Rotary Anns president loses her battle with cancer
It is a dark week for Rotarians as they mourn the death of their fellow Rotarian
Members of the Boksburg Lake Rotary Anns have started the year on a very sad note following the death of their president, Pam Daniell.
The 71-year-old died at her home in Witfield on February 7, following a short battle with colon cancer.
Fellow Rotarians have praised her for her humanitarian work and the selfless life she lived.
According to Linda Stokes, Pam, who was elected as president three times since her involvement with Rotary in 2012, made it her mission to take care of the needy.
“She was a charitable person who gave whatever she had to another person, in the form of food, clothes or whatever that person needs. She even went an extra mile to put a smile on people’s face,” Stokes said.
In 2018 Daniell was recognised as a Paul Harris Fellow during the Rotary of Boksburg Lake’s induction ceremony.
She has worked in finance for Babcock Equipment until she resigned in 2015.
Urban Ruins founding member, Leigh Ingle, worked closesly with Daniell and she described her as a pure example of selflessness.
“She put other people’s needs before hers. She was passionate and dedicated to every project she undertook as the leader of Boksburg Lake Rotary Anns. From the Urban Ruins Project Centre, we will miss her so much and we will continue her legacy of supporting our communities,” said Ingle.
Meanwhile, her one and only daughter, Meg Daniell, said her mother was a down-to-earth person who never liked the limelight of praises for her work.
“My mother never sat still at home, she would always be knitting or putting together a goodie bag for someone. She would go give out clothes to people who stand by the robots and a bag full of food. She knitted jerseys for premature babies at hospitals and would effortlessly help needy children at Urban Ruins,” Meg said.
Meg said her mother was not only involved with Rotary but with other organisations as well.
“We had recently got involved with SA Women Fight Back, which deals with women and children who have been raped. She would put together a goodie bag, which had basic necessity items, and we would go and hand them over. She was also involved with Light a Spark and the 67 minutes for Mandela Day,” she said.
Daniell’s daughter shared that they won’t be having a funeral but rather a life celebration ceremony as restrictions are relaxed.
Meg has requested that people who knew her mother to donate to a charity of their choice rather than buying flowers or anything.
“If people can feed the homeless, donate pet food or do other humanitarian work – that would be a fitting tribute to the way my mother lived her life,” Meg said.
She will be missed by her family, including her two grandchildren Alexis Mather and Declan Daniell.
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