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Tuesday, October 10, 2017

An obituary, sad beyond words, for Mercia

We lost this beautiful lady on Saturday, she unfortunately was in a motorcycle accident which claimed her life.
Mercia was a friend of mine and I, like many hundreds of bikers, loved her. She was the life and soul of any rally or dayjol and was extremely proud of the Mohicans MCC of which she was first lady.
Mercia rode her own bike and was very supportive and encouraging of any lady riders, she was a mentor to many new lady riders in the western cape.
She, with her man Alex attended many biker functions all over the western cape as a result of which the Mohicans dayjols were always extremely well attended through reciprocal visits, Mercia is going to be sorely missed and for certain the parties will never be the same.
We extend our sincere condolences to Alex and their family, words alone are insufficient to express the deep sorrow we feel.
Mercia's funeral will be held on Saturday 14th, we will gather at the Phoenix bar in Vredenburg for the mass ride to the church leaving at 09h40, sad times. Having known her I am certain it will be a massive crowd of bikers who gather to pay their respects.

5 comments:

Unknown said...

What sad news! My condolences to Alex and families.
You are in my thoughts. RIP Mercia. Hugz.

the rider said...

Thank you Kat.

Unknown said...

That is truly sad RIP.

Trobairitz said...

So sad to hear of your loss. Raise a glass for me in toast and celebrate her life cut too short doing what she loved.

Hugs.

the rider said...

Thanks Brandy, if you see the previous post there's a pic of the two of us chatting and a week later she was gone, very hard.