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“A truly gifted bilingual South African poet.” Yvonne Engela – A Eulogy My mother passed on 24 October 2013 at the age of 79 from complications resulting from pneumonia. Her memorial on 30 October was conducted, in accordance with her wishes, at St John’s Methodist Church in Central, Port Elizabeth. Here is the eulogy I…

“A truly gifted bilingual South African poet.” Yvonne Lorraine van der Westhuizen (1934-2013) was a bilingual South African poet who lived in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Initially an Afrikaans speaker, she wrote 97 poems in Afrikaans during her youth and early adulthood, and later after adopting English as her…

“A truly gifted bilingual South African poet.” Books by Yvonne Engela: Find out more: Biography of Christina Engela Milestones & Achievements Awards Family Theo Engela Biography – Theo Engela Theo Engela – Writing Career Yvonne Engela Biography – Yvonne Engela Yvonne Engela – A Eulogy Wendy K. Engela