Businessman Rob Hillary’s death mourned
Well-known businessman, Rob Hillary (62), died suddenly and unexpectedly last Wednesday evening of a ruptured aorta.
POLOKWANE – He had been undergoing treatment for lung cancer and last Thursday would have been his final treatment. He had been coping very well with the treatment with few side effects and his death was largely unrelated to the treatment.
The family would like to thank his partner, Jessie Bird, for all the love, help and support she gave him right up until his last breath.
Rob retired from Hillary Construction in 2009 and as a Director in 2014. He started Masequa Bricks in 2005. He endeared himself to friends, colleagues and employees alike. He knew how to read people and get the best out of them and he always stood by his word. He mentored many junior employees into senior management.
He was “Mr Fixit”, if something was nigh impossible to get right, Rob was the man to sort it out.
Rob lived life to the full, he loved his family dearly and was true and faithful to his friends. He worked extremely hard and could also party hard.
He was always up for a challenge.
He was a member of Round Table Impala 157 in Polokwane, and a member of the Limpopo Classic Car Club, the Louis Trichardt 4×4 club as well as the Bravo anti-poaching group and farm watch north of the Soutpansberg. He loved anything mechanical to which he had a natural affinity and in recent years took up restoring old cars and motorcycles.
He was one of a kind.
He will be sorely missed by his children, Helen, Ann and Richard and his seven grandchildren, his partner Jessie, sister Susan, brothers Ed and John. Leonie and Annamarie, all his friends and his colleagues at Hillary Construction and Masequa Bricks.
His funeral will take place from the Mt Horeb Presbyterian Church, corner Grobler and Brown Streets Polokwane at 14:00 today (Thursday). A memorial service was be held on his farm Windhoek, north of the Zoutpansberg, yesterday (Wednesday).
