It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Bruce Cumming on 3 January 2024.
๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ญ๐ต๐ต๐ฌ ๐๐ผ ๐ญ๐ต๐ต๐ณ.
He loved his role and was passionate about his learners both in the classroom and on the sports field. He was also a dedicated hostel master at Herby Arnott House, teaming up with his wife, Gillian Cumming, who served as head matron. ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ, ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ.
Bruce quickly fell in love with the Karoo culture, made many of his closest and dearest friends in Graaff-Reinet, and continued his passion for road running with the local running club.
Bruce and Gill retired to Knysna in 1998, where he spent many happy years fishing, braaing and being mesmerised by the birds in his garden. Bruce loved and was fascinated by people and he could light up a room with his easy laughter and twinkle in his eye.
To his family, he was a loving, dedicated and supportive husband and father.
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ-๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ, ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต, ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, โ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณโ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ.
