1911 - 2008 (97 years)
1914 - 2007 (93 years)
Birth |
1914 |
Died |
Mar 2007 |
Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, South Africa |
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Family |
Clare Storrar, b. 18 Jan 1911 |
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Name |
Clare Storrar |
Birth |
18 Jan 1911 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
23 Jul 2008 |
Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, South Africa |
Person ID |
I69957 |
master |
Last Modified |
13 Jan 2019 |
Family |
Patricia, b. 1914 d. Mar 2007, Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 93 years) |
Family ID |
F25611 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Last Modified |
3 Aug 2008 |
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Event Map |
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| Death - 23 Jul 2008 - Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, South Africa |
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Notes |
- Storrar death ends an era
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Clare Storrar's death at the age of 97 on 23 July sadly closed a chapter for many Plett senior citizens, and for supporters of heritage causes throughout the Southern Cape. Clare had been keeping in touch with friends by phone and emails from a retirement home in KwaZulu-Natal until shortly before he suffered a devastating stroke on 16 July.
Born on 18 January 1911, the sharp-minded and yet gentle Clare was the surviving spouse of Patricia (Pat) Storrar, the prolific chronicler of Garden Route history, who died in March 2007 at the age of 93.
Both Storrars worked tirelessly to unearth historical evidence and to preserve important relics throughout the Southern Cape. They came to Plett in 1971 and were soon digging into our region's history, sorting facts from fables, and unearthing evidence in spheres as disparate as geology, climate-change, bridge and road building, shipwrecks and personalities.
Clare brought to life the harbourmaster John Sewell, editing his diaries, and the equally memorable if more eccentric genius Henry Georges Fourcade (of Witelsbos in the E Cape).
Pat had achieved lasting fame in arriving at the truth about George Rex of Knysna and for diligent research and writing about the Portuguese castaways who lived for months on our beaches, and for books on the much more recent building of passes and bridges.
Together Clare and Pat were instrumental in the founding of the van Plettenberg Historical Society which held its first meeting in December 1980. The subject was Beacon Island and the speaker Pat Storrar. Within six months the Society had a membership of 123.
A formidable team, the Storrars threw their energies into raising funds to repair the 18th century timber shed and campaigned unremittingly for preservation of the nearby troop quarters, later to be known as the Old Rectory.
In 2003 the Storrars were jointly recipients of a Prestige Award of the Council of the University of Port Elizabeth for "unique and lasting contributions to researching, recording and preserving the historical and cultural heritage of the Southern and Eastern Cape."
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