4 October 1943 – 1 August 2024
Ben Viljoen was a much-loved husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend. He was a passionate gardener and landscape historian, endlessly curious, and loved art, books and beautiful things.
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Ben was so grateful for the support he received from all the doctors, nurses and carers during his illness. If you'd like to donate to Macmillan Cancer Support in his memory, it would be much appreciated.
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Thoughts
And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on this earth.
Raymond Carver
8th August 2024
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Sent by Miles & Daughters Funeral Directors on 07/08/2024
I am I and you are you, whatever we were to each other that we still are.
Speak to me in the easy way which you always used.
Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
Life means all that it ever meant, it is the same as it ever was.
Extract from a poem by Henry Scott Holland
