GEORGE NEWS - George Herald staff heard with great shock and sadness of the untimely death on Sunday 21 September of Riaan Cilliers, the head of the South African Weather Service in George.
Riaan ensured that the weather updates in all of Group Editors' papers appeared every week without a glitch.
Riaan (53) died in his sleep on Sunday evening after suffering a heart attack. His heart function was very poor and he had survived several previous heart attacks.
Riaan was passionate about his field of expe-rtise and extremely proud of the new state-of-the-art weather office at the George Airport which he introduced to the public in November last year. His career at SAWS spanned 33 years.
He is survived by his wife, Deidre and two sons, Adriaan and Stefan. The funeral is tomorrow (Friday) at 10:00 at the AGS Sorteria Church in Victoria Street, George.
- George Herald
