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  • Geocachers who retired and cached in their finds (passed away)

    This article is to remember those cachers who have passed away doing this great hobby / game / sport we play.

    Team name: hosta
    Name: Stan
    Life: ? to 2011

    Geocaching:

    2001 to 2011

    Hosta was one of the very first South African geocachers, and hailed from Piet Retief in Mpumalanga.

    He was an avid nature lover and cyclist.

    Geocaching.com profile for hosta

    Please assist in filling in details

    hosta

    Team name: veer-ini-hoed
    Name: Barbara Oberholzer
    Life: ? to 2011

    Geocaching:

    2009 to 2011

    Barbara was a lady full of life.

    Extracted from the geocache listing below:
    Veer-ini-hoed (Barbara Oberholzer) suffered from Lymphoma Cancer for many years and passed away in 2011. Barbara did not allow life to get the better of her. Phenomenal lady with the spirit of an angel. Barbara was introduced to geocaching by Fanie and Annette Heymans, she then decided to place a geocache on every circle in Welkom before her life ends, and what an amazing job she has done! May the mark that Barbara left en”circle” us for years to come.

    Geocaching.com profile for veer-ini-hoed

    Some more info is available on cache GC26Q53
    An article about Barbara (Second last paragraph she talks about geocaching)

    veer ini hoed
    Team name: MadSons
    Name: Neil Madsen-Leibold
    Life: 1964 to 2012
    Geocaching: 2010 to 2012

    Neil had a great passion for life and everything he did ... both in work to play. Neil was the first chairperson of GoSA, and he was instrumental in the planning and realisation of the GPS Power series in Gauteng. He was also involved in the first-ever South African MEGA Event planning held in Pretoria in 2012. Neil also placed a few very clever caches. He was a famous FTF hunter in the Gauteng area.

    Geocaching.com profile for MadSons

    Some more info is available on cache GC3HZTN

    Neil-Madsens
    Team name: BAKGAT
    Name:
    Life: ? to 2013
    Geocaching:

    2009 to 2013

    Geocaching.com profile for BAKGAT

    Please assist in filling in details

     

    BAKGAT
    Team name: Colinbo
    Name: Colin Bonham
    Life: 1946 to 2014
    Geocaching: 2003 to 2014

    Colin had an avid interest in orienteering, and it was through that sport that he was introduced to geocaching.

    Geocaching.com profile for Colinbo

    Please assist in filling in some details 

     

    Colinbo
    Team name: TechnoNut
    Name:  Peter Tiedt
    Life: 1946 to 2017

    Geocaching:

    2014 to 2018

    Peter hailed from the Natal coastal area where he was a well known FTF hunter and cache hider.

    Geocaching.com profile for TechnoNut

    Please assist in filling in details

    TechnoNut
    Team name: scubie999 
    Name: Carlo Henrico
    Life: 1963 to 2018

    Geocaching:

    2014 to 2018

     Carlo hailed from the Pretoria area.

    Geocaching.com profile for scubie999

    Please assist in filling in details

     scubie999

     

    If you know of a cacher not listed here and would like to assist in completing the list, please send an email to with the details and a photo, and we will gladly add him / her to our page of remembrance.

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