(Dennis
Pudifin)
Professor Dennis James Pudifin died on December
3, after a lifetime of commitment to medicine and music.
A respected immunologist, he retired from the
UKZN’s Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine in 1994.
He was also a clarinet player and had performed
with the Pietermaritzburg Philharmonic Society in the late 60’s and early 70’s.
After moving to Durban, he became a member of the Durban City Orchestra at its inception
as a community orchestra and was also its chairman for many years.
The Durban City Orchestra’s website
reflects the following tribute:
“As
the thundering rains subsided and a watery sun lit up the ward, Dennis slipped
quietly away. He leaves behind bereaved friends and family, and generations of
past students and patients, all of whom will remember his kindness, caring,
compassion and love. On his last day of work in June this year, he had devoted
over 40 full-time years to teaching and healing. He was a wonderful, loving and
generous teacher, brother, husband, father, grandfather and father-in-law.
Denis
will always be remembered as a loving and inspiring teacher, and a passionate
music lover, seen constantly at performances in and around Durban.”
Dennis Pudifin leaves behind his wife, Jenny; his elder
daughter, Collette, who now lives in Australia, and his younger daughter, Sarah
and her husband as well as his grandchildren. Sarah Pudifin was concert master
of both DCO and the SA National Youth Orchestra.
The memorial service will take place on
Tuesday (December 10) at 15h00 at St Thomas’s Church, Musgrave.
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