Elizabeth De Vos

Elizabeth Johanna Caroline De Vos (neé Grebe)
Born in 1940, October 30th, in 1 Waterford Road, Steurhof, Diep River, Cape Town, South Africa. Liz went to Southfield Primary and Zwaanswyk High, later working as an accounting clerk for Sheemon (Sam) Cohen in the BoE building in Cape Town, before marrying Ronald Reginald De Vos on December 21st, 1963. Liz relocated to Durban with her husband, living life together in KZN before returning to Cape Town in 1975. Married 13 years, Doctors said she would never have children, yet Liz conceived and gave birth to two children, a daughter (1976) and a son (1980). In 1985, Liz and her family moved to the Karoo small town Hanover for three years, before returning to Cape Town, Thornton, until her husband's death in 2002, after which she lived alone in Parklands, Table View. Liz currently resides in Somerset West with her son-in-law and daughter, and has one grand-daughter, and two grand-sons. We celebrate her 80th Birthday on October 30th, 2020.