The Westdene Bus Disaster name List.



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.

42 Anna Susanna Blignaut (14/07/71)   20 No grave
41 Rita Botha (13/11/68)   19 Madelein Ludick (30/03/72)
40 Hendrik Johannes Dreyer (21/09/71)   18 Denise Coetzee (02/03/69)
39 Karin Erasmus (02/02/69)   17 Catarina Maria Meyer (Rina) 22/02/71
38 Jacqueline Hurwitz (28/01/72)   16 Jacobus Els (23/06/70)
37 Anel Jacobs (14/11/68)   15 Petrus Lucas Koen (Pieter) (19/08/67)
36 Lélanie Jooste (04/02/71)   14 Anne-Lize Botha (11/01/70)
35 Adré Kleinhans (10/03/68)   13 Andries Johannes Swart (Johan) (16/06/71)
34 Cornelius Mans (Neels) (23/11/70)   12 Francina Fritz (03/05/70)
         
33 Elmarie Marshall (29/12/68)   11 Francois Du Toit (22/11/70)
32 Belinda McLaughlin (26/12/69)   10 Mary-Ann Miles (16/01/69)
31 Tanya Pieters (27/12/69)   9 Vinette Swanepol (26/02/72)
30 Connie Pretorius (17/02/68)   8 Clasina Kruger (Inalize) (01/10/68)
29 Elizabeth Marlene Pretorius (04/12/69)   7 Linda Du Plooy (03/03/70)
28 Hester Reynders (22/02/70)   7 Reinett Du Plooy (27/10/68)
27 Charl Strydom (23/11/71)   6 Elsa Van Heerden (31/12/67)
26 Annatjie Van Tonder (04/06/70)   5 Anna Jacoba Morris (09/09/70)
25 Petrus VD Westhuizen (Connie) (03/07/71)   4 Maria Catharina Kruger (Marietjie) (27/02/71)
24 Deon Venter (15/04/68)   3 Conrad Marx (26/04/68)
         
  Caroline Brown (08/01/70)     Albertus Ouwenkamp (31/07/71)
  Adriana Horn (29/07/1968)     Riaan Lira
        Thelma Buitendag

Caroline Brown and Albertus Ouwenkamp are buried elsewhere in West Park, while Adriana Horn and Riaan Lira were cremated. Thelma Buitendag may be buried in another cemetery, or was cremated.

© DR Walker 2011-2012. Created 12 August 2011. Edited 02 December 2011.