 – Hendrik Johannes Dreyer (21/09/71)

41 – Rita Botha (13/11/68)

42 – Anna Susanna Blignaut (14/07/71)

Caroline Brown (08/01/70) and Albertus Ouwenkamp (31/07/71) are buried elsewhere in West Park, while Adriana Horn (29/07/1968) and Riaan Lira were cremated. Thelma Rautenbach was buried in Orkney, where she was from – she was a new student in the school that year. ²

¹ Copyright DR Walker 2011-2012. Created 12 August 2011. Last Edited 5 June 2013.
² Elize Venter

Photo by Doug Paterson

Flowers at the Westdene graves by Doug Paterson

4 Comments

  1. Doug

    Why where Caroline Brown and Albertus Ouwenkamp are buried elsewhere in West Park? Is there an easy way to locate their graves?

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  2. Adele van Vuuren (Lira)

    Riaan, my cousin was not cremated. He was buried in Alberton where his father lived at that time.

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    • DRW

      Thanks Adele,
      Do you know which cemetery in Alberton/ The register in Braamfontein crem is not very clear on where he was interred, the entry is somewhat strange and I was never able to follow up on it.

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  3. Elize Venter

    Thelma was buried in Orkney, where she was from, she was a new student in the school that year.

    Reply

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