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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

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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)

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

Team name:	BAKGAT
Name:
Life:	? to 2013
Geocaching:	2009 to 2013

Geocaching.com profile for BAKGAT

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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

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Team name:	TechnoNut
Name:	Peter Tiedt
Life:	1946 to 2017
Geocaching:	2004 to 2017

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

Geocaching.com profile for TechnoNut

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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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