Western Cape, BEAUFORT-WEST district, Karoo National Park, Farm 393, Kookfontein, farm cemetery_01
Cemetery information:-
(Supplied by Esna van Zyl, SANPARKS)
Graveyard - small, neatly fenced off grave yard with 2 graves.
Grave of Catharina Jacoba (Mocke) Swanepoel and her son, Dirk Jacobus Swanepoel. Catharina was reburied from Rietfontein (Grave yard 1) and the original slate head stone (engraved by Dirk) is laid down on the grave.
The ashes of Dirk’s brother, Benjamin de Villiers SWANEPOEL , is buried right above Dirk’s head stone.
Benjamin de Villiers SWANEPOEL
GEBORE 15 OKTOBER 1915
OORLEDE 11 OKTOBER 1984
Album complete.
eGGSA captions by: Sue McNelly & Riana le Roux
The GGSA Cemetery DVD only has information on the cemetery location.
Cemetery ID: 5771
Google Earth Cemetery Initiative Information:-
GPSID: 6901
GPS: -32 15.503, 22 18.775