Obituary Examples for a Sister

Karen Anne Pillay, 49, of Chatsworth, passed away on 8 July 2026 after a brave two-year illness. Born on 26 June 1977, the eldest of four, Karen was a pharmacist, a netball coach, and the sister who remembered everything — birthdays, grudges, and exactly what you said in 1994. She is survived by her husband, Riaan; her daughter, Mishka; her parents; and her siblings, Deshan, Preshnee, and Kavir, who are lost without their eldest. Prayers at the family home Tuesday evening; funeral Wednesday at 13:00, Umhlatuzana Crematorium.

Lerato Faith Molefe, 52, our sister and our second mother, died on 16 July 2026. Born in 1974, the eldest girl of six, she plaited hair, signed report cards, and stood in every queue on our behalf before she was fifteen. She became a social worker, because of course she did — the state finally paying her for what the family got free. She leaves her sons, Kagiso and Tumelo; five siblings who never stopped being her children; and a queue of people at the office she helped who keep asking for "Mme Lerato." Robala, ausi. We'll take it from here — the way you taught us.

Sister Abigail Mensah, 64, answered the final call on 22 July 2026, mid-hallelujah, which is precisely how she would have ordered it. Born on 1 May 1962, she led the praise team for thirty years with a tambourine that should be retired with full honours. A seamstress by trade, she sewed choir robes, wedding gowns, and back together more than one family, ours included. She is survived by her husband, Kwame; her children, Akosua and Yaw; and four siblings who will keep the second pew exactly as loud as she left it. "Sing to the Lord a new song." She already is.