Ouma Sadie du Plessis, (né Smal) was born in 1922 on the farm Rietfontein in the Caledon district.
The eldest of 12 children, and having no transport to school, she had to remain on the farm and raise the rest of the children until three of them were old enough to go to school by horse cart. Because she was clever and older, she only spent three years in primary school before being promoted to high school.
She qualified as teacher at the Grahamstown College of Education and started teaching at the Mission farm settlement near Caledon. She later taught in Bredasdorp, where she met her heartthrob, Hannes du Plessis, a War Aircraft Navigator, whom she married just after the 2nd World War in 1945. They moved to Krugersdorp where they had 5 children, of which 3 are still alive and living in Krugersdorp. Life was expensive with 5 children and she became a working mom, pursuing careers at Old Mutual, the Provincial Hospital (now Yusuf Dadoo) and Krugersdorp Municipality, from where she retired after she served 14 years in the Water and Electricity Department.
Sadie was well known for her handcrafts: Smock dresses, porcelain dolls, oil paintings, needlecraft art and knitting. She stacked up many prizes through community clubs and exhibits.
Although she is the eldest of 12 siblings, she outlives all but one.
Mother to 3 children, Grandmother to 8 children and Great-Grandmother to 8 children.
Ouma Sadie, Chris, Deon, Willie du Plessis: Reinetta Ridley bedank Deon du Plessis van harte vir die kragopwekker wat hy aan La Reynette Centre geskenk het namens sy ma Sadie. Dit ter ere aan haar voorbeeldige lewe van liefdadigheid. Baie dankie dat julle seker gemaak het dat elke pasient en personeellid ook ‘n geskenkie ontvang het. Dit was sommer emmers vol bederf. La Reynette Centre is ‘n verswakte sorg sentrum en krag onderbrekings vir ons bejaardes op suurstof masjiene is altyd ‘n krisis. Kragopwekker Sadie, wat aanhou werk wanneer Eskom ophou.
Reinetta Ridley bedank Deon du Plessis van harte vir die kragopwekker wat hy aan La Reynette Centre geskenk het namens sy ma Sadie. Dit ter ere aan haar voorbeeldige lewe van liefdadigheid. Baie dankie dat julle seker gemaak het dat elke pasient en personeellid ook ‘n geskenkie onstvang het. Dit was sommer emmers vol bederf. La Reynette Centre is ‘n verswakte sorg sentrum en krag onderbrekings vir ons bejaardes op suurstof masjiene is altyd ‘n krisis. Kragopwekker Sadie, wat aanhou werk wanneer Eskom ophou.
La Reynette Centre is baie ingenome met die raad se belangstelling in Krugersdorp se bejaardes. Dit het Aletta van Loggerenberg (wyk raadslid) en Zille McQuire (Plaaslike ekonomiese en landelike ontwikkeling raadslid) aan ons bewys deur Sadie se 100ste verjaardsdag te kom bywoon het. Baie dankie vir julle teenwoordigheid. Saam met hulle is Chris, Sadie se oudste seun.
Baie dankie aan senior Pastoor Johan Roode van AGS Simfonie Kerk, Witpoortjie vir sy pragtige persoonlike bediening aan Sadie uit Psalm 23.
Chris du Plessis, Willie du Plessis, Ouma Sadie du Plessis, Pastoor Johan Roode en Deon Du Plessis
