Hello everyone - as many of you already know our loving father, Steven van der Merwe, suddenly passed early hours Sunday morning (Nov. 23rd).

As you can imagine, we're all in complete shock - Dad was the healthiest he's ever been. Always doing whatever he could to help anyone in need. He was known by many and loved by even more. Dad has left huge holes suddenly in all our hearts and now we're left with what he worked so hard to accomplish for all of us - but the hidden costs just keep coming.

We understand this is already a hard time of year for many already but we ask you from the bottom of our hearts - PLEASE if you can help with any amount at all it would be greatly appreciated.

We're making this in hopes to help ease some of our sweet mothers financial burden during these incredibly stressful hard times.

Any donations made will go directly to mom's personal account where she can then use that to cover the costs of the memorial as well as the unexpected bills that seem to just keep coming.

We deeply appreciate any and all help.

IF you wish to avoid making a donation through the 'gofund me' so they cannot take a portion you're welcome to send it directly to mom's personal email

- [email redacted]