ORANIËRS GROET WETENSKAPLIKE MET “EINDELOSE VERBEELDING”

Hermanus Jacobus (Koos) van Antwerpen is in die ouderdom van 70 oorlede in Orania op 7 Mei, na sy stryd teen kanker. Koos en sy gesin het in 1994 vanaf Centurion (destyds Verwoerdburg) na Orania verhuis, waar hy 15 jaar lank by Lyttelton Ingenieurswerke (nou Denel) as wapenontwerper gewerk het. Met sy uitsonderlike ontwerpvermoë het hy skynbaar onoorkomelike probleme opgelos wat in die eenvoud van die ontwerp geblyk het hoogs doeltreffend te wees. Koos het destyds sy pensioengeld gebruik om ’n stoffeeronderneming in Hopetown te koop wat hy in 1998 na Orania verskuif. Hy sou Sit Soos Nuut-stoffeerders vir 10 jaar bedryf.
As ’n gekwalifiseerde wetenskaplike het sy groot belangstelling gelê in die terrein van alternatiewe kragbronne, waaraan hy baie navorsing gewy het. Die ontwerp van ’n sontoring as alternatiewe kragbron het hom jarelank besig gehou en hy het ook ’n magnetiese reaktor in sy vrye tyd gebou. Sy gesin beskryf hom as iemand wat elke aand getrou die huisgodsdiens gelei het: “Só dat die Van Antwerpens die Bybel al verskeie kere deurgeluister het,” vertel sy vrou, Linda.
Koos was ook vir twee jaar lank by Radio Orania betrokke as ’n klankoperateur en het verskeie voorafopgeneemde programme geskeduleer. Hy het ook boekvoorlesings opgeneem en was die mede-aanbieder van die program Bybel en wetenskap. Gedurende sy laaste jare het hy as faktotum gewerk by Akasia, die woonkompleks by Vluytjieskraal-Noord. Linda vertel dat hy skielik ses maande gelede begin siek voel het, maar dat die kankerdiagnose eers in Maart gelewer is . “Hy het daarna vinnig verswak totdat die Here hom op 7 Mei verlos het van die swaarkry van hierdie lewe.”
Sy vertel verder dat hy dit geniet het om sy eie uitgedinkte stories aan die kinders en kleinkinders vertel het waarin hy graag van woordspeling gebruik gemaak het. Sy wye belangstellings het onder andere ingesluit dat hy Russies aangeleer het en die Sirilliese alfabet geken het.

“Ons sal hom onthou vir sy humorsin en kwinkslae, die deeglikheid waarmee elke taak afgehandel is en sy erns met die Woord van God,” sê Linda.

Sy suster Louise Henning het hom as vindingryk en sy verbeelding as eindeloos beskryf. “Hy het van kleins af ’n sterk sin vir humor gehad. Hy moes in standerd 4 ’n taak doen. Die klas moes elkeen ’n papier-maché pop maak en dit verf. Dit moes iemand voorstel en dan moes hulle sy storie vertel. Koos se pop was die mooiste in die klas, kompleet met hare, hoed, bril, snor en baard. Die naam: Wolharus von Storie. Wolharus het sy lewensverhaal vertel, skreeusnaaks, wat die hele klas laat skaterlag het. Die onderwyseres het aangedring dat Koos sy vertoning in die personeel- kamer moes doen ten aanskoue van die skoolhoof en ander onderwysers. Weereens was sy vertoning uitstekend en almal was seer gelag na die tyd. Wolharus het vir lank na die tyd in die personeel- kamer gepryk.”

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  1. Ek het die berig oor Koos van Antwerpen met groot hartseer gelees. Dit was nog altyd my plan om ‘n slag by Orania aan te doen om o.a. by hom ‘n draai te gaan maak.
    Ek het vir Koos die eerste keer ontmoet toe hy as eerstejaar in 1971 (as ek die jaar reg onthou) op Stellenbosch begin het. Ons was in dieselfde manskoshuis (Helderberg). Ek was toe reeds in my finale jaar.
    Hy het sy BSc-graad in Bosbou aan die einde van 1974 suksesvol voltooi waarna ons paaie weer gekruis het toe hy by die destydse SA Navorsingsinstituut vir Bosbou (SANIB) in Pretoria as navorser begin werk het. Ek onthou hom ook as die man wat altyd planne gemaak het. Dit het my ook nie verbaas toe hy sommer skielik besluit het om te bedank en ‘n pos by Lyttleton Ingenieurswerke te aanvaar het nie. Dit was vir hom die perfekte plek om sy passie uit te leef. Dis ook is daardie tyd dat ek vir sy aanstaande vrou Linda ontmoet het. As ek reg onthou het sy, voor hulle getroud is, as onderwyseres op Warrenton gewerk. Sy moet maar vergewe as ek dit hier verkeerd het.
    Ek beskik oor ‘n personeelfoto van SANIB as iemand daarin belangstel. Dis geneem is gedurende die laat 1970s.

  2. Francois Malan,
    Dankie vir die “comment”. Ek is een van Koos se seuns en sal nogal graag ñ kopie van die SANIB personeelfoto wil hê.

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