Last week we lost another SQLFamily member. Gareth Swanepoel passed away on 8 Jan 2021. He was a fellow speaker, jolly fellow, and Microsoft PM. Across many years of seeing Gareth at events and chatting with him, he was one of the happiest people I had the chance to. He always had a smile, a joke, and something pleasant to say.
He is yet another sad casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic.
If you’d like to donate to help his family (kids and spouse), there is a GoFundMe for the Gareth Swanepoel Memorial Fund out there raising money. Please feel free to.
Todd Kleinhans maintains a SQL Memorial, to which he has added Gareth and others we have lost in recent years.
Some Memories
One of my memories, just one of many. I was lucky enough to run into Gareth at numerous events over the years:
I saw his tattoo, which made me smile:
This is a great photo from Monica Rahbun:
This might sum things up well. A happy guy, always looking to have fun:
Voice of the DBA 
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3 responses to “RIP Gareth Swanepoel and GoFundMe”
[…] good days through the pandemic, though some are certainly hard. A few weeks ago, I had a tough day. Gareth Swanepoel passed away, which was a shock. I attended his funeral remotely on Zoom, tears […]
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Well done, Steve. Excellent initiative.
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Thanks, hopefully some people contribute their memories, but we don’t have a need for too many more additions.
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