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Eulogy – Joseph Anthony Clair Herft 15.06.1932 – 15.07.2021   Joseph Anthony Clair Herft was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 15 June 1932. He was the eldest son of eight children born to Ivan and Wilhelmina Herft, his other siblings being Rita, Amy, Dorothy, Anne, Frederick, Bernadette and Patrick. Dad had fond memories of his childhood playing with his siblings. As a youngster one of his favourite past times was to climb inside an empty tyre and get pushed down the road. This would usually end up with him getting bruised and battered from the gravel roads. Dad also loved to play with his set of marbles. He vividly remembered the day when he dropped the marbles on the concrete floor of their family home once too often when his father was having an afternoon nap. His father was a strict disciplinarian and as a punishment he threw the ...